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An author with too much time on his hands weighed each chocolate candy in a 470 count bag. One of the chocolates weighed 0.776 and was heavier than 27 of the other candies. What is the percentile of the particular value?

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An author with too much time on his hands weighed each chocolate candy in a 470 count bag. One of the chocolates weighed 0.776 and was heavier than 27 of the other candies. What is the percentile of the particular value?

dumbcow · Answer

27/470 = .0574 
so 0.776 is the 5.74 percentile

anonymous · Answer

are you sure?

dumbcow · Answer

yes fairly sure :)

anonymous · Answer

Not saying your wrong

anonymous · Answer

So when you calculate this, you divide the number it is compared to to the total number?

dumbcow · Answer

correct

anonymous · Answer

So,lets say 329... I would divide 329 to 470

dumbcow · Answer

yes, if it was heavier than 329 of the other candies

anonymous · Answer

The answer would be 0.7...so would that come out to 7.0?

dumbcow · Answer

no ... 0.7 = 70%

anonymous · Answer

that's right... sorry miscalculation

anonymous · Answer

For 224/470 I cam up with 0.47659  how would that be broken down?