Question

How do I solve this?

Below are 36 sorted ages of an acting award winner. Find the percentile corresponding to age 63

Answer 1

how many data points are there?

Answer 2

36

Answer 3

and it looks like they are listed in order (sorted) for you already so thats a plus.

a percentile is a division by 100, we divide it into 100 parts.

what position does 63 occupy in the ordered format?

Answer 4

20

Answer 5

im looking at the 36 arent i

Answer 6

63 is the 20th number .. youre right

Answer 7

so, 20 out of 36 = x out of 100 is our comparison

Answer 8

\[\frac{20}{36}=\frac{x}{100}\]
this should give us the percentile of the number 63 in the data set

Answer 9

x=55.6

Answer 10

and we need to round sooo ...

Answer 11

56

Answer 12

56 feels good to me .... not saying its right, but that would be my approach

Answer 13

alright I'll give it a go. Thank for the help!

Answer 14

56% of the data is 63 or less

Answer 15

good luck