Please Help........

Jane scored in the 68th percentile on a test, and John scored in the 32nd percentile.

A. The proportion of the class that received a score less than John's score.

B. The proportion of the class that scored as high as or higher than Jane.

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Please Help........




Jane scored in the 68th percentile on a test, and John scored in the 32nd percentile.

A. The proportion of the class that received a score less than John's score.

B. The proportion of the class that scored as high as or higher than Jane.

anonymous · Answer

Which is greater or are they equal.

anonymous · Answer

68% scored lower than Jane
32% scored lower than John

So A is 32% and B is 32% also.

anonymous · Answer

because a percentile is the amount below a certain percent

anonymous · Answer

hey wait

anonymous · Answer

isnt it 99 don't on a normal distribution?

anonymous · Answer

like i thought it cant be 100 and you're subtracting 68 from 100

anonymous · Answer

You can't have a 100th percentile, but it's still 100% total.