Jim’s percentile rank in a class of 50 students was the 92nd. What was his rank in the class (1st
= best, 2nd = second best, etc.)?

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Jim’s percentile rank in a class of 50 students was the 92nd. What was his rank in the class (1st
= best, 2nd = second best, etc.)?

zootedyoungin · Answer

you posted it on two sites lmao

pphalke · Answer

didn't realize that but i need help with this

zootedyoungin · Answer

ok

pphalke · Answer

@Smartestbruh @Jadeishere I'm stuck

jadeishere · Answer

Well, that means that 92 students would have placed below Jim, but that doesn't make sense here because there's only 50 students.. Um, let me work it out

pphalke · Answer

okay @Jadeishere

jadeishere · Answer

If I'm doing this right, then to find his percentile rank, you have to divide the score he got by the total number of student @agent0smith

agent0smith · Answer

92nd percentile means he's in the top 8 or 9%, of those 50 students.

pphalke · Answer

so basically I would do 92/50 ??

kinged · Answer

You ask a number of pretty much the same probability questions per day. I would say the problem is your probability background not the problem itself.

pphalke · Answer

@Kinged it seems you have a problem with that and @agent0smith then what do I calculate?

agent0smith · Answer

Read what I said again.

zootedyoungin · Answer

pphalke you need some help

agent0smith · Answer

92nd percentile means he's in the top 8 or 9%, of those 50 students.

robtobey2 · Answer

$$50,49,48,47,46$$fifth in the class.