SOLUTION: Bob was ranked 50th in a class of 250. What was his percentile rank?

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Question 316006: Bob was ranked 50th in a class of 250. What was his percentile rank?
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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Bob was ranked 50th in a class of 250. What was his percentile rank?

The percentile rank is the percentage of people Bob outranked.

Bob outranked 200 of his classmates.  So we ask

What percent of 250 is 200?

                
                
                
                

So Bob's percentile rank is 80.

Edwin
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Bob was ranked 50th in a class of 250. What was his percentile rank?
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# of scores below Bob's score = 49
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% of scores below his score = (49/250) = 19.6%
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Bob's score is 19%ile
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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