document.write( "Question 357090: Following are the American College Test (ACT) scores attained by the 25 members of a local high school graduating class. \r
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Following are the American College Test (ACT) scores attained by the 25 members of a local high school graduating class.
\n" ); document.write( "21 24 23 17 31 19 19 20 19 25 17 23 16
\n" ); document.write( "21 20 28 25 25 21 14 19 17 18 28 20 \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Find P5, P10, and P20 for the ACT scores.
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\n" ); document.write( "I'll find P5.
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\n" ); document.write( "1st: Put the data in ascending order from minimum to maximum
\n" ); document.write( "2nd: Find the locator for P5:
\n" ); document.write( "5%(25) = (5/100)25 = 5/4 = 1.25
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\n" ); document.write( "locator = 2
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\n" ); document.write( "3rd Find P(5) which is the 2nd data element starting at the min.
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\n" ); document.write( "P(5) = 16\r
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