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?
Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, stanbon:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) About Me  (Show Source):
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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?

                250x+=+200
                x+=+200%2F250
                x+=+.8
                x+=+%2280%25%22

So Bob's percentile rank is 80.

Edwin

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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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.