SOLUTION: please please help asap!!!!!!! A student scored 88 percent on a test and was in the 87th percentile. Explain these two numbers.

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Question 261385: please please help asap!!!!!!!
A student scored 88 percent on a test and was in the 87th percentile. Explain these two numbers.

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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please please help asap!!!!!!!
A student scored 88 percent on a test and was in the 87th percentile. Explain these two numbers.
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A score of 88% was better than 87% of the scores on the test.
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Cheers,
Stan H.