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Question 868695: You scored in the 85th percentile on an exam, what was your rank among the 3000 students nationwide who took the exam? (With 1 being the highest rank) Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You scored in the 85th percentile on an exam, what was your rank among the 3000 students nationwide who took the exam? (With 1 being the highest rank)
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15% of the 3000 did better than you on the exam.
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15%(3000) = 0.15(3000) = 450.
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Your Rank is either 450 or 449
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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