When you take the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), your score is recorded as a percentile score. If you scored in the 92nd percentile, it means that you scored better than approximately 92% of those who took the test. (a) If Lisa's score was 83 and that score was the 22nd score from the top in a class of 260 scores, what is Lisa's percentile rank? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) (b) Lee has received a percentile rank of 83% in a class of 40 students. What is Lee's rank in the class? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

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2022-09-23

When you take the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), your score is recorded as a percentile score. If you scored in the 92nd percentile, it means that you scored better than approximately 92% of those who took the test.
(a) If Lisa's score was 83 and that score was the 22nd score from the top in a class of 260 scores, what is Lisa's percentile rank? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
(b) Lee has received a percentile rank of 83% in a class of 40 students. What is Lee's rank in the class? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

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Ashly Sanford

Ashly Sanford

Beginner2022-09-24Added 9 answers

a) The total number of scores is 260.
Lisa score was 83 and it is 22nd score from the top in a class.
The number of students score less than 83 is 260-22=238.
The percentile rank is ( 238 / 260 ) 100 = 91.54 % = 92 %.
Thus, Lisa’s percentile rank is 92%.
skilmarka8j

skilmarka8j

Beginner2022-09-25Added 2 answers

b) Lee has received a percentile rank of 83% in a class of 40 students.
The number of students got score below Lee’s is 40 0.83 = 33.2.
Thus, Lee’s rank is 40-33.2=6.8~ 7th rank.

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