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01-07-2016
Mathematics

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Amy and Joe are in the same senior class
Amy is ranked 40th out of the 280 seniors and Joe has a percentile rank of 15
Of these two seniors which one is ranked higher?

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meerkat18 meerkat18

09-07-2016

From the given above, Joe's ranking means that there are 15% of the his classmates that is ranked higher than him. Solving this gives as,
Joe's ranking = (0.15) x (280) = 42
Hence, Joe ranked 42nd in senior's class. To answer the question above, Amy ranked higher than Joe.

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