Let it be x
Using basic proportionality theorem




Answer:
(a) 83% of the scores were at or below her score.
(b) 17% was above her score.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given that:
Percentile score of Angela in the general aptitude test = 83rd percentile
To find:
a) Percentage of scores which were at or below her score?
b) Percentage of score which were above her score?
Solution:
First of all, let us learn about the term "<em>Percentile</em>"
Percentile is the value below which the certain percent of people/marks fall.
Therefore, when we say percentile of someone's score is
, then there are
of scores are at the same level or below.
And
of the scores are above this level.
Therefore, we can say that:
83% of the scores were at the same level or below the score of Angela.
And
of the scores were above the score of Angela.
In order to add or subtract fractions, they must have the
same denominator. You need to change both of these
fractions to have the same denominator ... without changing
their values, of course.
The smallest common denominator for these fractions is 20 .
3/4 is the same amount as 15/20 .
3/5 is the same amount as 12/20 .
Now that they have the same denominator, you can do
the subtraction.