Question

Angela took a general aptitude test and scored in the 91st percentile for aptitude in accounting. (a) What percentage of the scores were at or below her score?(b) What percentage were above?

Answer 1

Answer:

a) 91% of the scores were at or below her score.

b) 9% of the scores were above her score.

Step-by-step explanation:

When a value V is said to be in the xth percentile of a set, x% of the values in the set are lower than V and (100-x)% of the values in the set are higher than V.

In this problem, we have that:

Angela scored on the 91st percentile.

(a) What percentage of the scores were at or below her score?

Since Angela scored on the 91st percentile, 91% of the scores were at or below her score.

(b) What percentage were above?

Since Angela scored on the 91st percentile, 9% of the scores were above her score.