## theislander one year ago How do I solve this? Below are 36 sorted ages of an acting award winner. Find the percentile corresponding to age 63

1. theislander

2. amistre64

how many data points are there?

3. theislander

36

4. amistre64

and it looks like they are listed in order (sorted) for you already so thats a plus. a percentile is a division by 100, we divide it into 100 parts. what position does 63 occupy in the ordered format?

5. theislander

20

6. amistre64

im looking at the 36 arent i

7. amistre64

63 is the 20th number .. youre right

8. amistre64

so, 20 out of 36 = x out of 100 is our comparison

9. amistre64

$\frac{20}{36}=\frac{x}{100}$ this should give us the percentile of the number 63 in the data set

10. theislander

x=55.6

11. amistre64

and we need to round sooo ...

12. theislander

56

13. amistre64

56 feels good to me .... not saying its right, but that would be my approach

14. theislander

alright I'll give it a go. Thank for the help!

15. amistre64

56% of the data is 63 or less

16. amistre64

good luck