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One of the authors with too much time on his hands weighed each chocolate candy

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Question

One of the authors with too much time on his hands weighed each chocolate candy in a bag of 463 plain chocolate candies. Complete parts (a) through (c).

a. One of the chocolate candies weighed 0.776 gram and it was heavier than 25 of the other chocolate candies. What is the percentile of this particular value?

It is the __th percentile. (Round down to the nearest integer as needed.)

b. One of the chocolate candies weighed 0.876 gram and it was heavier than 329 of the other chocolate candies. What is the percentile of this particular value?

It is the ___th percentile. (Round down to the nearest integer as needed.)

c. One of the chocolate candies weighed 0.856 gram and it was heavier than 229 of the other chocolate candies. What is the percentile of this particular value?

It is the ___th percentile. (Round down to the nearest integer as needed.)

Explanation / Answer

A) 25/463 =0.05394

It is 5th percentile

B) 329/463 =0.7106

It is 71th percentile

C)229/463 =0.4947

It is the 49th percentile

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