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First, sort the dataset from smallest to largest,


15,18,18,18,19,19,22,22,22,23,23,24,29,31,34,43

Notice that there are 16 elements in the set.

b) The 75th percentile is equal to the median of the upper half of the sorted list; then,


\begin{gathered} 22,23,23,24,29,31,34,43 \\ \Rightarrow median=(24+29)/(2)=26.5 \end{gathered}

Then, the 75th percentile is 26.5.

a) There are 16 elements in the data set, 10% of 16 is equal to 1.6 which is approximately 2; therefore, the 10th percentile is the 2nd element of the sorted list.

The 10th percentile is 18.

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