Question

The following data represents the heights in inches of 10 of the students inMs.Johnson's class: 68, 65, 63, 61, 68, 59, 64, 60, 64, 70.Find the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of the data.

Answer 1

Given the question in the image, the following are the solution steps to answer the question.

STEP 1: Write the given data

`68,\:65,\:63,\:61,\:68,\:59,\:64,\:60,\:64,\:70`

STEP 2: Arrange in ascending order

`59,\:60,\:61,\:63,\:64,\:64,\:65,\:68,\:68,\:70`

STEP 3: find the 25th percentile

Using a calculator,

The 25th percentile is 60.75

STEP 4: Find the 50th percentile

The 50th percentile is 64

STEP 5: Find the 75th percentile

The 75th percentile is 68