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A man was buying shoes wheb a salesperson commebted on hiw small his feet were. After telling her she had a lousy sales technique, he decided to inveatigate if he really does have feet that are smaller than the typical american man. If he is in the 20th percentile for shoe size among american men, is the saleswoman right or wrong?
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