A national chain of department stores ranks its 1,250,000 salespeople by the monetary value of their sales. Goran's sales are at the 78th percentile. Lena's sales are at the 56th percentile. (a) Which of the following must be true about Goran's sales? Goran had sales lower in value than about 78% of the salespeople. The value of Goran's sales were about 78% of the chain's total. Goran had sales higher in value than about 78% of the salespeople. The value of Goran's sales were about 22% of the chain's total. (b) Which of the following must be true about Goran's and Lena's sales? Lena's sales were higher in value than Goran's sales. Both Goran and Lena had sales higher in value than the median. The value of Goran's sales were $2200 more than Lena's. The values of both Goran's and Lena's sales were in the bottom half of all of the salespeople

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A national chain of department stores ranks its 
1,250,000
 salespeople by the monetary value of their sales. Goran's sales are at the 
78th
 percentile. Lena's sales are at the 
56th
 percentile.


(a) Which of the following must be true about Goran's sales?
     
 
Goran had sales lower in value than about 
78%
 of the salespeople.
 
 
The value of Goran's sales were about 
78%
 of the chain's total.
 
 
Goran had sales higher in value than about 
78%
 of the salespeople.
 
 
The value of Goran's sales were about 
22%
 of the chain's total.
 
(b) Which of the following must be true about Goran's and Lena's sales?
     
 
Lena's sales were higher in value than Goran's sales.
 
 
Both Goran and Lena had sales higher in value than the median.
 
 
The value of Goran's sales were 
$2200
 more than Lena's.
 
 
The values of both Goran's and Lena's sales were in the bottom half of all of the salespeople.
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