Is it possible for the 50th percentile of a distribution to be equal to the 60th percentile? Why or why not?
Is it possible for the 50th percentile of a distribution to be equal to the 60th percentile? Why or why not?
Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018
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Chapter10: Statistics
Section10.4: Distributions Of Data
Problem 19PFA
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Is it possible for the 50th percentile of a distribution to be equal to the 60th percentile? Why or why not?
A. No, because you won’t get the same result multiplying by 50 as you do by 60.
B. No, because there will always be some values of the distribution in between the 50th and 60th percentiles.
C. Yes, this can happen if the distribution is uniform.
D. Yes, this can happen if there are many members of the population with the same value.
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