Suppose that your younger sister is applying for entrance to college and has taken the SAT. She scored at the 87th percentile

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Suppose that your younger sister is applying for entrance to college and has taken the SAT. She scored at the 87th percentile on the verbal section of the test and at the 94th percentile on the math section of the test. Because you have been studying statistics, she asks you for an interpretation of these values. What would you tell her?
 
I would tell her that out of all the people who took the verbal section,  __________% scored higher than she did and  _______% scored at or below her score. For the math section,  ________% of those who took the exam scored at or below her score and  ________% scored higher than she did.
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