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Transcribed Image Text:A national chain of department stores ranks its 1,000,000 salespeople by the monetary value of their sales. Ivanna's sales are at the 62nd
percentile. Greg's
sales are at the 76" percentile.
(If necessary, consult a list of formulas.)
(a) Which of the following must be true about Ivanna's sales?
O Ivanna had sales lower in value than about 62% of the salespeople.
O The value of Ivanna's sales were about 62% of the chain's total.
O Ivanna had sales higher in value than about 62% of the salespeople.
O The value of Ivanna's sales were about 38% of the chain's total.
(b) Which of the following must be true about Ivanna's and Greg's sales?
Ivanna's sales were higher in value than Greg's sales.
O Both Ivanna and Greg had sales higher in value than the median.
O The value of Greg's sales were $1400 more than Ivanna's.
The values of both Ivanna's and Greg's sales were in the bottom half of all
of the salespeople.
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