Personnel managers usually want to know where a job applicant ranked in his or her graduating class.With the grade point average of 3.83,Michelle Robinson graduated above the 93^rd percentile of her graduating class.What is the percentile rank of a student whose GPA was the median GPA. A)25^th B)50^th C)75^th D)10^th E)93^rd

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If Michelle Robinson's GPA ranked above the 93rd percentile, then 50% of the class must have had a GPA higher than the median GPA, and 50% must have had a GPA lower. Therefore, the median GPA would be at the 50th percentile. Thus, the answer is (B) 50th percentile.

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