Kevin scored at the 60th percentile on a test given to 9840 students.
Percentile of Kevin = 60th
Number of students = 9840
The objective is to find the number of students, those scored lower than Kevin
Let x be the number of students, those scored lower than Kevin.
The formula for the percentile is as follows;
[tex]\text{ Percentile=}\frac{Number\text{ of students who scored lower than kevin}}{Total\text{ number of students}}\times100[/tex]Substitute the value;
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{ Percentile=}\frac{Number\text{ of students who scored lower than kevin}}{Total\text{ number of students}}\times100 \\ 60=\frac{x}{9840}\times100 \\ x=\frac{9840\times60}{100} \\ x=5904 \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, there are 5904 students who cored lower than Kevin out of 9840
Answer : 5904 students
