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8.5 Exercise 5

Avg difficulty 2.5

The dataset "InState" contains the in-state tuitions of every college and university in the country that reported that data to the Department of Education. Use that dataset to answer these questions.

  1. What tuition is at the second quintile?
  2. What tuition is at the 95th percentile?
  3. At what percentile is Walla Walla University in Washington (in-state tuition: $28,035)?
  4. At what percentile is the College of Saint Mary in Nebraska (in-state tuition: $20,350)?

OpenStax Contemporary Mathematics, 8.5 Percentiles, exercise 5

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