Respuesta :

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