Question

Listed are 30 ages for Academy Award winning best actors in order from smallest to largest. 18; 21; 22; 25; 26; 27; 29; 30; 31, 31; 33; 36; 37; 41; 42; 47; 52; 55; 57; 58; 62; 64; 67; 69; 71; 72; 73; 74; 76; 77 Find the percentiles for 47 and 31.

Short answer

$47$is ${52}^{th}$ percentile and we classify$31\text{as}{28}^{th}\text{or}{29}^{th}\text{or}{30}^{th}\text{or}{31}^{th}\text{percentile.}$

Step-by-step solution

Given information 

Given a list of $30$ages for Academy award sinning best actors.

Explanation

Percentile means we split the dataset into 100 separate divisions among which we need to select p^th percentile. Here we can say approx. $47$is in ${52}^{th}$percentile and 31 can be in an of those${28}^{th}$to${31}^{st}$percentile.