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Exercise 3.3
Student A and B took different statistics classes and 2 different finals. Student A had a score of 83 out of 100 and ranked 72 in his class. Student b scored 85 out of 100 and he ranked in the 70 percentile of his class. who performed better with respect to the rest of the students in the class, student a or b. explain.

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Performances compared on the basis of percentile scores.

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