Question

hazardous waste: following is a list of the number of hazardous waste sites in states in a recent year. the list has been sorted into numerical order. source: u.s. environmental protection agency. a particular state has 67 hazardous waste sites. what percentile is this? round the answer to the nearest whole number. the percentile for 67 is

Explanation:

Step1: Count the total number of data points

There are 50 data - points in the list.

Step2: Count the number of data points less than or equal to 67

Counting the values in the list, there are 37 values less than or equal to 67.

Step3: Calculate the percentile

The formula for the percentile \(P\) is \(P=\frac{\text{Number of values less than or equal to the given value}}{\text{Total number of values}}\times100\). So \(P = \frac{37}{50}\times100=74\).

Answer:

74