Out of the 580 applicants, how many applicant(s) scored lower than Marissa?

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Out of 580 applicants to a graduate program at an Ivy League school, Marissa's GRE score was in the 50th percentile. How many applicants scored lower than she did?

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50% because a percentile divides up the entire population into 100 groups and in this case she scored in the 50th percentile indicating that 50 groups are below and above her. so in this case 290 applicants (580*0.5) scored lower than her


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