In a competitive application process, two applicants were closely matched and the judges needed to compare their percentile ranking to see who should be offered the last position.Jeremiah ranked 405th in a class of 1,200 and Joshua ranked 12th in a class of 89. Based solely on percentile ranking, who should be offered the spot?

(89-12)/89 = ?

(1200-405)/1200 = ?

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Can you help me with the other post? Its the only post that I am not confident about and it has not been answered.
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To determine who should be offered the spot based on percentile ranking, we need to calculate the percentile ranks of both Jeremiah and Joshua.

Percentile ranking represents the percentage of scores or individuals that a particular score or individual is higher than. It is calculated by dividing the number of scores or individuals below a given score or individual by the total number of scores or individuals, and then multiplying the result by 100.

Let's calculate the percentile ranks for Jeremiah and Joshua:

For Jeremiah:
Number of scores below Jeremiah = 405 - 1 = 404
Total number of scores = 1200
Percentile rank = (404 / 1200) * 100 ≈ 33.7%

For Joshua:
Number of scores below Joshua = 12 - 1 = 11
Total number of scores = 89
Percentile rank = (11 / 89) * 100 ≈ 12.4%

Based on their percentile ranks, Jeremiah has a percentile rank of approximately 33.7% and Joshua has a percentile rank of approximately 12.4%. Therefore, Jeremiah should be offered the spot since his percentile rank is higher.