at a photography contest, entries are scored on a scale from 1 to 100. at a recent contest with 1,000 entries, a score of 68 was at the 77th percentile of the distribution of all the scores. which of the following is the best description of the 77th percentile of the distribution?

Astudent noticed different gas prices as she drove around town. find the second quartile. $3.31 $3.28 $3.42 $3.35 $3.31 $3.26 $3.38 $3.32 $3.34

Afarmer began a new method of reducing grain spills. this reduced the number of mice on the farm. the number of snakes in the surrounding area decreased at the same time. the snakes depended on the mice that lived in the field. what’s the likely reason the snake population decreased? a. the number of snake predators increased. b. the number of mice increased. c. the number of mice decreased. d. the pesticides affected the snakes. e. a new breed of mice moved into the field.

Which scenario describes intraspecific, indirect competition? a. a peacock defends its territory against another peacock. b. lions and hyenas compete for the same prey animals. c. a male black bear eats fish in an area of a lake, so other black bears can’t. d. different species of birds fight over spilled popcorn on the ground.