in this sentence why it is "with the rest in the high 70s or low 80s"
recently i read an article about Harry Potter film, but some sentences i can't understand. Please help me to explain. Thank you.

"I agree with most critics in rating The Prisoner of Azkaban and The Goblet of Fire, the third and fourth entries, as the peaks of the film series; indeed, Rotten Tomatoes tallies them with 91 and 87 percent aproval, respectively, with the rest in the high 70s or low 80s."

in this sentence, the last part"with the rest in the high 70s or low 80s", why is not "with the rest in the low 70s or high 80s"?

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in this sentence why it is "with the rest in the high 70s or low 80s"
recently i read an article about Harry Potter film, but some sentences i can't understand. Please help me to explain. Thank you.

"I agree with most critics in rating The Prisoner of Azkaban and The Goblet of Fire, the third and fourth entries, as the peaks of the film series; indeed, Rotten Tomatoes tallies them with 91 and 87 percent aproval, respectively, with the rest in the high 70s or low 80s."

in this sentence, the last part"with the rest in the high 70s or low 80s", why is not "with the rest in the low 70s or high 80s"?

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in the high 70s = between 75% and 79%.
in the low 80s = well, I'll let you figure that out!

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It's because they're not trying to say that 70 is higher than 80. By "high 70s or low 80s", they mean that the range is about 78-83, or something like that. So 78 would be a high number in the 70s and 81 would be a low number in the 80s.

Hope that makes sense!

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