SOLUTION: Nelson transferred 20 credits with a GPA of 1.5. He has since then earned 25 credits with a GPA of 1.9. What is his overall GPA? How many credits with a 2.5 average would he need t
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Question 1041634: Nelson transferred 20 credits with a GPA of 1.5. He has since then earned 25 credits with a GPA of 1.9. What is his overall GPA? How many credits with a 2.5 average would he need to raise his GPA to a 2.0?
Please help I am struggling on how to do this
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I can imagine the struggle. The sticking point here is
that GPA is being applied to certain restricted grades
( GPA = grades / credits )
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Nelson transferred 20 credits with a GPA of 1.5.
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Then you are told:
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Overall GPA =
Overall GPA =
Overall GPA =
Overall GPA =
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How many credits with a 2.5 average would he
need to raise his GPA to a 2.0?
Let = number of credits with 2.5 GPA needed
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New Overall GPA =
He needs 25 credits with GPA = 2.5 to raise his GPA to 2.0
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You could call the GPAs GPA[1], GPA[2], GPA[3] and
the number of credits they apply to n[1], n[2], n[3]
and grades that you get from that
n[1] * GPA[1], n[2]*GPA[2], n[3]*GPA[3]
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Hope I got it and didn't further confuse
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