SOLUTION: Hello, I have a 60% on math right now. My exam is worth 30% the exam is out of a hundred. If I get 50/100 would I fail? (30% on the exam paper it is /100).

Question 883487: Hello, I have a 60% on math right now. My exam is worth 30% the exam is out of a hundred. If I get 50/100 would I fail? (30% on the exam paper it is /100).
Answer by JulietG(1812) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It depends upon what constitutes failing. In most cases, a 59 is failing. So anything less than a 60 would indeed be failing.
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Numerically, here's why.
Your 60% is 70% of your grade. 60*.7 = 42
A 50% score for the other 30% of your grade would be 30*.5, or 15.
Total = 57%
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