SOLUTION: John knows that his grade in Mr. Brown's Math IIB class is 82. What is the lowest score that he can make on the EOCT in order to have a final grade of 70?

Question 898147: John knows that his grade in Mr. Brown's Math IIB class is 82. What is the lowest score that he can make on the EOCT in order to have a final grade of 70?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
John knows that his grade in Mr. Brown's Math IIB class is 82. What is the lowest score that he can make on the EOCT in order to have a final grade of 70?
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Assuming the EOCT results are equal to the 82 results,
Equation:
(82+x)/2 = 70
82+x = 140
x = 58 would be the lowest score he could get.
Cheers,
Stan H.
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