SOLUTION: At a certain high school, the respective weights for the following subjects are Mathematics 3, English 3, History 2, Science 2 and Art 1. What is a student’s average whose marks we

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Question 24996: At a certain high school, the respective weights for the following subjects are Mathematics 3, English 3, History 2, Science 2 and Art 1. What is a student’s average whose marks were the following: Geometry 89, American Literature 92, American History 94, Biology 81, and Sculpture 85?
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'll let you do the arithmetic.
Multiply each subject score by the weight for that subject.
Find the sum of those five products.
Divide by the sum of the weights, or 11.
Cheers,
Stan H.

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