SOLUTION: A BCC professor decides to grade his class as following: 20 percent for homework assignments, 15 percent for quizzes, 30 percent for a midterm, and 35 percent for the final exam. A

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Question 1184123: A BCC professor decides to grade his class as following: 20 percent for homework assignments, 15 percent for quizzes, 30 percent for a midterm, and 35 percent for the final exam. A student receives 85 for homework, 90 for the quizzes, 80 for the midterm and 95 for the final exam. What will be the student’s class grade?
Class grade =

Answer by ikleyn(52784)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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In this problem, the student's class grade is so called " weighted AVERAGE "


    0.2*85 + 0.15*90 + 0.3*80 + 0.35*95 = 87.75.     ANSWER

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