SOLUTION: Please help me I cannot figure this one out.
Going into the final exam, Joann has test scores of 80,84,71,65,and 90. If the final exam is 45% of the overall grade, what does Joan
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Question 214462: Please help me I cannot figure this one out.
Going into the final exam, Joann has test scores of 80,84,71,65,and 90. If the final exam is 45% of the overall grade, what does Joann have to score to have a final average of 87?
I will appreciate this so much if you could help me. Thank you.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the weight of the final exam is 45%, then the weight of all the other exams must be 55%. Since there are 5 other exams, each of them is worth 55 divided by 5 equals 11%.
So you can write the following equation:
Solve for
and you have your answer. She is going to have to do a LOT better than what she averaged on the first 5 exams.
John

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