SOLUTION: Going for a C. Professor Williams gives only a midterm
exam and a final exam. The semester average is
computed by taking 1/3 of the midterm exam score plus
2/3 of the final ex
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Question 260241: Going for a C. Professor Williams gives only a midterm
exam and a final exam. The semester average is
computed by taking 1/3 of the midterm exam score plus
2/3 of the final exam score. To get a C, Stacy must have a
semester average between 70 and 79 inclusive. If Stacy
scored only 48 on the midterm, then for what range
of scores on the final exam will Stacy get a C?
I can not come up with the correct formula
70 < ? < 79
Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The inequality we need is the following:
since m = 48, we then get
which is
subtract 16 from all parts to get
multiply all parts by 3/2 to get
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