SOLUTION: if peter received grades of 88, 83, 75,and 80 on four tests in English, what is the minimum grade he has to score on the fifth test to have an average of at least 85 for the course

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Question 470452: if peter received grades of 88, 83, 75,and 80 on four tests in English, what is the minimum grade he has to score on the fifth test to have an average of at least 85 for the course?
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In order to have an average of 85 on five tests, the sum of the scores of the five tests has to be .


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