document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=252729>Question 252729</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm having trouble setting up this problem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "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? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "    Thanks in advance, Daniel </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #184796 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=184796\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Usually for an average you just add up the amounts (in this case grades-89,92,94,81,and 85) and then divide by the number of items.(in this case 5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I don't know what this weights business refers to.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I checked at various schools and the weights are decimals or percents.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/57605.html<BR>\n" );
document.write( "perhaps they are multipliers here and a weight of 2 means it counts twice?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3*89+3*92+2*94+2*81+85=978<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for a total of 11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "978/11=88.9<BR>\n" );
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