document.write( "Question 318941: . A student receives his grade report from a local community college, but the GPA is smudged. He took the following classes: a 2 hour credit art, a 3 hour credit history, a 4 hour credit science course, a 3 hour credit mathematics course, and a 1 hour science lab. He received a “B” in the art class, an “A” in the history class, a “C” in the science class, a “B” in the mathematics class, and an “A” in the science lab. What was his GPA if the letter grades are based on a 4 point scale? (A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0)
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A GPA is a weighted average.
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\n" ); document.write( "Hours*Grade=Hours*Point Value
\n" ); document.write( "2*B= $\"2%2A3=6\"$
\n" ); document.write( "3*A= $\"3%2A4=12\"$
\n" ); document.write( "4*C= $\"4%2A2=8\"$
\n" ); document.write( "3*B= $\"3%2A3=9\"$
\n" ); document.write( "1*A= $\"1%2A4=4\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "Sum of Hours*Point Value= $\"6%2B12%2B8%2B9%2B4=39\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Sum of Hours= $\"2%2B3%2B4%2B3%2B1=13\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+GPA=39%2F13=3\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "He has a 3.0 GPA. \n" ); document.write( "

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