document.write( "Question 668684: Yasi is trying to get a B in her english class. To earn a B in the course, she must average a score of 80 on the 15 quizzes. She has taken 12 quizzes and averaged 78.25 points on them. How many points does Yasi need to average on the last 3 quizzess to earn a B in the course. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #415769 by stanbon(75887) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Yasi is trying to get a B in her english class. To earn a B in the course, she must average a score of 80 on the 15 quizzes. She has taken 12 quizzes and averaged 78.25 points on them. How many points does Yasi need to average on the last 3 quizzess to earn a B in the course. \n" ); document.write( "---------- \n" ); document.write( "On 12 quizzes she has a sum of 12*78.25 = 939 points. \n" ); document.write( "----- \n" ); document.write( "To average 80 on 15 quizzes she needs 15*80 = 1200 point. \n" ); document.write( "--- \n" ); document.write( "She needs 1200-939 = 261 points in 3 tests \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "She needs to average 261/3 = 87 on the three tests. \n" ); document.write( "--------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " |