Question 43951: A student receives his grade report from a local community college, but the GPA is smugged. He tool 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)
Please explain the solution.
Answer by psbhowmick(878) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let and denote the credit hour and grade obtained in the first subject respectively.
Let and denote the credit hour and grade obtained in the second subject respectively.
Let and denote the credit hour and grade obtained in the third subject respectively.
And so on.
First subject: Arts, credit hour = 2, grade obtained = B = 3.
Second subject: History, credit hour = 3, grade obtained = A = 4.
Third subject: Science, credit hour = 4, grade obtained = C = 2.
Fourth subject: Mathematics, credit hour = 3, grade obtained = B = 3.
First subject: Science Lab., credit hour = 1, grade obtained = A = 4.
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