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Do you know how to calculate a weighted average?

Asked by LostInParadise (31914points) July 15th, 2019

I was never taught how to do a weighted average. It is a very basic mathematical concept, which many teachers use to calculate a student’s grade.

A student gets a 95 on the final exam for a course and an 85 on the midterm. If the final counts for 60% of the grade and the midterm accounts for the remaining 40%, what is the overall score for the student? The numbers were chosen to simplify the calculation. Do you see a really simple way of doing the calculation in your head?

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