Question

Clarissa has completed her second semester in college. She earned a grade of B in her 2-hour calculus course, a grade of A in her 1 hour economics course, a grade of C in her 3-hour biology course, and a grade of A in her 5 hourcreative writing course. Assuming that A equals 4 points, B Equals 3 points.C equals 2 points, D equals 1 point and F is worth no ponts, determine Clarissa's gradepoint average for the semesterClarissa's grade point average is(Round to two decimal places as needed)

Answer 1

Step 1

Grades she got in her courses are;

$\begin{gathered} B\text{ in her 2-hours calculus course} \\ A\text{ in her 1-hour economics course} \\ C\text{ in her 3-hour biology course} \\ A\text{ in her 5-hour creative writing course} \end{gathered}$

Step 2

Calculate her grade point for each course= grade x hours

$\begin{gathered} B\text{ in her 2-hours calculus course}=2\times3=6 \\ A\text{ in her 1-hour economics course}=4\times1=4 \end{gathered}$

$\begin{gathered} C\text{ in her 3-hour biology course}=2\times3=6 \\ A\text{ in her 5-hour creative writing course}=5\times4=20 \end{gathered}$

Step 3

Find the average

$Average=\frac{total\text{ points}}{total\text{ hours}}$$\begin{gathered} \text{Total points=}6+4+6+20=36 \\ \text{Total hours=}1+5+2+3=11 \end{gathered}$$\begin{gathered} \text{Average}=\frac{36}{11}=3.272727273 \\ \text{Average}\approx3.27 \end{gathered}$

Answer; Lois's grade point average to the 2 decimal places = 3.27