Question

To compute a student's Grade Point Average (GPA) for a term, the student's grades for each course are weighted by the number of credits for the course. Suppose a student had these grades:3.8 in a 5 credit Math course1.9 in a 2 credit Music course3.0 in a 5 credit Chemistry course2.8 in a 4 credit Journalism courseWhat is the student's GPA for that term? Round to two decimal places.Student's GPA =

Answer 1

Okay, here we have this:

Considering the provided information and grades, we are going to calculate the requested GPA, so we obtain the following:

Then we will substitute in the following formula:

$GPA=\frac{Grades\ast Credits}{Total\text{ credits}}$

Then:

$\begin{gathered} GPA=\frac{3.8\cdot5+1.9\cdot2+3.0\cdot5+2.8\cdot4}{16} \\ GPA=\frac{19+3.8+15+11.2}{16} \\ GPA=\frac{49}{16} \\ GPA=3.06 \end{gathered}$

Finally we obtain that the student's GPA for that term is approximately 3.06.