Question

you currently have 24 credit hours and a 2.8 gpa you need a 3.0 gpa to get into the college. if you are taking a 16 credit hours this semester. what gpa must you get in order to raise your gpa to the correct level? set up an equation and use algebra to solve.

Answer 1

Answer:

$\sum_{i=1}^n w_i *X_i = 2.8*24 = 67.2$

And for this case we want a gpa of 3.0 taking in count that in this semester he/ she is going to take 16 credits so then the new mean would be given by:

$\bar X_f = \frac{\sum_{i=1}^n w_i *X_i+w_f *X_f }{24+16} = 3.0$

And we can solve for $\sum_{i=1}^n w_f *X_f$ and solving we got:

$3.0 *(24+16) =\sum_{i=1}^n w_i *X_i +\sum_{i=1}^n w_f *X_f$

And from the previous result we got:

$3.0 *(24+16) =67.2 +\sum_{i=1}^n w_f *X_f$

And solving we got:

$\sum_{i=1}^n w_f *X_f =120 -67.2= 52.8$

And then we can find the mean with this formula:

$\bar X_2 = \frac{\sum_{i=1}^n w_f *X_f}{16}= \frac{52.8}{16}=16=3.3$

So then we need a 3.3 on this semester in order to get a cumulate gpa of 3.0

Step-by-step explanation:

For this case we know that the currently mean is 2.8 and is given by:

$\bar X = \frac{\sum_{i=1}^n w_i *X_i }{24} = 2.8$

Where $w_i$ represent the number of credits and $X_i$ the grade for each subject. From this case we can find the following sum:

$\sum_{i=1}^n w_i *X_i = 2.8*24 = 67.2$

And for this case we want a gpa of 3.0 taking in count that in this semester he/ she is going to take 16 credits so then the new mean would be given by:

$\bar X_f = \frac{\sum_{i=1}^n w_i *X_i+w_f *X_f }{24+16} = 3.0$

And we can solve for $\sum_{i=1}^n w_f *X_f$ and solving we got:

$3.0 *(24+16) =\sum_{i=1}^n w_i *X_i +\sum_{i=1}^n w_f *X_f$

And from the previous result we got:

$3.0 *(24+16) =67.2 +\sum_{i=1}^n w_f *X_f$

And solving we got:

$\sum_{i=1}^n w_f *X_f =120 -67.2= 52.8$

And then we can find the mean with this formula:

$\bar X_2 = \frac{\sum_{i=1}^n w_f *X_f}{16}= \frac{52.8}{16}=16=3.3$

So then we need a 3.3 on this semester in order to get a cumulate gpa of 3.0