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Ben earned 625.5 points out of 700 on an essay and 65out of 70 on an assignment. In order to earn an A in theclass, he needed to average a 91 on these twoassignments. Did Ben earn an A?

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We were told that Ben earned 625.5 points out of 700 on an essay. Expressing his score in the essay in terms of percentage, it becomes

625.5/700 x 100 = 89.29%

Also, he scored 65 out of 70 on an assignment. Expressing his score in the assignment in terms of percentage, it becomes

65/70 x 100 = 92.86%

We would find the average between the two percentages

Average = sum of percentages/number of percentages

Average = (89.29 + 92.86)/2

Average = 91.075

Average is approximately 91%

Since in order to earn an A in the class, he needed to average a 91 on these two

assignments and he got an average of 91%, then we can conclude that he got an A

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