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a friend has a 84% average before the final exam for a course. That score includes everything but the final, which counts for 30% of the course grade. What is the best course grade your friend can earn?

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To determine the best course grade your friend can earn, we need to know how much the final exam is worth. Since the final counts for 30% of the course grade, the remaining 70% must be from the other work completed so far. Let's assume that there's only one final exam and that it's graded out of 100 points. If your friend's current average is 84%, then they have earned 84 points out of every 100 possible points so far. To find the best course grade your friend can earn, we can set up the following equation: 0.7(84) + 0.3(F) = G where F is the score your friend earns on the final exam, and G is the overall course grade. We can solve for G by plugging in F and simplifying the equation: 0.7(

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