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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 =

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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=(3.8\cdot5+1.9\cdot2+3.0\cdot5+2.8\cdot4)/(16) \\ GPA=(19+3.8+15+11.2)/(16) \\ GPA=(49)/(16) \\ GPA=3.06 \end{gathered}

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

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