Texas Instruments TI-30XS User Manual
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1. Find Anthony’s average grade (weighted average).
2. What does the value of n given by the calculator
represent? What does the value of Òx given by the
calculator represent?
Reminder: The weighed average is
3. The teacher gave Anthony 4 more points on test 4 due to a
grading error. Find Anthony’s new average grade.
Anthony has an average (Ï) of 11.33 (to the nearest
hundredth).
On the calculator, n represents the total sum of the weights
n = 1 + 0.5 + 1 + 0.5.
Òx represents the weighted sum of his scores.
(12)(1) + (13)(0.5) + (10)(1) + (11)(0.5) = 34.
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