If Jesus earned scores of 88, 92, and 63 on his last 4 tests, What scores would he need to earn on his next 2 tests to recieve an 80% overall in the class?

Question

Im not sure if i did all the steps correctly to slove for the word problem?

Answer 1

Solve this equation: [88+92+63+S+2N] / 6 = 80

 

I put in capital S for whatever score you omitted (you only gave three prior scores), and I assigned N as the score on each of the upcoming two tests (or you can think of that as the upcoming average of 2 more tests).

 

Once you put in S, you can solve for N.  Of course, this computation is based only on six tests, and there could be other components that enter into the Final grade process.