Assume a student received the following grades for the semester: History, B; Statistics, A; Spanish, C; and English, C. History and English are 5 credit hour courses, Statistics a 4 credit hour course and Spanish a 3 credit hour course. If 4 grade points are assigned for an A, 3 for a B and 2 for a C, what is the weighted mean for the semester grade?
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The student has taken 17 credit hours. The weighted grades for each are: History:5*3 = 15. English: 5*2 = 10. Statistics: 4*4 = 16. Spanish: 3*2 = 6. Adding we have 15 + 10 + 16 + 6 = 47. Mean = 47/17 = 2.76