Students at ACC must earn 90 credits to obtain an Associate’s degree. Three students find that they all have a GPA of 3.3 even though they do not have the same number of credits. The students hope to increase their GPAs to a 3.8 by the time they have earned 90 credits. One student has earned 50 credits, another has earned 40, and the other, 85. Is it possible for all of the students to increase their GPA by the time they earn 90 credits?
Yes, but it depends upon who much they want to increase it. Does it have to reach 3.8?
A student who has 85 credits and a GPA of 3.3 cannot raise the average to 3.8 while taking just 5 more credits. An A in a five credit course would only raise the GPA to 3.34.
I am not considering higher-than-4.0 scores for A+ and AP classes. That did not happen in my school days. I have not kept up with the latest grade inflation trends.
YA, I am going to say they all want to raise their grade to 3.8
Is there some kind og matrix solutions that these numbers can be pluged into to get an answer?
I would just like to know how each student can get their grades to 3.8 by the time each reaches 90 credits.
Thanks--
To answer your last question, none of them can if they want to get a GPA of 3.8 by the time of 90 credits, based on a maximum of 4 grade points per credit, which applies to most American institutions (but not specified in the question).
An approach is to calculate the current grade point total for each student by multiplying the GPA by the number of credits. Calculate the targe grade point total (90*3.8).
The difference of the two quantities divided by the number of credits remaining before 90 credits is the average of the remaining credits.
They range between 4.2 and 12.3, unfortunately (for them).
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To determine whether it is possible for all the students to increase their GPA to 3.8 by the time they have earned 90 credits, we need to calculate their current quality points and the potential quality points they can earn in the future.
Quality points are calculated by multiplying the number of credits for a specific course by the corresponding grade points (which range from 0 to 4). The cumulative GPA is then determined by dividing the total quality points earned by the total number of credits earned.
Let's calculate the current quality points for each student:
Student 1: earned 50 credits with a GPA of 3.3
Quality points = 50 (credits) * 3.3 (GPA) = 165
Student 2: earned 40 credits with a GPA of 3.3
Quality points = 40 (credits) * 3.3 (GPA) = 132
Student 3: earned 85 credits with a GPA of 3.3
Quality points = 85 (credits) * 3.3 (GPA) = 280.5
Now, we can calculate the potential quality points for each student.
To achieve a GPA of 3.8, we need to calculate the additional quality points required. The formula for calculating the required quality points is:
Required Quality Points = Target GPA * Total Credits - Current Quality Points
Using this formula, we can determine if each student can achieve a GPA of 3.8 by the time they earn 90 credits.
Student 1:
Required Quality Points = 3.8 (target GPA) * 90 (total credits) - 165 (current quality points)
Required Quality Points = 342 - 165 = 177
Student 2:
Required Quality Points = 3.8 (target GPA) * 90 (total credits) - 132 (current quality points)
Required Quality Points = 342 - 132 = 210
Student 3:
Required Quality Points = 3.8 (target GPA) * 90 (total credits) - 280.5 (current quality points)
Required Quality Points = 342 - 280.5 = 61.5
Now, we can determine if it is possible for each student to earn the required quality points in the remaining credits.
Student 1 needs 177 additional quality points to achieve a GPA of 3.8 in 40 credits.
Student 2 needs 210 additional quality points to achieve a GPA of 3.8 in 50 credits.
Student 3 needs 61.5 additional quality points to achieve a GPA of 3.8 in 5 credits.
Based on the calculations, it is possible for all three students to increase their GPA to 3.8 by the time they earn 90 credits, as long as they earn the required quality points in the remaining credits.