Help With Maths Please

[bednobs]

hi, there are two parts to an exam first is worth 60% of overall mark and he passed with 62%
the second part is worth 40 % of overall mark and he got 65%
What is the final mark please?
The irony being this is a bloody masters module!

[Tilly2]

100% pass!

[fiction-factory]

(0.62x0.6) + (0.4 x0.65)

[fiction-factory]

63.3%

[fiction-factory]

Without a calculator the answer is always going to be between 62% and 65% and will be nearer 62% as the first paper had a higher weighting

[wolf63]

I did it the way FF did

[bednobs]

thaks FF, i was just saying to him as he was grumbling about not being able to work it out "i'll ask on ab, there's a nice maths teacher on there"

[fiction-factory]

For consistency and to get the answer rin percentage format I should have set it out as
(62x0.6) + (65 x0.4)

[Prudie]

Typo from FF who will know it's 63.2%

[fiction-factory]

Thanks bednobs. Yes there are some nice maths teachers on AB but it seems Buenchico and Prudie aren't around

[wolf63]

Bednobs, I have just your op properly. I initially thought it was your daughter's maths homework.

[fiction-factory]

Ah- Prudie is around. Well spotted - yes it's 63.2%. I think though that as the others were perhaps rounded figures we should settle on 63%

[bednobs]

lol, i was talking about YOU you wally!

[fiction-factory]

Thanks bednobs. I'm treated with disdain and ridicule by some on here when i venture into News so it's nice to be made to feel welcome for posting here.

[bednobs]

and thanks to everyone else too

[bednobs]

ps ff, just dont go in there then

[Tilly2]

It was a 'pass' wasn't it?

[Old_Geezer]

It's supposed to be good for you to venture out of your "comfort zone".

[Tilly2]

FF anyone who venture into News is liable to be treated with disdain if there views don't fit. Take no notice.

[sanmac]

Maybe I'm being too pedantic, but bednobs asked what is the final score? Wouldn't the answer be 63? I'm assuming that they don't give marks to the first decimal point.

[fiction-factory]

yes, probably sanmac- see post at 19:16