11. Both you and your best friend Kelly are taking the same classes this semeste

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11. Both you and your best friend Kelly are taking the same classes this semester, Advanced Calculus for Engineers 5 credits, Thermodynamics-3 credits, Circuit Analysis 3 credits, C++ Programming 2 credits, Statistical Process Control for Engineers -3 credits, Engineering Economics -2 credits and Bowling -1 credit. Your final grades for the semester are A, B, B, A, C, B, A respectively. Kelly earned B, A, C, C, A, B, and a C in the same classes that you took. Is it mathematically possible for either of you to earn a cumulative GPA of a 3.5 or higher if you are going to take 16 credit hours during the next semester? Assume the traditional grading scale

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yes it is possibl for both gpa=sum of(grade* credits for d subjct)/total no of credits subject credits my grade kellys grade ad calc 5 a b thermo 3 b a ckt analysis 3 b c c++ 2 a c ststcs 3 c a economics 2 b b bowling 1 a c now gpa for me=(5*5+3*4+3*4+2*5+3*3+2*4+1*5)/(19) =81/19 4.26 ...similarly kellys is...(10+15+9+6+15+8+3)/19 =66/19 =3.47 now if both of us score a perfect 5 gpa next sem that is obtain a grades in each of the classes then in d next semester our gpa s will be 5(16)/16 =5 n cumulative gpa will be: mine (4.26+5)/2=4.63 n kelly (3.47+5)/2=4.23 so both wil hav cgpa s above 3.5

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