Write a program that calculates the average of a group of test scores, where the

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Write a program that calculates the average of a group of test scores, where the lowest score in the group is dropped.

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int getscore(int);
float calcAverage(int, int, int, int, int);
int findLowest(int, int, int, int, int);

int main()
{
    int score1, score2, score3, score4, score5;
    getscore(score1);
    getscore(score2);
    getscore(score3);
    getscore(score4);
    getscore(score5);

    calcAverage(score1, score2, score3, score4, score5);

    system("pause");
}

int getscore(int score)
{
    cout << "Please Enter Score: ";
    cin >> score;
    if ( score < 0 || 100 < score )
    {
        cout << "Please enter number between 0-100!" << endl;
    }

    return score;
}

float calcAverage(int scr1, int scr2, int scr3, int scr4, int scr5)
{
    float average;

    int low = findLowest(scr1, scr2, scr3, scr4, scr5);

    if ( low == scr1 )
    {
        average = static_cast<float> (( scr2 + scr3 + scr4 + scr5 ) / 4 );
    }
    else if ( low == scr2 )
    {
        average = static_cast<float> (( scr1 + scr3 + scr4 + scr5 ) / 4 );
    }
    else if ( low == scr3 )
    {
        average = static_cast<float> (( scr1 + scr2 + scr4 + scr5 ) / 4 );
    }
    else if ( low == scr4 )
    {
        average = static_cast<float> (( scr1 + scr2 + scr3 + scr5 ) / 4 );
    }
    else
    {
        average = static_cast<float> (( scr1 + scr2 + scr3 + scr4 ) / 4 );
    }

    cout << "The Average of the scores is: " << average << endl;
}

int findlowest( int scr1, int scr2, int scr3, int scr4, int scr5 )
{
    if ( scr1 <= scr2 && scr1 <= scr3 && scr1 <= scr4 && scr1 <= scr5 )
    {
        return scr1;
    }
    else if ( scr2 <= scr1 && scr2 <= scr3 && scr2 <= scr4 && scr2 <= scr5 )
    {
        return scr2;
    }
    else if ( scr3 <= scr1 && scr1 <= scr2 && scr3 <= scr4 && scr3 <= scr5 )
    {
        return scr3;
    }
    else if ( scr4 <= scr1 && scr4 <= scr2 && scr4 <= scr3 && scr4 <= scr5 )
    {
        return scr4;
    }
    else
    {
        return scr5;
    }
}

This should be most of it but if anyone could run it and tell me how to fix it that would be great

Explanation / Answer

please rate - thanks

you were almost there

getscore was wrong, and you need to divide by 4. not cast

much easier way to find the average

average=(scr1+scr2+scr3+scr4+scr5-low)/4.0;

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int getscore();
float calcAverage(int, int, int, int, int);
int findLowest(int, int, int, int, int);

int main()
{
    int score1, score2, score3, score4, score5;
   score1= getscore();
    score2=getscore();
    score3=getscore();
    score4=getscore();
    score5=getscore();

    calcAverage(score1, score2, score3, score4, score5);

    system("pause");
}

int getscore( )
{int score;
    cout << "Please Enter Score: ";
    cin >> score;
    if ( score < 0 || 100 < score )
    {
        cout << "Please enter number between 0-100!" << endl;
    }

    return score;
}

float calcAverage(int scr1, int scr2, int scr3, int scr4, int scr5)
{
    float average;

    int low = findLowest(scr1, scr2, scr3, scr4, scr5);

    if ( low == scr1 )
    {
        average = (( scr2 + scr3 + scr4 + scr5 ) / 4. );
    }
    else if ( low == scr2 )
    {
        average = (( scr1 + scr3 + scr4 + scr5 ) / 4. );
    }
    else if ( low == scr3 )
    {
        average = (( scr1 + scr2 + scr4 + scr5 ) / 4. );
    }
    else if ( low == scr4 )
    {
        average = (( scr1 + scr2 + scr3 + scr5 ) / 4. );
    }
    else
    {
        average = (( scr1 + scr2 + scr3 + scr4 ) / 4. );
    }

    cout << "The Average of the scores is: " << average << endl;
}

int findLowest( int scr1, int scr2, int scr3, int scr4, int scr5 )
{
    if ( scr1 <= scr2 && scr1 <= scr3 && scr1 <= scr4 && scr1 <= scr5 )
    {
        return scr1;
    }
    else if ( scr2 <= scr1 && scr2 <= scr3 && scr2 <= scr4 && scr2 <= scr5 )
    {
        return scr2;
    }
    else if ( scr3 <= scr1 && scr1 <= scr2 && scr3 <= scr4 && scr3 <= scr5 )
    {
        return scr3;
    }
    else if ( scr4 <= scr1 && scr4 <= scr2 && scr4 <= scr3 && scr4 <= scr5 )
    {
        return scr4;
    }
    else
    {
        return scr5;
    }
}

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