The following table gives a summary of the grades received by a student for the first 64 semester hours of university coursework. The table gives the number of semester hours of A, B, C, D, and F earned by the student among the 64 hours.
Grade Number of Hours A (that is, 4.00) 18 B (that is, 3.00) 36 C (that is, 2.00) 7 D ( that is, 1.00) 3 F ( that is, 0.00) 0
a. By assigning the numerical values, 4.00, 3.00, 2.00, 1.00, and 0.00 to the grades A, B, C, D, and F (as shown), compute the student’s grade point average for the first 64 semester hours of coursework.
b. Why is this a weighted average?