A Student's Class Average Can Be Computed by Dividing the Number

question 122

Multiple Choice

A student's class average can be computed by dividing the number of points they have earned by the number of points possible in the class. Assume the following variables have been declared as shown and given values elsewhere:
Int pointsEarned, pointsPossible;
Double classPercentage;
Which of the following statements will assign the correct percentage average to classPercentage? For example, if pointsEarned is 725 and pointsPossible is 1000, classPercentage should be assigned the value 72.5.

• A)classPercentage = pointsEarned/pointsPossible * 100.0;
• B)classPercentage = 100 * pointsEarned/pointsPossible;
• C)classPercentage = (100.0 * pointsEarned)/pointsPossible;
• D)classPercentage = (100.0 + pointsEarned)/pointsPossible;

---

Definitions:

Bystander Effect

A social psychological phenomenon in which individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present.

Alienation

Decreasing importance of social ties and community and the corresponding increase in impersonal associations and instrumental logic; also, according to Marx, the sense of dissatisfaction the modern worker feels as a result of producing goods that are owned and controlled by someone else.

Herbert Gans

A sociologist known for his analytical work in urban sociology, media studies, and studies on the American working class.

Cosmopolite

An individual who is at ease in any part of the world and keen to understand different cultures, often embracing a global perspective rather than identifying solely with a single locality or nation.