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  "name": "How do you calculate what you need on the final to pass the class?",
  "description": "Set the target to the passing grade (usually 60% or 70%) in the formula: needed = (passing − current × completed weight) ÷ final weight. With a 55% current average, a final worth 30%, and 60% to pass: (60 − 55×0.70) ÷ 0.30 = 71.7%.",
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    "question": "How do you calculate what you need on the final to pass the class?",
    "shortAnswer": "Set the target to the passing grade (usually 60% or 70%) in the formula: needed = (passing − current × completed weight) ÷ final weight. With a 55% current average, a final worth 30%, and 60% to pass: (60 − 55×0.70) ÷ 0.30 = 71.7%.",
    "tableTitle": "Worked example: 55% current, final worth 30%, need 60%",
    "columns": [
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      "Course grade",
      "Outcome"
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      {
        "label": "50%",
        "value": "53.5%",
        "note": "Fails"
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        "label": "71.7%",
        "value": "60.0%",
        "note": "Exactly passing"
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      {
        "label": "80%",
        "value": "62.5%",
        "note": "Passing with margin"
      },
      {
        "label": "100%",
        "value": "68.5%",
        "note": "Best possible finish"
      }
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    "context": "If the needed score comes out negative, you've already locked in a pass — a zero on the final still clears the bar. If it comes out above 100%, passing on points is impossible and the conversation shifts to incomplete grades, extra credit, or retaking. Knowing the exact number also tells you how to study: needing 72% on a cumulative final is a different preparation problem than needing 95%.",
    "methodology": "Same weighted-mean rearrangement as the what-if formula, with the target set to the institution's passing threshold (60% at most US high schools, 70% at many colleges and nursing/graduate programs).",
    "dateModified": "2026-10-01",
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