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  "name": "How do you calculate what grade you need on the final exam?",
  "description": "Needed final score = (target grade − current grade × completed weight) ÷ final weight. If you have an 84% going into a final worth 40% and want a 90%: (90 − 84×0.60) ÷ 0.40 = (90 − 50.4) ÷ 0.40 = 99%.",
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    "question": "How do you calculate what grade you need on the final exam?",
    "shortAnswer": "Needed final score = (target grade − current grade × completed weight) ÷ final weight. If you have an 84% going into a final worth 40% and want a 90%: (90 − 84×0.60) ÷ 0.40 = (90 − 50.4) ÷ 0.40 = 99%.",
    "tableTitle": "Worked example: 84% current, final worth 40%",
    "columns": [
      "Target course grade",
      "Needed on final",
      "Feasibility"
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    "rows": [
      {
        "label": "80% (B−)",
        "value": "74%",
        "note": "(80 − 50.4) ÷ 0.40"
      },
      {
        "label": "85% (B)",
        "value": "86%",
        "note": "(85 − 50.4) ÷ 0.40"
      },
      {
        "label": "90% (A−)",
        "value": "99%",
        "note": "(90 − 50.4) ÷ 0.40"
      },
      {
        "label": "93% (A)",
        "value": "106.5%",
        "note": "Not possible without extra credit"
      }
    ],
    "context": "When the needed score comes out above 100%, the target is unreachable on points alone — the realistic moves are extra credit, a curve, or renegotiating the target. When it comes out below your current average, you can afford a below-average final and still hold the grade. Run the number before finals week, not after: if you need 99%, that changes how you allocate study time across courses.",
    "methodology": "Algebraic rearrangement of the weighted-mean formula: final = (target − current × (1 − w)) ÷ w, where w is the final exam's weight as a decimal. Assumes the current average already reflects all non-final categories at their full weights.",
    "dateModified": "2026-10-01",
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