To determine student's final grade for a math class, Mr. Abbot throws out the lowest test score and takes the average of the remaining scores. Phil earned the following test scores in the class: 80, 76, 84, 91, and 95. What was Phil's final grade?
First, eliminate the lowest grade (76). Now, find the average/mean of the remaining 4 test grades. To do so, add up all the test grades, then divide them by the total number of test grades:
