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Wait a moment, if all grades are relative to the highest, then aren't all grades a fraction using the highest grade as the denominator?

The reason this situation seems unusual: The prof's grading system has a division by zero bug.




> "aren't all grades a fraction"

Not necessarily. The prof could choose to make grades relative by subtracting rather than dividing.

If that was the policy, then someone could've boycotted the boycott by going in and trying to score exactly one point on the exam, possibly after everyone else left. Then everyone else would score a 99.

It would have at least given everyone something to think about afterwards.


That's why is the highest grade were to be 0, everyone would get infinite marks that caps at 100.


How about just put exception handling around the whole thing, then assign 100 to everyone if there's a DivideByZeroException?




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