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Question 15

In a professional diving competition, a diver's score for a single dive is determined by seven independent judges. Each judge awards a score between 0.0 and 10.0 inclusive.

To calculate the final score for the dive:

  1. The single highest and single lowest judges' scores are discarded.
  2. The sum of the remaining five scores is calculated.
  3. This sum is multiplied by the dive's degree of difficulty, and then multiplied by a scaling factor of 0.6 to obtain the final score.

Construct an algorithm to calculate and output the final score for one dive.

  • Write your algorithm using pseudocode or a programming language you know.
  • Assume the seven scores are stored in an array named scores (indexed from 0 to 6).
  • Assume the real variable difficultyDegree already holds the degree of difficulty value.
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Algorithms Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Computer Science
  3. /Algorithms

159 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Computer Science Algorithms, covering Constructs for solving problems, Variables, constants and data structures, Arithmetic, relational and logical operators, Tracing algorithm output with trace tables, Types of error and correcting logic errors, Standard algorithms (sorts and searches), and Evaluating algorithm fitness and efficiency. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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