Your economics professor has announced the following grading policy: For each exam,the highest score in the class will be entered as a 100%;all other scores will be entered as the percent of that top score.For example,if the highest test score is 50 out of 100,it will be counted as a perfect paper,and exams with a score of 40 out of 100 will be entered as an 80%.The final grade for the course will be determined using these adjusted percentages,with 90% and above an A,80% and above a B,70% and above a C,and below 70%,not passing.
Refer to the information given above.You would expect that,as the semester progressed,students in this class who cared primarily about good grades would:
A)study less and less to maintain low standards and still earn high grades.
B)forget about the grading scheme,and learn to study for the sake of learning.
C)engage in a positional arms race,studying more and more.
D)maintain a stable agreement to not study for exams.

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The best grade goes to the student who is relatively best in the class,so each grade-motivated student has an individual incentive to do better than the other students.

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