Lowest Score Drop

Can anyone explain how a 81.25 = ((100 + 90 + 50 + 20 + 65) - 20)/4.0, when the average should be 76.25?

I got the code to work except during the calculation it's adding a 5 and I don't know where it's getting it from.

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#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
          
using namespace std;

void getScore(int &score);
void calcAverage(int score1, int score2, int score3, int score4, int score5, int lowest);
int findLowest(int score1, int score2, int score3, int score4, int score5);

int main ()
{
    
int     score1 = 0, score2 = 0, score3 = 0, score4 = 0, score5 = 0, lowest = 0;
    
        getScore(score1);
        getScore(score2);
        getScore(score3);
        getScore(score4);
        getScore(score5);

        findLowest(score1, score2, score3, score4, score5);

        calcAverage(score1, score2, score3, score4, score5, lowest);

system ("pause"); 
return 0;
}
void getScore(int &score)
{
     
    // for (int repeat = 0; repeat < 5; repeat++)
         //{
              cout << "Enter a test score between 0 and 100: ";
              cin >> score;
              
              cout << "\n\n";
              
              while ((score < 0) || (score > 100))
                    {
                          cout << "Invalid Input.\n\nEnter a test score between 0 and 100: ";
                          cin >> score;
              
                          cout << "\n\n";
                    }
         //}                        
}
int findLowest(int score1, int score2, int score3, int score4, int score5)
{
    int lowest = score1;
    
    if (score2 < lowest)
       {
           lowest = score2;
       }
    if (score3 < lowest)
       {
           lowest = score3;
       }
    if (score4 < lowest)
       {
           lowest = score4;
       }
    if (score5 < lowest)
       {
           lowest = score5;
       }
       
       cout << "The lowest test score is " << lowest << "\n\n";
       
       return lowest;
}
void calcAverage(int score1, int score2, int score3, int score4, int score5, int lowest)
{
     double average;
     
     average = ((score1 + score2 + score3 + score4 + score5) - lowest) / 4.0;
     
     cout << fixed << showpoint << setprecision(2);
     
     cout << "\nThe average of the four highest scores is " << average << "\n\n\n";
}
Last edited on
Line 21 must be:

lowest = findLowest(score1, score2, score3, score4, score5);

That's all! :-)
Thanks.
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