As you are preparing for your finals, you review your previous exam grades in Algebra and ...

As you are preparing for your finals, you review your previous exam grades in Algebra and Trigonometry, which were 36, 44, and 42 . Assuming an average of 60 is needed for a passing grade and the final is worth as much as each of the other exams, what strategy should you use?
 
  a. Put all of your effort into this final exam since you could still pull a passing grade.
  b. Put an average amount of effort into this final.
  c. Drop the course if your professor says there is no hope of passing the course and put your effort into your other classes.
  d. Give up. Finals aren't worth the effort because most students do worse on them than on all of their other exams.