A weighted average is a more accurate measurement of scores or investments that are of relative importance to each other. This is often the case with investment portfolios, grade scoring and other statistics. You can find out how to calculate weighted averages.ist the weight next to the number. 1  Percentages are common because weights are often a percentage of a total of 100. 2  If you are figuring out the weighted average of grades, investments and other financial data, look for the percentage of the occurrence out of 100.
More forceful whippings, like those often administered to slaves in pre-Civil War America, are much more dangerous. Lashes with a leather instrument or paddle and a full range of motion have the potential to cause permanent damage to the internal organs and muscles, severe blood loss, shock, and maybe death.
The gland on each shoulder of a cane toad can produce a secretion toxic to both humans and animals. For humans this secretion can cause both skin and eye irritations, or a slowing of the heart if it is ingested. In extreme cases, animals such as pigs, dogs and cats have been known to die after eating a cane toad.