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making-the-grades: consider splitting exercise into two exercises

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cpp
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Start by reviewing the making-the-grades exercise and the C++ track's conventions for introducing arrays and vectors. Determine how the exercise could be divided into two coherent exercises, with each focused on one concept and both fitting the track's progression.

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I feel like making-the-grades is perhaps doing a bit too much in introducing both arrays and vectors. I think introducing arrays first and then vectors after that might make sense. The exercises feels a bit "dense" at the moment.

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