Hey everyone I have been working on this problem for awhile now and I am pretty stuck in my code...I don't think I approached it the right way. It isn't complete, but I have been staring at it for about an hour now and also looking through the web to help me out but its not working out. Can anyone help me out with this code?

This is the problem and what they want:

Write a program that reads a student's name together with hisor her test scores. The program should compute the averagetest score for each student and ssign the appropriate grade. The grade scale is as follows: 90-100, A; 80-89, B; 70-79, C;60-69, D; 0-59, F. Your program must use the followingfunctions:
a. A void function, calculateAverage,to determine the average of the five test scores for eachstudent. Use a loop to read and sum the five testscores. (This function does not output the average testscore. That task must be done in the function main.)
b. A value-returning function,calculateGrade, to determine and return each student's grade. (Thisfunction does not output the grade. That task must be done inthe function main.)
Test your program on the following data. Read the datafrom a file (use an inData.txt) and send the output to afile. Do not use any global variables. Use theappropriate parameters to pass values in and out offunctions.
Johnson 85 83 77 91 76
Aniston 80 90 95 93 48
Cooper 78 81 11 90 73
Gupta 92 83 30 69 87
Blair 23 45 96 38 59
Clark 60 85 45 39 67
Kennedy 77 31 52 74 83
Bronson 93 94 89 77 97
Sunny 79 85 28 93 82
Smith 85 72 49 75 63
Sample output:
The output should be of the following form: (fill the last 2columns and the last line showing the class average.)
Student Test1 Test2 Test3 Test4 Test5 Average Grade
Johnson 85 83 77 91 76
Aniston 80 90 95 93 48
Cooper 78 81 11 90 73
Gupta 92 83 30 69 87
Blair 23 45 96 38 59
Clark 60 85 45 39 67
Kennedy 77 31 52 74 83
Bronson 93 94 89 77 97
Sunny 79 85 28 93 82
Smith 85 72 49 75 63
Class Average =

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

//Declare function Prototype
void calculateAverage(double& avg1, double& avg2, double& avg3, double& avg4, double& avg5 , double& avg6, double& avg7, double& avg8, double& avg9, double& avg10);
char calculateGrade(double average);

int main()
{
	//Declare fstream files
	ifstream inFile;
	ofstream outFile;

	//Open file
	infile.open("C:\Users\Emcy\Desktop\ch7.txt");
	outfile.open("C:\Users\Emcy\Desktop\output.txt");

	//Variable declaration
	double name;
	double test1, test2, test3, tes4, test5;
	double& mean1, mean2, mean3, mean4, mean5 , mean6, mean7, mean8, mean9, mean10;
	char& grade1, grade2, grade3, grade4, grade5, grade6, grade7, grade8, grade9, grade10;
	string line1, line2, line3, line4, line5, line6, line7, line8, line9, line10;

	//Program purpose
	cout << "This program will take 5 test scores from users and calculate \nthe average, then display it in a chart format"<< endl;
	system("pause");
	system("cls");

	//Decimal point: 2
	outFile << fixed << showpoint <<setprecision(2);

	//Give something for the user to look at
	cout << "Gathering Information..." << endl;
	
	//Information Processing
	calculateAverage(mean1, mean2, mean3, mean4, mean5 , mean6, mean7, mean8, mean9, mean10);
	grade1 = calculateGrade(mean1);
	grade2 = calculateGrade(mean2);
	grade3 = calculateGrade(mean3);
	grade4 = calculateGrade(mean4);
	grade5 = calculateGrade(mean5);
	grade6 = calculateGrade(mean6);
	grade7 = calculateGrade(mean7);
	grade8 = calculateGrade(mean8);
	grade9 = calculateGrade(mean9);
	grade10 = calculateGrade(mean10);



return 0;
}






void calculateAverage(double& avg1, double& avg2, double& avg3, double& avg4, double& avg5 , double& avg6, double& avg7, double& avg8, double& avg9, double& avg10)
{	
	double x = 0

	while(x <= 10)
	{
//1st 
		if (x = 0)
		{	
			double num
			double y = 0
			while(y <=5)
			{
				inFile >> num
				sum1 = sum + num
			}
			avg1 = sum1 / 5
		}
//2nd
		else if (x = 1)
		{	
			double num
			double y = 0
			while(y <=5)
			{
				inFile >> num
				sum2 = sum + num
			}
			avg2 = sum2 / 5
		}
//3rd
		else if (x = 2)
		{	
			double num
			double y = 0
			while(y <=5)
			{
				inFile >> num
				sum3 = sum + num
			}
			avg3 = sum3 / 5
		}
//4th
		else if (x = 3)
		{	
			double num
			double y = 0
			while(y <=5)
			{
				inFile >> num
				sum4 = sum + num
			}
			avg4 = sum4 / 5
		}
//5th
		else if (x = 4)
		{	
			double num
			double y = 0
			while(y <=5)
			{
				inFile >> num
				sum5 = sum + num
			}
			avg5 = sum5 / 5
		}
//6th
		else if (x = 5)
		{	
			double num
			double y = 0
			while(y <=5)
			{
				inFile >> num
				sum6 = sum + num
			}
			avg6 = sum6 / 5
		}
//7th
		else if (x = 6)
		{	
			double num
			double y = 0
			while(y <=5)
			{
				inFile >> num
				sum7 = sum + num
			}
			avg7 = sum7 / 5
		}
//8th
		else if (x = 7)
		{	
			double num
			double y = 0
			while(y <=5)
			{
				inFile >> num
				sum8 = sum + num
			}
			avg8 = sum8 / 5
		}
//9th
		else if (x = 8)
		{	
			double num
			double y = 0
			while(y <=5)
			{
				inFile >> num
				sum9 = sum + num
			}
			avg9 = sum9 / 5
		}
//10th
		else if (x = 9)
		{	
			double num
			double y = 0
			while(y <=5)
			{
				inFile >> num
				sum10 = sum + num
			}
			avg10 = sum10 / 5
		}
		x++
	}
}
char calculateGrade(double average)
{	
	char letterGrade;

	if (average <= 100 && average >= 90)
		letterGrade = 'A';

	else if (average <= 89 && average >=80 )
		letterGrade = 'B';

	else if (average <= 79 && average >= 70)
		letterGrade = 'C';

	else if (average <= 69 && average >= 60)
		letterGrade = 'D';

	else if (average <= 59)
		letterGrade = 'F';

	return letterGrade;
}
double test1, test2, test3, tes4, test5;
	
string line1, line2, line3, line4, line5, line6, line7, line8, line9, line10;

Look into arrays for these quantities.

Also, when you have:

double& mean1, mean2, mean3, mean4, mean5 , mean6, mean7, mean8, mean9, mean10;
char& grade1, grade2, grade3, grade4, grade5, grade6, grade7, grade8, grade9, grade10;

see the following example:

double * a,b;  //I made this a  pointer instead of a reference but you get the idea
it's equivalent to:
double * a;
double b;

I do not believe you are correct in declaring lines 24 and 25 as references. Simply declare the "char &"s as chars as that is what your function is returning. Use arrays for these as well.

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