<p>Oh OK… Looks like I’ll have to wait until mid-December, unless my school gets them/distributes them earlier this year.</p>
<p>Is anyone willing and able to compile a complete list of the answers?</p>
<p>My child’s school gave out scores today. Once you have the paper score report , you can go online to get more information, so , painful as it may be, just wait it out.</p>
<p>nemom, do you think you can sign into the quickstart profile and take pictures of the questions (especially math/writing)? just use prtsc on your keyboard… but its okay if you dont want to. i guess im just really aprehensive lol i hope i made national merit</p>
<p>@silverturtle–</p>
<p>It could not have been “explanation for” because of the way the sentence was worded. From what we recollected of the question in the 2009 PSAT W Form Thread, “explanation for” seemed a plausible match. However, when i reread the question today, “explanation for” just didn’t fit.</p>
<p>@fresh101</p>
<p>Back to the A B and X problem, do u know why it couldnt have been 2? (i.e. a rhombus)?</p>
<p>fresh101,</p>
<p>Can you post the question?</p>
<p>^
YEs. Here’s the question: Points A, B, and X do NOT all lie on the same line. Point X is 5 units from A and 3 units from B. How many other points in the same plane as A, B, and X are also 5 units from A and 3 units from B?</p>
<p>It was so easy. I ***in hate myself for misinterpretating the problem. Does any1 know of any medication that helps one to get calm? I have reallllllllllly bad jitters while i take standardized tests.</p>
<p>I was answering Mabsjenu… </p>
<p>Here is the explanation of question: </p>
<p>The (arrival of) swallows in San Juan Capistrano on the same day each spring (fascinates) scientists, who (continue to) search for (an explanation of the) phenomenon. (no error)</p>
<p>Can you offer your explanation for the claimed answer?</p>
<p>^ You see what I did there? :)</p>
<p>Sure. Wait which question?
Im assuming that it’s the latter. </p>
<p>It can’t be “explanation for” because “search for” is already being used. This is an idiomatic type of problem we are arguring about here and really there are no formalities associated with it. In this scenario, going by sound would make sense to say “explanation of”</p>
<p>The “explanation of” question.</p>
<p>@fresh</p>
<p>Thanks for posting the question but can u explain why it is 1 and not 2?</p>
<p>The example sentences from Dictionary.com that include “of” or “for” after “explanation”:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>“to find an explanation for a mystery”</p></li>
<li><p>“an explanation of a poem”</p></li>
<li><p>“That was supposedly the explanation for their misdeeds.”</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Based on the above, it seems that “for” is the correct form because the scientists can allow explain what the phenomenon is (explanation of it), but they can’t explain why it occurs (explanation for it).</p>
<p>Oh i thought it was pretty self-explanatory.
Ok. Get a sheet of paper. Draw A, B, and X, though not on a line (it can be in the shape of a triangle). Then draw a line connecting A and X and draw another line connecting x and B. Label the former line 5 and label the latter line 3. Looking at your drawing now, you should have the basic outline of a triangle with A, B, and X as vertices. The only way to get the same result again is by reflection, thus forming a rhombus. When you reflect the shape, you should be able to get another vertex that is equally the same distance from A and from B.</p>
<p>Maybe im focusing on the wrong aspect of the sentence, but the “for” stated following “search” would negate the use of “for” following “explanation”.</p>
<p>silver you are absolutely right but collegeboard will argue that “for” is already in the sentence making your suggestion sound redundant</p>
<ul>
<li>“That was supposedly the explanation for their misdeeds.” </li>
</ul>
<p>Nothing in this sentence says that an explanation can’t be found, however, “for” is still being used.</p>