DECEMBER 2008 SAT Subject Test: Physics

<p>horrible-ness....a feeling of Horrrible-ness in the pit of my stomach....
ARGHHHH....
is -15 REALLY an 800 ??
and reichin dude...u freaked me out with those answers at the beginning of this thread. Kudos!</p>

<p>Poseur, you may be right (you're confusing me lol) but take a look at this graph:</p>

<p><a href="http://img.sparknotes.com/content/testprep/bookimgs/sat2/physics/0008/KEgraphs.gif%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://img.sparknotes.com/content/testprep/bookimgs/sat2/physics/0008/KEgraphs.gif&lt;/a>
(the one on the left)</p>

<p>KE is directly proportional to v^2 right?</p>

<p>so if you take sqrt v instead, it should be straight?</p>

<p>Poseur is right! sqrt KE is proportional to v but "sqrt v is not proportional to KE".
Specifically KE=1/2<em>m</em>v^2, which means that if we put x=v^2 that will become KE=1/2<em>m</em>x, which is a straight line :) That was the answer;)</p>

<p>Nifida, the graph I posted was KE vs v, which is obviously not a straight line. Stop confusing me :(</p>

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this is my sole proof TAKE IT IT'S ALL I HAVE</p>

<p>I thought it was like the KE formula when i read the problem, it may be P=kQ though.</p>

<p>I meannn it wasn't about kinetic energy or anything; it was just about linearizing the data if a varies directly as b^2.</p>

<p>R-DNA , -15 is most likely an 800. Getting 25-30 wrong puts you at 700, it's a VERY generous curve.</p>

<p>Physics is not my major and i have no time to study it. >.< I took the risk haha. But i did sth really stupid that i should have omitted the questions i dun know. But , i did not do that/ >.< I filled randomly , oh my god. >.<</p>

<p>which book do think worked the best for the DEC physics? I am currently using Sparknotes, taking in Jan, how u think of the book?</p>

<p>I used Princeton Review and thought it was great.</p>

<p>what's 9 omits and 5-8 wrong?</p>

<p>how about Sparknotes for the DEC physics?</p>

<p>@laure327: 750-800 depending on the curve.</p>

<p>I've never taken past physics SAT2's, but I thought this one was quite difficult. Generous curve? most likely. 9 Omits+ 5 wrong will prob put you at high 700's- and Hey, 800 is a possibility. I hope.</p>

<p>Sparknotes is very useful. I remember that there exits 1 questions on Sparknotes appeared in Dec.</p>