Feb 2009 ACT Math

<p>^ this is basically a much shorter version of my explanation.</p>

<p>Edit: weren't you the one asking for the explanation? It seems that you understood the question. Unless you don't know why you were looking for a difference of 7.</p>

<p>was the answer to the number graph one choice (D)</p>

<p>if not..wat was it</p>

<p>LOl Sorry for that.</p>

<p>I knew how to do it. i just wanted to know the answer and confirm it, i forgot it.</p>

<p>The number graph one? You'll have to be a bit more specific...</p>

<p>yes that one</p>

<p>the one with a squares greater than b squares</p>

<p>it was one of the last questions on the test..</p>

<p>The a^2 > b^2 one? The answer was the one which expressed that |a| > |b|</p>

<p>There was a question with a pentagon that had, i think, a trapazoid drawn inside of it. The question was asking about one of the angles..I remember trying to choose between seventy-something degrees and eighty-something degress, i think 72 and 82...they were choices B and C, and A was 108.
Anyways, i ended up choosing 72, anyone remember what they put?</p>

<p>I ended up putting 72 as well as a guess :/</p>

<p>I assumed that the two angles formed by the line were equal, so:</p>

<p>2x + 216 = 360 (since the other two angles had to be 108, because the pentagon was regular, and those two angles plus the two angles formed by the line must add up to 360, since they formed a quadrilateral)</p>

<p>So x = 72</p>

<p>Goddamnit, I remember now that I put 82, even though I went through the above reasoning. I set it up as 2x + 216 = 540</p>

<p>Yeah it was 72 cause each angle in a pentagon is 108 and it was isoceles so 2*108=2x = 360</p>

<p>x=72</p>

<p>umm...i think it was actually 36.
because the top angle of the pentagon (within a triangle) was 108. Since a triangle has 180 degrees. You do 180 - 72 / 2 = 36</p>

<p>i meant 180- 108 /2 = 36....sorry</p>

<p>im pretty sure that the angle was between 45 and 90, just by looking at it...
Rocket Surgery and MasterFox, I think/hope you are right!
I don't remember exactly what I did..but something about that 90+18=108 and 90-18=72...idk 72 just made more sense than 82.</p>

<p>wat exactly was the question asking for??</p>

<p>wat were the answer choices..</p>

<p>A)108
B) 72
C) 82
D) something <45..thirty-something i think.</p>

<p>also, there was a question asking which two digit number is a product of three prime numbers or something like that...i didn't have time to work on this one and i randomly chose B..maybe C...anyone remember the right answer?</p>

<p>also..which angle was the question asking for??</p>

<p>the answer to your question is 70
do u know which angle the question asked for??</p>

<p>i can't remember exactly..there was a pentagon with a trapezoid drawn in the lower part of it...i think it was the top angle on the right side of the trapezoid...but i could be wrong..</p>