<p>Hey guys, I have some VERY Intricate SAT questions. I need someone who is able to explain thoroughly the questions, and why any answer is wrong and why any answer is right, You don't have to answer them all, just the ones you're sure off and know how to explain well.</p>
<p>First off, writing:</p>
<p>1) Not one of the students in the advanced chemistry class (have passed a single test with a grade better than a C), but the second half of the course will be easier.</p>
<p>(A) have passed a single test with a grade better than a C
(B) have managed to pass a single test with better than a C grade
(C) have passed a single test any better than a grade of C
(D) has passed having better than a C grade on a single test
(E) has passed a single test with better than a C grade</p>
<p>The answer is (E). Why is (D) especially wrong?</p>
<p>2) After carefully studying both of the articles, Dr. Rodriguez and Nurse Alba found that the only difference between (them were their titles).</p>
<p>(A) them were their titles
(B) them were the titles
(C) the articles were the titles
(D) the articles was that of the titles
(E) the articles was their titles</p>
<p>Answer is (E). Why is (D) is wrong? I've read previous explanations that said that the problem in (D) is that it essentially means: 'the only difference between the articles was the difference of the articles. Therefore the world 'different' is repeated twice and is redundant. I actually agree with this explanation, but feel that when (E) says that the 'difference between the articles was their titles' shouldn't it be the difference between the articles was their title' and not 'titles'?</p>
<p>3) Ralph Ellisons Invisible Man (is) the story of a nameless young Black man who (ultimately decides) to forge his own identity (rather than accept) (the one) assigned to him.</p>
<p>The answer is (E). What is it not (c)? Shouldn't it be 'rather than to accept'? What is the rule for such a thing?</p>
<p>4) Throughout the history of science there have been periods </p>
<p>(with revolutionary thinkers questioning)</p>
<p>OR</p>
<p>(when revolutionary thinkers questioned)</p>
<p>traditional assumptions and outdated theories.</p>
<p>Answer is 'when revolutionary thinkers questioned', but why exactly grammatically, other than it doesn't sound right, is the other paraphrasing wrong?</p>
<p>Second, Math:</p>
<p>5) If | 5 - | a | | > 3, which of the following may be correct?</p>
<p>I. a < -8
II. -2 < a < 2
III. a > 8</p>
<p>(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I or III
(E) I or II or III</p>
<p>Answer is (E) Please solve this one in details. I can't get the absolute value inside another absolute value.</p>
<p>6) If 0.34 < x < 0.40 and 0.3125 < x < 0.45 , which of the following could be x?</p>
<p>(A) 0.3333
(B) 0.4
(C) 0.375
(D) 0.4285
(E) 0.4444</p>
<p>I'll show you how I did it:</p>
<p>0.34 < x < 0.40
+ (I'll add the two inequalities)
0.3125 < x < 0.45</p>
<p>=</p>
<p>0.6525 < 2x < 0.85 ( divided by 2)</p>
<p>0.32625 < x < 0.425</p>
<p>So we need to get a value of x that is between the above. I chose (A), not seeing that (c) could work too in that sense. The answer is actually (C). The book explains that 0.375, which is between 0.34 and 0.40, and between 0.3125 and 0.45.</p>
<p>I'm actually not sure of the answer. When do we add the equations, and when do we just do the method above, or is one of them just plain wrong? I'm very confused regarding this issue.</p>
<p>7) Here's another question with the same problem:</p>
<p>If 5 < x < 10 and y = x + 5, what is the greatest possible integer value of x + y ?</p>
<p>(A) 18
(B) 20
(C) 23
(D) 24
(E) 25</p>
<p>The answer is (D) according to the book. Now here is the answer of the book: </p>
<p>Adding x to both sides of the equation y = x + 5 yields x + y = x + (x + 5), or x + y = 2x + 5. Hence, the
greatest possible value of x + y is the maximum possible value of 2x + 5. Now, lets create this expression
out of the given inequality 5 < x < 10. Multiplying the inequality by 2 yields 10 < 2x < 20. Adding 5 to each
part of the inequality yields 10 + 5 < 2x + 5 < 20 + 5, or 15 < 2x + 5 < 25. So, 2x + 5 is less than 25. The
greatest possible integer value of 2x + 5 is 24. Hence, the answer is (D).</p>
<p>You see this? Now for this one he solved it using the previous method I originally used in number (6). If I try to do it with the way of the book of example 4, then it'd be X + Y = 9 + 9 + 5 = 23</p>
<p>Which way is correct, or am I missing something here?</p>
<p>8) And last, I have one word-in-context question in a passage. The word is in the first part of the passage, but I'll post the other two parts anyway, in case someone needs them:</p>
<p>Here is the introductory information of the passage:</p>
<p>The following passage is from a nineteenth-century British novel. The narrator is Gabriel Better edge, the butler of Lady Julia Verinder, owner of a stolen diamond called the Moonstone. </p>
<p>and here are the links:</p>
<p>1st part: <a href="http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/8716/56552293.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/8716/56552293.jpg</a>
2nd part: <a href="http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/9969/84591851.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/9969/84591851.jpg</a>
3rd part: <a href="http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/9572/58058966.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/9572/58058966.jpg</a></p>
<p>Question is:</p>
<ol>
<li>In line 25, "want" most nearly means</li>
</ol>
<p>(A) poverty (B) desire (C) lack (D) fault (E) requirement</p>
<p>I chose (E), but the answer is (C). Any thoughts? This is a level 5 question :(</p>
<p>Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to answer my questions :)</p>
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