Help me with some hard math problems

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<p>I am going to go with C: 4 for the first one. I don’t know how to do the math, exactly. But in f(x), it jumps from .125, to .5, to 2. That’s a jump in by x4 each time. In When you do 4^-1, you get .25, 4^0 = 1, and then 4^1 = 4. That’s also a jump in four. And so K = .5</p>

<p>(.5)(4^x). Plug it in. It’ll work for each one. </p>

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<p>I can’t get the second one. I suck with them.</p>

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<p>As for the last one – Choice A. The height of a pyramid is side / radical(2).</p>

<p>First one: Take the second set of numbers which assumes x = 0. That means a^0= 1, therefore k= 0.5. Substitute it for another set of values. so if I take the third one, assume x = 1, then 0.5 a = 2. a = 4</p>

<p>Second one: 4.2. Thats because if you substitute a-1.2 into the equation u get (a+1.8)(a-4.2)=0. Therefore a= -1.8 or a =4.2, so since a is positive ans = 4.2</p>

<p>Thank u nikey.What about the third ?</p>

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<p>I didn’t do 3 because I thought mono did it.
Anways Q3: first find diagonal of base = (root) 2m (squared). Divide this by 2 to get a right angled triangle with e, h and half of the diagonal. use pythagoras, m (square) - m(square)/2= m(square)/2. You do this because e=m. Then root it to get m/(root)2 which is A</p>

<p>I think the last one is 5C2? = 10</p>

<p>Nope, Its 5P2 = 20, B. Otherwise think about it logically. There are 5 options for one area and if you use one then there are 4 options for the other area so its 5 x 4 = 20. You would only use 5C2 in the case when they specify that one pair of colours cannot be used more than once together.</p>

<p>Wait a minute
What is 5P2 and 5C2 ?</p>

<p>Its combinations and permutations, a bit hard to explain in short :stuck_out_tongue: It makes probability q’s easier if you know them but you don’t really need to. Just use my other method. All these q’s can be solved by thinking them out. 5 options for 1, 4 for the other, so 5 x 4 = 20</p>

<p>My error was that I did it like 5 x 4 x 3 :)</p>

<p>All done? Man, I miss solving math on here ;)</p>

<p>Spidey being from IIT these questions must be like kindergarten stuff for you :stuck_out_tongue: lemme guess 800 math?</p>

<p>:) righto genius.</p>

<p>You dont need to be a genius to score 800 M :)</p>

<p>haha, I was calling him a genius for figuring out my score :stuck_out_tongue:
And yep, quite true. SAT is one of the easiest exams I know lol.</p>

<p>^I’m sad for you though…BARCA won :D</p>

<p>Barca was the better team and deserved to win :)</p>