January 2005 SAT Verified answers

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<p>Someone please verify these</p>

<p>26 Author talks about protagonists then uses them to transition to the authors' concerns
27 schoolteacher was callous/insensitive (B) - labeled protagonist as retarded
29 silence = symbol of repression (?)
30 one choice isn't necessary superior to another
31 Kingston's sword = her voice? (E)
34 author's attitude towards people who criticize Kingston's writing: disapprove/reject (E)
35 Author believes that the authors (Kingston and the African writer) need not be factually/culturally accurate
36 critics more concerned about socio____ instead of artistic (E)</p>

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<p>cause it was experimental on the past tests (this was a recycled test)</p>

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<p>26,27,30,31,34,36 are right, at least to me.
I'm not sure about 29, and 35. I might've put those. Do you remember other choices or the question?</p>

24

<p>For 29...
need to rebel against parents was the other convincing choice I remember...</p>

25

<p>will somebody do the one where the guy rides his bike 30 km/hr to the store, and walks 2 km/hr back to his house in a total of two hours and you have to find the distance between the store and the house...i randomly guessed...that and the 2x+y one are the only ones i know i got wrong (i think)</p>

26

<p>The bike one was 3.75</p>

27

<p>the guy riding his bike is 3.75 km. you add both ratios of t = d/r so then d1/r1 + d2/r2 = 2 hours. Now, I just plugged in, with 3.75/30 + 3.75/2 = 2 off the top of my head. So that's 2 hours. As for the 2x + y one, no need to worry. That section was CLEARLY the experimental (I mean, what with the Sets, Algebra, and Analytical Geometry). But just for future use, the 2x + y thingy was the classic multiple/divide/add/subtract into the offered answer choice. (2x + y)/2 = 360/2 = 180 = x + ky, k = 1/2.</p>

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<p>NO WAY!!! I GUESSED THAT, I DIDNT EVEN DO ANY WORK, I JUST KNEW IT HAD TO BE BETWEEN 3 AND 4...OMG THAT WAS A COMPLETE GUESS...SWEETNESS...sorry, i'm excited, because i pulled 3.75 out of my a$$</p>

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<p>Darn can some1 write the exact problem for the 2x + y. I cant remember what I put.</p>

30

<p>and, the canadian..thanks...im a complete retard...but its cool, thanks for the explanation, that would have been bothering me for a while</p>

31

<p>Can someone explain to me... why is futile:effort::unintelligible:speech?</p>

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<p>futile:effort::unintelligible:speech</p>

<p>I reasoned that a futile effort has failed and unintelligible speech has failed.</p>

<p>With an effort, you want to do something. Futile pretty much means it's useless to do anything.</p>

<p>With speech, you want to communicate a message. Unintelligible means it's not understandable and thus the message has not been communicated.</p>

<p>So both have failed.</p>

33

<p>y couldn't the answer for the silence of the two girls be something spiritual. i remember they both looked to God for help or something.</p>

34

<p>wait did anyone else put horse:mane for that analogy question with bird:plumage?</p>

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<p>Plumage is the feathers of a bird. Feathers cover a bird like scales cover a fish.</p>

36

<p>Last question, section one. The pyramid with the parallelogram base. What was the answer?</p>

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<p>for SC, did anyone remember there was a question (number 2 i think) about a person being __________ while firing others, who felt ___________</p>

<p>was the answer you chose : Stoicism, Gibe OR Charming, compliment</p>

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<p>right...but plumage is the outer covering of a bird...is the mane of the horse the whole thing or now that i think about it haha i know this sounds stupid but is the mane just the long hair or is it the entire coat?</p>

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<p>mane is just the hair</p>

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<p>damn...somehow i always make one stupid mistake like that haha...student what did you put for the funds sc...i put disperse i dont think it was marshal but just checking</p>