June 4 2011 SAT Reasoning Post-Test Discussion

<p>Hey, for the question involving -(x=2)^2 + (-2)^2 and which of those provided the maximum value I got awnser A. Im almost postive that was right, it was like -x + 2^2 + 2 (it was the shortest awnser) is that right???</p>

<p>oh crud lol
and @senorcamel i got a as well i spent time plugging in x for every single one >.> but a was the right answer (the shortest one)</p>

<p>are we sure A was the right answer? I remember A on average giving the max value, but when 0 was plugged in another one gave a higher max value</p>

<p>I put A for the Max value…But what letter choice did u guys put for g(-1)?</p>

<p>i think i put (0,3) or something like that but idr</p>

<p>The max value one was not the shortest one. You can’t just plug in random numbers and see which one’s the highest. You have to plug all the equations into the calculator, and see which one has the highest vertex. The answer was C.</p>

<p>also did the narrator come to a sad realization in the passage about a lady and her mom?</p>

<p>I disagree, i would show u why, but i dont have the exact awsners and stuff memorized. But also, on that same section, in the beginning, there was a function quetion like F = x - 1 and what is f (1)… did u get 1-1 = 0 ? it seemed like stupid easy, i was worried.</p>

<p>yeah i got that too it was weird</p>

<p>Does anyone remember a question about false turns in the passage about directions? As I remember some of the answer choices were unnatural, erroneous, disloyal, and untrue.</p>

<p>on the writing there was a question on like on paris and the art exhibitions there</p>

<p>was it “drawn” or “drawing them” or what</p>

<p>Hey does anyone remember what the 25 question Critical Reading passage had in it? What passages did it cover? Was it the passage about the writer’s block or was that section 8?</p>

<p>the max value one was blahblahblha + (-2)^2 cuz others were (-2)^3 (-2)^5 it was B it wasn’t the shortest one</p>

<p>@biteme192… but all that blablablah was very important if u considered the first and shortest awnser. all the other turned the blah into a negetive while the first one kept it postive, thereofr making the (-2)^ whatever very insignificant</p>

<p>someone remind me what the 25 question Critical reading section was about again! I need to reassure myself that I did fine!</p>

<p>blah blah blah was constant in all of them so it didnt make a difference if you plugged in all the equations in the graph blahblahblah + (-2)^2 would have the highest vertex and thats what it was asking for</p>

<p>Pretty positive it was A for the max value problem. Graph each one and you can see that almost all of them have a vertex at -2 and point down hence the max at -2 for like 3 possibly even 4 of them. only A had a max of 0. Anyone wanna back me up on this?</p>

<p>vsizzle</p>

<p>if you plug in a value of -2 for choice D you get…</p>

<p>(-2+2) + (-2)^2</p>

<p>simplified</p>

<p>(0) + (4) = 4</p>

<p>im pretty sure B’s vertex was positive</p>

<p>the blahba was NOT constant, the first one was different. i think it lacked parenthesis with a negative on the outside, therfor the -2 would be ^2 and lose that negative. all the other turned into -big # + 2 while this was big # -2 (something like this :slight_smile: )</p>