May 7, 2005 NEW SAT - OFFICIAL THREAD

<p>4 kids get out at 1st stop
25% get out at 2nd
10 get out at 3rd
14 left
How many were there when the bus left school?</p>

<p>Answer was 36.</p>

<p>thanks alot</p>

<p>iron chef i didnt get either of those either for answers. of this one is stupid, but there were a few angles you knew on the first section and you had to figure out what another one was. was the answer 65 or 75?</p>

<p>7 was the x-value of the other root of the paraboloa</p>

<p>also, will the curve be the same for everyone that took the test or will it be different if you had differetn questions?</p>

<p>what about that grid-in where they gave you a graph of a quadtratic equation that crossed the x-axis at x=-1 and x=k, find k. I think I got 5 because it's turning point was (3,-4). So the equation would have been y=(x-3)^2 -4...y=x^2-6x+5...y=(x-1)(x-5). But this doesn't work out because then x=1 or 5, but the problem stated that one value of x was -1. oh my god this is CONFUSING. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?</p>

<p>jmarsh,</p>

<p>that question was the answer that was 7. You could have used slopes to figure it out.</p>

<p>math grid ins-
14, 4, 30, 3/4, (anything less than sqrt 1/64), 1020, 200, 9, 5/4, 7</p>

<p>math-
two circles + 3 tangent lines = sqrt13-1
inscribed circle in square = ½
area of shaded region of rectangle =3/4
permiter shaded edge of cubes = 396
function between -1<x<2
point P(a,b) becomes point A when y value is doubled
cheese wheel = 6lbs
a=2b-4(or something similar)
problem with 3^3/2 was all three of them were the same
xsquarey difference is 2t
axle function is 2n-2
36 kids on bus..
sqrt34
2r
2/x<2</p>

<p>k im done.. ill let someone else update this or do verbal</p>

<p>jmarsh, wasn't that the parabola and they just wanted you to subtract the x value from the vertex with the x value from the intercept, then add it to the vertex, so i think it was 7. im not sure though</p>

<p>and how to fo 7-</p>

<p>the vertex is the same distance from both roots. xval of one root was -1
xval of vertex was 3</p>

<p>so because of the symmetry the other root is 7</p>

<p>"also, will the curve be the same for everyone that took the test or will it be different if you had differetn questions?"</p>

<p>I was wondering this too...</p>

<p>Lbtg,
What question was the square root of 34 for? Also for the question with the circle with two tangent lines where you said sqrt 13-1, do you remember if just sqrt 13 was a choice?</p>

<p>the curve applies to everyone who took the test on our date. they dont differentiate bewteen test copies.</p>

<p>sqrt of 34 was a question with shapes in it.. thats all i remember...</p>

<p>and idk if sqrt13 was an option..</p>

<p>
[quote]
JimShaw: I got that the x^(3/2) thing was all of them:</p>

<p>I. "x radical x" is correct
II. "radical x^3" is correct
III. "(x^2)/radical x" is correct too.</p>

<p>Please correct me if I'm wrong, which isn't that improbable...

[/quote]
I think that's what I got too... if those are correct then...</p>

<p>x^1 * x^(1/2) is x^(3/2) since you add the exponents</p>

<p>x^(1/2)^3 would be x^(3/2) since you multiple (1/2) and 3</p>

<p>and x^2 / x^(1/2) is x^(3/2) since you subtract the exponents.</p>

<p>I am pretty sure that 34 was an answer. There was an isoceles triangle with sides 12, 12, and 10 and they aksed for the perimeter.</p>

<p>question on the letters. D E F had 6. C D E F has 18? 18-6 = 12</p>

<p>cdef=4<em>3</em>2<em>1=24
def=3</em>2*1=6
24-6=18</p>

<p>2 of my math sections were relatively easy (since math is usually my worst subject and the only subject i was tutored for)...however while i am definitely an english/writing person, the critical reading was not too easy because i never agree with the stupid questions for the ridiculous passages. did anyone get the "porcupine woman" story? that thing was just weird.</p>

<p>also, abotu the whole thing in general, it was too damn long.... really why is it necessary to have so many sections? by the end i was just so miserable that i felt like just making a little picture out of the circle fill-ins on the answer sheet...</p>

<p>oh and we got 1-minute breaks... did everyone else have that too?</p>

<p>and did anyone get the writing question about working and how it structures peoples lives?</p>

<p>What was that CDEF question you are reffering to? Can you explain the question so I can remember it.</p>