<p>Well, the volume of a cone/pyramid is 1/3(Base x H), and the height is the same, so the solid with the largest base would have the greatest volume. </p>
<p>Solid 2 has a larger base than solid 1/3. You can calculate the area of each base, but it isn’t really necessary. For solids 1 and 3, the distance from the corner to center of the base is equal to the radius of the base of solid 2. That means the bases of solids 1/3 can be circumscribed into solid 2, and therefore have smaller volumes than solid 2.</p>
<p>I got B without much thought (or rather algebraic reasoning). It’s pretty apparent that the rounded base maximizes the area when the radii are equivalent. Consider that the rest truncate the perimeter of the bottom shape.</p>
<p>Anyway, the Direct Hits flashcards are super useful. Thank you IceQube :)</p>
<p>On an unrelated note, I did the notorious Trabb’s boy passage today. I only got 1 wrong on the whole section, which is much than I had expected. But I must agree that the passage was annoying, and I’m still not entirely sure as to what exactly the Trabb’s boy was doing. It sounded like he was just spazzing out.</p>
<p>Great job :D! I remember when I did that passage :o. </p>
<p>The objective when reading abstruse works of literature such as the Trabb’s boy passage is to stay calm. Just stay calm. Don’t get all worked up, and analyze each question meticulously.</p>
<p>Jeffery do you have any tips for reading? Usually I miss 3-5 questions on CR, predominately passage based questions. Anything that you do that you find to be helpful? I would really like to get those last few questions in order to get an 800. My score was kind of an anomaly today, getting a 670 that is, because I missed 5 on the last section because of being extremely hungry. I am going to be taking another writing section in an hour or two and seek you advice. :)</p>
<p>I’m primed for January 28th. The only thing keeping me from my 2400 is the Scantron machine; all it has to do is read the bubbles I lay down on Saturday. </p>
<p>When I get my letter in the mail from the College Board, I already know what four numbers I’m going to see - two zeros, a two, and a four :). </p>
<p>Good luck to you too :). May your bubbles be blessed as mine are ;). </p>
<p>Oh wow, I just realized that. Jeffery Jeffery Jeffery Jeffery. The only thing keeping me from a 2400 is a couple CR questions and some M stuff that I will work on this week. Also, good one Jeffery. </p>
<p>But you got an 800 CR? I guess I’ll just have to keep practicing.</p>
<p>Edit: Wait were did I spell your name wrong? :p</p>
<p>I do get occasional 800 CR. It helps to know that everything that I’m looking for is, in fact, always in the passage. It seems like every CR advice that one can possibly give is trite. Try marking the ones you are 100% confident about the answer. Hopefully, you always get these ones correct. Then, the others just need some careful scrutiny to separate the “okay” answer choices from the “best” one.</p>
<h1>1. a. Were I to be granted a whole month in which to do whateverI wanted, I would travel throughout Africa and see as much of that continent as I could.</h1>
<p>b. If I would have been granted a whole month in which to do whateverI wanted, I would travel throughout Africa and see as much of that continent as I could.</p>
<h1>2.</h1>
<p>a. James obtained a French visa two years ago, and he has been living in France ever since
b. James obtained a French visa two years ago, where ever since he lives</p>
<h1>3. If every nation were self-sufficient, the world’s food supply (would have been/would be) governed solely by the economics of supply and demand.</h1>
<p>1) A sounds best. I’m not sold on the wisdom of using the present perfect “have been” in the second version. The present perfect is used to express an action that started in the past and finished now. </p>
<p>Isn’t there also a parallelism rule for words like “would”? For #1, I thought the answer was b because the two clauses both have “would” in each…
I’m really confused on when to make words/verb tenses parallel :/</p>