<p>Alright, because I am not really good at SAT, from now on I'm going to post problems that I don't understand from the SAT prep book on this thread. SO that you who are smart out there that gets 800 on every section can help me out! I realized that I need to understand it in order to do well on SAT so almost everyday I will be posting problems that I don't understand. Thanks! That would be a great help! It will be mostly on math!</p>
<p>First problem!: The Birhgton High Schoo Marching Band has x members. The Brighton Drum Corp has y members. If the Monroe County All-STar Drum Line consists of all them members of the Brighton High SChool Marching Band and all the members of the BRighton Drum Corp except for the p common members (p>0), then how many members does the Monroe County All-Star Drum Line have in tern of x, y, and p?
A) x+y
B) x+y-p
c)x+y+2p
d)x+y-2p
E) 2x+2y-p</p>
<p>WHY IS IT D?!! </p>
<p>This problem is from 11 Practice Tests for the SAT PRinceton: Test 10, Section 3 Math: Number 19!!</p>
<p>Second Problem: If (0.008)x= 0.032, then what is teh value of 0.08x?
Why is it 3.2?
I got 0.32!</p>
<p>This problem is from 11 Practice Tests for the SAT PRinceton: Test 10, Section 3 Math: Number 1</p>
<p>it's -2p because there are p members in each group..and since there are two groups it has to be 2p. Think of it this way.. say there was ONE common member in each group..so One band say had 6 members including p, and the other had 5 including p. So if you think about it that way, the number of members except the common ones would be 10..because you are excluding p from both not just one of the groups because it says that the Drum line consists of all members of marching band and all members of the brighton drum corp EXCEPT the common members..so it would have to exlude any of the common members.
For the second problem, just use your calculator. lol
.oo8 goes into .032 4 times..and 4(.8)=3.2</p>
<p>Problem 1:
Ok, let's write down the facts:
The marching band has x members in total.
The drum corps has y members in total.
They have p members in common.</p>
<p>We're looking for the number of UNIQUE members in each group(those that aren't in both the marching band AND the drum corps). So, in order to find this, we first add x+y. However, this includes common members which we don't want to include. So, we subtract 2p. Why 2p and not p? Because the members are duplicated in both groups and are counted twice. We don't want to count them at all. This leaves us with d, x+y-2p</p>
<p>Problem 2:
I think you're right; possibly a mistake in the book.</p>
<p>^ oh yes for problem 2: Oops. I didn't realize that it was .08 instead of .8. My bad.</p>
<p>Now I have a question about one of the problems from the writing section</p>
<p>12) The computer program running for more than 36 hours was the reason why Monroe was surprised and had hoped the results would be available sooner
A) The computer program running for more than 36 hours was the reason why Monroe was surprised and
B) That the computer program ran for more than 36 hours was a surprise to Monroe, who
C) The fact that the computer program ran for more than 36 hours was the reason why Monroe was surprised and
D) As a result of the computer program running for more than 36 hours, Monroe was surprised that he
E) The computer program ran for 36 hours and was the reason why Monroe was surprised; he</p>
<p>The answer is B! Can someone explain to me why? I thought you couldn't start out with "that" in a sentence</p>
<p>B sounds really awkward and is in passive voice. If anything, I would choose D as the correct answer. If you got this from PR, then it could be a mistake on their part. I have encountered several mistakes in their books.</p>
<p>Yeah, it sounds awkward. The best answer is C. D says "Monroe was surprised that he had hoped the results" which makes no sense.</p>
<p>B is the only one that makes sense, not only from a grammatical perspective, but from what the sentence is saying.</p>
<p>B says that Monroe was surprised at the length because he'd expected it to run more quickly. This seems to make a lot of sense.</p>
<p>C says that he had hoped it would run more quickly because it ran for over 36 errors. This does not make sense because it reverses cause and effect and simply defies logic.</p>
<p>D says that Monroe was surprised at his prior expectations, which could make sense, but IMO in too roundabout a way to be the correct answer.</p>
<p>A has the same problem as C basically.</p>
<p>E is awkward.</p>
<p>Therefore, B is correct.</p>
<p>Yeah, I just reread C again and noticed that.</p>
<p>Yeah, the answer is definitely B. I have done many writing practice tests and the word "that" is often used to begin a subordinate clause for some reason. I personally have never used "that" in that context (pun...) but I see it a lot on the CB tests.</p>
<p>I knew it was B right off the bat because shorter answers are often the correct ones because of wordiness/awkward construction eliminates a lot of the long answers. Also, B had the modifier in the correct place while the other answers had misplaced modifiers and whatnot. I hope I helped...</p>
<p>man i love CC. Thanks guys</p>
<p>very succinct, sam. nice.</p>
<p>to petey–in general, absolute rules that you might have learned from well-meaning english teachers aren’t true. you can start a sentence with just about any word you want, if the rest of the sentence is written correctly to fit the situation. in fact, i can’t think of a word that can’t be used to start a sentence. huh. weird. i just noticed that now.</p>
<p>oh, I see. Thanks for the advice</p>
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<p>Mrs. Barnum’s students had just finished listening to her boring lecture which made them happy.</p>
<p>A) listening to her boring lecture which made them happy
B) listening to her happily boring lecture that was over
C) listening to her boring lecture, happy that it was over
D) happily listening to her boring lecture
E) being happy at her boring lecture being over</p>
<p>the answer is C. Can someone explain to me why it’s C and cannot be A?</p>