October 2010 ACT Reading Thread

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<p>I dont think you get that the seller wasn’t trying to make a profit from the clocks, actually the answer to another question was that he didnt even know how much the stuff in the store was worth.</p>

<p>There is a quote that said “I hope he doesn’t tell me that the clock I just sold for 125$ was not worth a fortune…”</p>

<p>Also, later on, he asks the buyer why he bought it. If he WAS truly trying to make a profit, he wouldn’t care.</p>

<p>I think negotiation was the better answer and that’s what other people said on CC as well. But I guess your answer could work top?</p>

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<p>Idk maybe you are right.</p>

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<p>Accounting for this question, the mexican question, and another question i can’t remember, I may have potentially gotten -3 on this section. What does this come out to?</p>

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<p>Also wontongtong–</p>

<p>I am not saying that the seller WANTED THE CUSTOMER TO GO AS HIGH AS THE cuSTOMER POsSIBLY COULD to make a profit. I am saying that the CUSTOMER WANTED to go as high as he could to buy the radio.</p>

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<p>No, I think I got that mexican question wrong. That was the only question I wasn’t confident. So you probably got it right.</p>

<p>Anyway, a lot of people are saying that they thought reading should be +1curve.</p>

<p>So with a +1 curve: -3 = 34
Normal curve: -3 =33</p>

<p>but, you never know…last time -1 was a 34 and people thought it was hard.</p>

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<p>If the verbatim was exactly "the CUSTOMER WANTED to go as high as he could to buy the radio. ", I completely agree with you. However, I don’t think that is what the answer choice said.</p>

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<p>The verbatim was exactly “The Customer INTENDED to go as high as he possibly could to buy the radio”</p>

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<p>So…what was the question?</p>

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<p>IDR exactly but i do remember the question had “the customer:” part in it and the answer choices were referring to the customer.</p>

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<p>I agree with you. The story mentions that he was trying to hide his enthusiasm.</p>

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<p>^are we talking about the same answer choice? I am confused lol</p>

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<p>Enthusiasm vs. Negotiation?</p>

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<p>I am talking about the choice that said “the customer INTENDED to go as high as he possibly coud to buy the radio and the seller gratefully accepted it”</p>

<p>Is that the “enthusiasm” choice?</p>

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<p>Oh. I read in an earlier post about the enthusiasm vs. negotiation question.</p>

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<p>^It’s the same question but I THINK we are talking about different choices</p>

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<p>Oh. I did not remember the question exactly.</p>

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<p>Was the purpose of the painter essay to display a creatively fertile time for the painter?</p>

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<p>^don’t remember the question AT ALL. Maybe you can elaborate more?</p>

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<p>It just asked what the overall purpose of the essay was. One of the other choices was to contrast his work in Mexico and America</p>

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<p>I also put the creatively fertile time as an answer!</p>