October 2010 Math SAT Thread

<p>any 11-13 is ok</p>

<p>yes, it was.</p>

<p>Holy cow, really?
You don’t even want to know what I went through to get 13. </p>

<p>How was one supposed to approach that question?</p>

<p>if the angle was right, the triangle would have been 6-8-10. However, since the angle is greater than right, the side opposite that would have to be greater. Thus >10. However, in order for it to be a triangle, the side would have to be less than the sum of the other two sides. Thus < 6+8. This results in 10<answer<14.</p>

<p>Wow. Okay, well I did this (don’t laugh):</p>

<p>I drew a line straight down from the top angle on the triangle and extended the triangle’s base left, making a 90degree angle to the left of the triangle, and at the same time, making a new triangle. Then I guessed an angle for the obtuse, subtracted that from 180 for the second angle in the newly drawn triangle, then did some trig and came out with 13.0</p>

<p>Somehow.</p>

<p>Wow… dude! That answer took me 2 seconds to do. Just add the members and pick a number between 10 and 14, not including those numbers</p>

<p>Is it just me or does the consolidated list have a lot of repeats like </p>

<p>3a-20 twice except one says 3a=20 (Are those the same or different)
and
x/rad3 is listed twice.</p>

<p>Are you guys discussing the math 1 or math 2 subject test?</p>

<p>^we’re discussing the AP CALC BC exam.</p>

<p>What was the hardest problem on the Saturday test? The dice probability problem?</p>

<p>^ I think so.</p>

<p>@Jason
Yeah, I know. I was just … idk. I really don’t even know…</p>

<p>if i skipped 2 and got 1 wrong on the fill in the blank anser, would it be like a 730?</p>

<p>and if i happened to skip 2, get 1 wrong on fill in black anser, 1 wrong on multiple choice would that be like 710?? </p>

<p>i know the curve is different for each test, but anyone know any estimates of what the curve is gonna be like.?</p>

<p>^The average scores for a -3 and -4 are 740 and 720, respectively.</p>

<p>i would guess 740</p>

<p>why was the answer 24 for the band question? I understand 4!, but was the leader already chosen or anyone of the 5.</p>

<p>the leader was chosen then you had to arrange the four in an order</p>

<p>there goes my 800.</p>

<p>regarding the sunday sabbath observers test: its a geometry q so bare with me
(for those who took it this should be easier to answer but either help would be appreciated)
a rectangular box has length 6 and width 8. rectangle ABCD (not shown) has area 40. find volume of box.
(A and B were points on the left corners of the most forward facing rectangle in the box, and C and D were the right corners on the rectangle facing to the readers right side)
i figured you fold over the sides and get a width of 14 and divide 40 by 14, getting 20/7. this height, however, did not work with any of the final answers (question asked to find volume of box- lwh)</p>

<p>any solutions?</p>

<p>Does anyone remember the question where the answer is 45 degrees. It is one of the mc on the consolidated lists but I dont remember what question that was for.</p>

<p>it was the second MC in a section. It gave a value and like 6 x’s. You had subtract the value from 360 and divide by the number of x’s.</p>