October 2012 SAT Discussion

<p>the real grid in was the one with the half number thing =128</p>

<p>can someone explain the question with the y=-x^2+k question and why the slope is 5?</p>

<p>for the homer question about what scholars thought before those two people did their groundbreaking reseaerch was it that they thought it was based on writings</p>

<p>For carier’s device thing i was confused between that and “these devices.” but i ended up putting Carier’s device.</p>

<p>In the first paragraph it talked about THE device, which was the air conditioning, not multiple devices… That’s the only thing I could really think of. Plus “Carier’s device” is more clear than “these devices”. I also thought the whole “because of their ability to cool protected chocolates, films” more awkwardly phrased than the other one</p>

<p>is it “interchangebly” for writing section??</p>

<p>@himichelle y=-x^2+k. one of the coordinates was (5,0) so 0=-(5^2)+k, so k=25. k is the y-intercept and the max of the parabola. find the slope of the line using max (0,25) and other coordinate of the line (-5,0) and you get 5</p>

<p>Wait what did you get for like the A B(25) C question and ur supposed to find the whole segment or something</p>

<p>I think I got 50</p>

<p>@Grapeisgreat
thanks for responding
and i put “the devices were used because their ability to…” instead of “Carrier’s device was used, where its ability to…” since the first one was less wordy and also what else would devices refer to other than carrier’s device?
and i don’t think it matters that it was made plural.</p>

<p>The ABC one i got 50. If you start at 25 and ab & bc are equally spaced, values will end up being 50 everytime.</p>

<p>Ex)</p>

<p>24+26=50 (1 space each way)
23+27=50 (2 spaces)
22+28=50 (3)</p>

<p>Cool yeah that’s what I got. Lol I did many wrong cuz I forgot my calculator,</p>

<p>hell yea guys!! I think I improved my Math score from 640 to 750ish… Because so far I’ve only found 2 MC I’ve gotten wrong and 1 wrong grid in. :D</p>

<p>Yeah I don’t really know why I had trouble with understanding the A B(25) C one, but thanks Grape. I got it right, nonetheless. Yay for educated guesses!</p>

<p>the question with the car parts and color combo was 6 right?</p>

<p>and the question with the square, that wasn’t shown…and you had to find the diagonal was 11 something? (it was a decimal)</p>

<p>Yep sqrt of 130 aka 11.4</p>

<p>^^^ yes that is correct, but I think it’s experimental</p>

<p>i can’t tell what is experimental or not anymore :{ disappointed because i got 3 easy questions wrong…so careless lol. what about the |w-500| i dont understand why it’s not |w|-500 < or equal to 15.</p>

<p>the diagonal was root(130).</p>

<p>for the Dino passage, did you guys put it showed a change in cultural trend or was it something about a puzzling phenomena. (??i think those were the choices to the same question…i think.)</p>

<p>It was root130 = 11.4 Because each of the sides of the square were root65. :)</p>