Odd SAT Practice Test Question

So I was doing a practice test and going over the answers I got wrong. While doing so, I stumbled over this one:

  1. Which of the lettered points in the figure above has coordinates (x, y) such that l x l + l y l + = 5? (that's absolute value, btw).

So I cose B, which coordinates are (-4, 1). So logically, l -4 l + l 1 l = 4 + 1 = 5. However, the answer is A, which coordinates are (-3, 3). Wouldn’t be 6?

Here’s the actual test: http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/prof/counselors/tests/sat/sat-prep-book-stu.pdf

It’s a mistake.
At least that wasn’t on the actual SAT! :slight_smile:

Here’s another one.

If y is directly proportional to x and if y = 20 when x = 6, what is the value of y when x = 9 ?

I chose E (30). 20/6 = 10/3. So if 6 is 3-tenths of 20, and x = 9, shouldn’t y = 30 in the situation?

Thank God, 'cause I thought I was going crazy or something. Its a couple of them like that in the math section, actually. I was wondering why my score was so low.

@Isaacthefuture this is section 2, right? Answer key says B for #9 which is correct.

@MITer94 Yeah, thanks. From my understanding, this was an actual test. So if that’s so, did people who chose those two answers in the past actually get them wrong?

@IsaacTheFuture I’m confused. Assuming you’re referring to section 2, #9 and #11, the answer key given contains the correct answers (B and E).

Face-palm, brain fart. I was looking at the wrong answers.