Official ACT Math Thread April 2013

<p>The horizontal asymptote is y=2 because 2x/x is basically saying 2/1.</p>

<p>Curve suggestion anyone for a 36? 60? 59? 58??</p>

<p>I REALLY hope the curve will make a 58 be a 36. I think it’ll be 59-60, though.</p>

<p>59 would make my day. Lol the answer is rectangle T_T not rhombus</p>

<p>was the trig identity question 1/cos^3x?</p>

<p>No it was just secx</p>

<p>Does ACT have the ability to remove questions that are more missed (Stem Leaf stuff)?</p>

<p>Also how much would -5 or -6 on the math get me?..Mad stressed about this stuff.</p>

<p>can some one walk me over the trigonometric equation problem? the one where the answer is sec x. i got sec x . tan^2 x for some reason…</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure the answer was 2/root 3 on number 58 or the AB one becasue you got x root 3 = 2 becasue 2 was across from the 60 degree angle. Anyone else concur?</p>

<p>@noobsrppl, i think -5 or -6 would result in 32 at best, 29 at worst… that’s what i think</p>

<p>any help on the one about the rotation and reflection AB would be great! I got 2/ root 3</p>

<p>Do you guys have any tips for preparing for math? I reviewed some and took a practice ACT from The Real ACT, but I did so badly today.</p>

<p>Also, can anyone explain the one about the complex equation with pi included? I advance distributed, but my answer didn’t resemble any of the answer choices :(</p>

<p>@actstudent, i got 1. i am pretty sure it’s right since, when rotated, the AB is the hypotenuse. and if you draw an imaginary triangle, you would know that since the outside of <B is 120, <B is 60 degrees. from there you do the 30-60-90 calculation, and find that the base is 1. and that base is the exact same thing projected on the x-axis. so it’s 1.</p>

<p>@tigerash thanks…hopefully its on the 32 end.</p>

<p>Who else feels that this math test was a lot harder than usual ones?</p>

<p>@efeens44: Please come back once scores are reported and let us know how you did! I am so excited for you! The much coveted 36… AHHH you can breathe easy and happily. Congratulations :D</p>

<p>for the question where it talked about Angle A being 25/3 pi radians and you had to find the coterminal of that, what did you guys get? i guessed and got 60 degrees</p>

<p>OH, and also: What math classes are you guys in? I’m guessing calculus? Do you think it’s reasonable to get a score of 33 without ever taking calculus? I’m a senior in pre-cal. That’s just the way they do things here, and I didn’t realize early-on that I’d have to double up one year if I wanted to take calculus this year. Curse my bad planning!</p>

<p>@sweetiiexangel; it was 60. 25pi/3 = 1500 degrees. 1500-360-360-360-360 = 60 degrees</p>