<p>paradigm- "A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline. "
plants are predominantely self-feeders but that PARADIGM is reversed by the fact that the venus fly trap is also carnivorous.</p>
<p>its telling irregularity
i can feel it
that was one of the only ones i was + about on that passage</p>
<p>paradigm it is...</p>
<p>if its 164, a whole LOT of people will protest</p>
<p>is there a way on this site or other site where we can patch all the answers up and put all the answers on a single sheet??? it would be much clearearrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr</p>
<p>did you put paradigm just2fitz? </p>
<p>dude affie, you cant use ap calc on the psat</p>
<p>no...a whole lot of people will be wrong because they skimmed the question. The College Board is infamous for questions like these and I'm just glad I caught it. It just teaches people to be more careful while taking tests.</p>
<p>On the bright side, it will make the math curve much easier...</p>
<p>Their is no way the answer is 164 ..... I mean this is going back to the 5th grade
Less than .5 - down
.5 or higher - up</p>
<p>That question was the second of the grid-ins and was most likely labeled "easy" .... no way would collegeboard make that kind of trick ....
You have a good argument a, but ur reasoning must be flawed somewhere ... 164.8 -- 165
and MK - you are right! I would bet that 95% of the students who took the test put 165 ... maybe less than 2% put 164 .... if that happens it was the testmakers fault, not ours ..</p>
<p>PSAT does not cover calculus. The answer is 165.</p>
<p>i would be simply astonished if 164 was the only acceptable answer.</p>
<p>integers are not a part of calculus...but during our review at the beginning of this year my calc teacher made a point out of recognizing that when rounding to the nearest integer, you always round down. Look at the graph of int(x) on your calculator and you will see what i mean...</p>
<p>again... int(.8(220-14)) = 164</p>
<p>I didnt put paradigm, I put perpetuated and something else.</p>
<p>enough about math,( the easiest section)</p>
<p>one of the Writing questions i was confused about.
it was IMPROVING SENTENCES</p>
<p>paraphrased "the farms experienced a hot summer and is now going through a sever drought." </p>
<p>i put "went through a sever drought"</p>
<p>I will believe it when I see it allie - its not like I dont believe you, but i just seems so roothless ...... When I get my score in december and it says 164 was the answer, I will give you props and the only person prob in this whole country to get it right!!! however, at this point...i still believe my answer is right .. w/e though .. 1 right or wrong cant affect us too much - good luck!</p>
<p>what were the other choices</p>
<p>affieboy79 , you are silly.</p>
<p>The int function, synonymous to the "floor" function or the "greatest integer function," finds the GREATEST integer of a number. You are correct in saying that the greatest integer in 164.8 is 164, but it is telling you round to the nearest integer, which is 165. </p>
<p>If you can't round, then think about it. 164.8 is only .2 away from 165, but it is .8 away from 164. Last time i checked, .2 is a smaller distance than .8.</p>
<p>So...
"It just teaches people to be more careful while taking tests."</p>
<p>lmao, you are hilarious.</p>
<p>affieboy-</p>
<p>the int( function on the TI-83 is NOT finding a number ROUNDED to closest integer. It "Returns the largest integer <= a real or complex number." (Ti83 manual).</p>
<p>i dont remember other choices, can you tell me if the original was CORRECT?</p>
<p>one of the Writing questions i was confused about.
it was IMPROVING SENTENCES</p>
<p>paraphrased "the farms experienced a hot summer and is now going through a sever drought."</p>
<p>I said the original was correct</p>
<p>you paraphrased it wrong, i don't remember the plural farms. I think it was farm</p>