<p>I wrote a sample SAT like question. I wanted to see if any of you have problems with the wording or if you think the question is bad. Also, see if you can answer. </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<li> Jessica is choosing a shirt and dress from her vast wardrobe. There are 10 types of shirts and each shirt can be blue, green, or red. There are 10 types of dresses and each dress can be blue, green, or red. How many combinations of clothing are there for Jessica if both the shirt and dress cannot be the same color?<br></li>
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<p>A) 300
B) 600
C) 900
D) 1200
E) None of the above</p>
<p>Is the answer B? I think instead of saying the colors "can be" how about are?</p>
<p>So 10 types of shirts and each shirt is blue, breen, or red....</p>
<p>I think you need to specify how many of each are red, blue or green. Because a set of shirts with 5 red, 3 blue and 2 green are going to lead to a different answer than a set of shirts that are 7 blue, 2 red, 1 green.</p>
<p>Right, because it is confusing at first: Are there 10 designs, each one has 3 colors, or are there 10 shirts total, each a different design and a specific color? That is, are there 30 shirts total or 10 shirts total. I assume it's 30 shirts, so I think answer B is correct.</p>
<p>Sounds like the intent is "there are 10 types of shirt/dress, and each type comes in blue, green, or red". I'd reword it that way. Also, it's more customary to write the last sentence as "How many combinations of clothing can Jessica choose if...".</p>
<p>yeah that is true ^, plus you usually don't have a choice that says "none of the above"...at least i never did an SAT question like that</p>