PSAT '09 Form W Thread

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<p>At best, I think I missed one vocabulary question (“munificence”; I put “affability”) and a grammar question (the recycling one with “were to”). </p>

<p>At worst, I also missed the “explanation of” grammar question (I thought “explanation for” was the appropriate idiom in that context), the “disdain”/“resentment” question (I put “resentment”), and one or more astronomy passage questions (I didn’t pick an answer that said that both passages talked about challenges in finding small planets as the second passage didn’t seem to talk about that, and I picked one that talked about clues being used as opposed to “specific instances” of radial astronomy use. I also picked the “inadvertent wobbling” answer simply because the others seemed worse). </p>

<p>So, best case:</p>

<p>Math: -0, 80
CR: -1, 79-80
Writing: -1, 77-78</p>

<p>Total: 236-238</p>

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<p>Worst Case:</p>

<p>Math: -0, 80
CR: -5 which goes to -6, 71-72
Writing: -2, 74-76</p>

<p>Total: 225-228</p>

<p>I think Semifinalist is safely within reach. :)</p>

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<p>Nice job silverturtle! Based on some of your posts that I’ve read, I assumed that you’d make it (easily)</p>

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<p>there were 2 sequences will the terms be equal after it continues?</p>

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<p>@silver</p>

<p>did u put subtle changes?</p>

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<p>^ Which question?</p>

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<p>@silverturtle
Great job! Wish I had the same confidence, I always have this terrible feeling that maybe I filled in all the wrong bubble rows or something.</p>

<p>@arashi
I said none, because it catches up and then surpasses it without actually equalling it. I think.</p>

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<p>it was the passage about TV</p>

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<p>Was it the question with “profound” as one of the choices?</p>

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<p>@elainen, that’s the ONLY one I THINK I got wrong, which is pathetic because I knew how to do it. The problem was that I solved for the minimum denominator value, and forgot all about the 12 in the numerator. So I put down .001 (where obviously you’d want |5 - (-5)| and thus 12/10 or 6/5 or 1.2)</p>

<p>I’m not a genius or anything, but best case for me:</p>

<p>M -1
W -6
CR - -10</p>

<p>Worst Case:</p>

<p>M -4
W -10
CR -18</p>

<p>Definitely no NMS for me, but I didn’t expect one. Last year I got 64/53/53 (M/CR/W) for a total of a 170.</p>

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<p>Im not sure</p>

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<p>"I had 728 for the math one with the 7s… then I switched it to 736. I see your reasoning, and think its correct, but where is mine wrong? There are 19 integers with 7s in them between 100-199, 200-299, 300-399, 400-499, 500-599, 600-699, 800-899, and 900-999 so that’s 19 x 8 = 152; there are 10 sevens between 1-99 and 100 sevens between 700-800 for a total of 152 + 10 + 100 = 262 So 998 - 262 = 736.</p>

<p>Also what was the answer for the one that was like 2f(of something) - f(of something)? I think I got 5… "</p>

<p>I think ur missing 1-100
But I got 736, some people think 728, I don’t know anymore!!!</p>

<p>"2-Points A,B and X Dont all lie on the same line. Point X is 5 away from A and 3 away from B. How many other points in the same plane as A,B, and X are also 5 Units from A and 3 units from B.</p>

<p>a) None
b) One
c) Two
d) Three
e) Four</p>

<p>I said 4, cause there would be 4 points away from “X” that applied to the rules</p>

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<p>Regarding the question with the 7’s I think I got 736 but then read my calculator wrong as like 786 or something because I think I put 770 :frowning: I feel idiotic, really</p>

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<p>If it was the question that asked about the way the author regarded that list of effects of TV, I believe the answer was indeed something to do with “subtle.”</p>

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<p>“2-Points A,B and X Dont all lie on the same line. Point X is 5 away from A and 3 away from B. How many other points in the same plane as A,B, and X are also 5 Units from A and 3 units from B.”</p>

<p>For this question I put one, because I kept imagining x reflected across a line or something, creating a diamond shape. I realize this makes absolutely no sense, but that was my reasoning, haha</p>

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<p>Now that I think about it, profound was prob an answer choice</p>

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<p>I confirmed with a lot of other people that the answer was 728 (of course we could all be wrong). Also, I got 1 point for the ABX problem (creating a triangle with the 3 points, then flipping it over the AB segment).</p>

<p>As for my logic on the “BS” 7 problem.</p>

<p>Between 1-9 = 8
Between 10-19 = 9
8+9*8 = 80</p>

<p>Then, I added one for 100-999 (because you MUST account for 100, 200, 300 etc…)
81*8+80 = 728…I’m pretty sure I was right on that one.</p>

<p>How did all of your logic run for getting 736 (for those who obviously put that down)? Just curious.</p>

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<p>@silverturtle</p>

<p>For that question I think I put the choice that had something to do with “profound”. I think it said something about those changes being obvious, because we could quantify them with all those ratings and commercial prices, etc. I thought he was comparing those to some deeper, harsher results of increased television viewing, and thus those quantifiable results were less profound.</p>

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<p>Use circles to solve the 5 away and 3 away one. All points that are 5 away from A can be represented with a circle and so can all points 3 away from B. They intersect twice in total, and one you already have, so the correct answer is absolutely ONE.</p>

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<p>Was it really “subtle”?
I thought the passage was saying that these changes (ie: Nascar, etc…) weren’t subtle, but obvious…hmmm…Maybe I misinterpreted?</p>

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<p>@wexs, that’s certainly a mathematical answer! I didn’t even think to do that, but it’s that kind of thinking you need to come up with on the spot if you want to get an 800.</p>