<p>I looked at the comprehensive answer page but these weren't listed, any help would be great.</p>
<p>Writing Section
pg 478 #6, #9
pg 480 #20
pg 492 #5
pg 494 #11</p>
<p>Math Section
pg 488 #5</p>
<p>Thank you in advance</p>
<p>Bumping it up.</p>
<p>I know some of the writing answers, but if anyone can help me with the math problem, that’d be great.</p>
<p>WRITING:</p>
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<p>ANSWER: <a href=“C”>b</a> are that they having demanding assignments and that they work at**</p>
<p>C is correct because it uses the correct construction “the main reasons…are that they have…and that they work…” The conjunction “that” is necessary to form a noun clause. If you say “she is smart,” and want to use that clause as an object of a verb, you may say "I like *the fact that * she was smart. It makes a clause an object/noun. Other noun clauses are:</p>
<p>The reason is *that [clause]…<a href=“e.g.,%20that%20I%20was%20in%20a%20hurry”>/i</a>
I respect *what [clause]…<a href=“e.g.,%20what%20he%20said%20to%20me%20the%20other%20day”>/i</a></p>
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<p>ANSWER: <a href=“E”>b</a> Because of her command of pathos, tragedy, and humor**</p>
<p>“Having command of…” is a participial phrase. Participial phrases modify the subject of the following clause (George Eliot). When we see a participial phrase (which cannot stand on its own and is therefore dependent on the main clause), we expect there to be some kind of active verb. For example, you would say “Running to the train as fast as possible, I was late for work.” We know that both actions are taking place at the same time (running and being late for work). Notice how one is the cause of the other. I was running because I was late. “To be considered” is not active. We cannot say that she had command of something while being considered a great novelist. We can, however, say that one caused the other. </p>
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<p>ANSWER: <a href=“D”>b</a> of necessity**</p>
<p>When you have a verb that possesses several objects, you want those objects to be parallel. For example, you could say “I like to run” or “I like running,” but if you say something like “I like to run, eating, and to sleep,” you are not being consistent. You either say “I like to run, to eat, and to sleep” or “I like running, eating, and sleeping.”</p>
<p>The verb in this case is “is.” “The system IS…present [but also] necessary.” This sentence utilizes parallel structure because two adjectives are used; the system IS present, and the system IS necessary. If you separate them, you can say: “the system IS present” and “the system IS of necessity,” but if you combine them, the objects must be parallel.</p>
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<p>ANSWER: <a href=“D”>b</a> warriors by devising**</p>
<p>“The ancient Spartans tested, devised” is not a complete sentence. The sentence wants to say that Spartans tested the endurance of potential warriors BY devising various ordeals. It is like saying, “I satisfied my thirst by drinking a bottle of water,” as opposed to: “I satisfied my thirst, drank a bottle of water.”</p>
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<p>ANSWER: <a href=“C”>b</a> so absorbed in abstractions that they**</p>
<p>The correct construction is “so absorbed…that…” (e.g., “I am so hungry that I could eat a horse”)</p>
<p>Like I said in the beginning of this post, “that [clause]” is a noun phrase. You insert a single clause after “that” to form a noun phrase. The “myth” is that noun. By saying "it is a myth that mathematicians are… and thus have…, you are incorrectly using two clauses to form a noun phrase.</p>
<p>CORRECT: “The myth is that mathematicians are so absorbed that they have…”
INCORRECT: “The myth is that mathematicians are so absorbed and have…”</p>
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<p>Math Section</p>
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<p>h(5) is the y-value of the graph of h when x = 5. Notice h(4) is about 2 and h(6) is about 4. h(5) must be near 3, then.</p>
<p>General form of a function: y = h(x)
The number inside the parentheses is the x-value, and the value of h(x) is the y-value.</p>
<p>ANSWER: <a href=“C”>b</a> 3**</p>