SAT math II question

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Hey all, I’m taking the SAT Math II subject test on January 24th. I’m currently in a Calculus BC course, and I’ve seen some practice tests on the internet for the SAT Math II that are well outside of my grasp. In particular, the test at this link scared the bejeezus out of me: http://www.cimat.mx/~gil/docencia/2014/algebraII/guia_final/exam7.pdf

Are those the types of questions I should expect on the SAT? On the Khan Academy math II prep website, the questions were significantly easier, and even the questions on the College Board’s website were a notch down from the questions in the link above. What do you guys think?

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I haven’t looked at all the problems in full detail, but it seems to me that the earlier problems are relatively difficult while the later problems are average.

However, 49. is poorly worded, since real numbers are technically complex, so the polynomial has 6 complex roots. The problem statement may lead one to erroneously factor it to (x-r)^d (x-s)^(6-d) for roots r, s, since it has “two complex roots.”

Edit: I didn’t take into account the picture above. But still I would change to “non-real.”