<p>Does anyone else think the explanation for the sat question of the day is overly complicated?
I did the problem and got it right but it took probably 20 seconds to read and understand what the question was asking and then another 20 to do the problem. I simply gave the population of Norson the number 2. Its 50 percent of Transitania so theres is 4. Now you just add 2+4 for the total =6. And 2/6 is 33.3 percent. Simple right?</p>
<p>grats you are very smart</p>
<p>thats not the point im making. For people that don’t understand the problem i think the college board should give the clearest and most concise explanation. They can also provide the one they have currently but im telling you- the person getting 1300s and 1400s is not going to understand that explanation</p>
<p>I don’t think the explanation is overly complicated. If an average student thinks it through, he/she should be able to comprehend it easily.</p>
<p>coming from a person who got a 2400. Maybe you should look at the percentage of students that actually got the question right.</p>
<p>This question is still pretty easy.</p>
<p>Wish on airplanes- i never said the question was not easy, im just trying to help out anybody that did not understand it/ state that their explanation was overly complicated. Obviously you guys disagree and would rather formulate a whole equation then isolate a variable then solve instead of making up two numbers, adding, then dividing. Whatever suits you guys.</p>
<p>Haha! I, like many people, get the SAT WOTD delivered to my email everyday, and because I rarely have a pen and paper nearby, I always have to solve everything in my head. </p>
<p>Plugging in ftw!</p>
<p>They’re explaining it in the most mathematical way possible. It’s more helpful to people to be able to learn from what they got wrong and apply it elsewhere rather than understand why they just got that one question wrong and not benefit from their error. </p>
<p>It is a pretty simple question though. 50% of the rest = 50 to 100 = 50/150 = 1/3</p>
<p>I agree with NeedsHelp1212, it did seem more complicated than it had to be, especially when compared to the average SAT math question that they post up on QOTD.</p>
<p>The question isn’t easy, but the explanation isn’t as complex as you make it seem. If you read what CB writes in addition to the algebra, it should click after a while.</p>