september '07 act

<p>English was a joke except for that last one (even that wasn't really that bad)</p>

<p>Math was also easy except that one question where it had you find the area of OBST on a coordinate plane</p>

<p>Science was easy</p>

<p>Reading sucked. Only one where I didn't finish early</p>

<p>btw, four elements, because Jupiter's escape velocity was like, 9.9 or something and hydrogen's velocity at 500K was way lower than that</p>

<p>I hated the first Reading passage. It was annoying and long. Prose fiction is supposed to be easy! Blah, haha</p>

<p>I said something about the duck's feet being colder too, because that's how the feet don't freeze in the water. Do the husky's feet "dissipate heat" also? </p>

<p>and the "neat-oil" thing was about humans finding useful ways for animal fat, right? </p>

<p>I didn't get the elements questions of the science section</p>

<p>Who else had trouble with 53 and 54 math, and 55-60 math. Does anybody remember what they were?</p>

<p>does anyone remember the question in reading where it was "may have" vs "might of?" I kept on saying them in my head and just got confused LOL. Thanks.</p>

<p>Do you remember what passage that was in, Exhibites? </p>

<p>Also, I should stop obsessing...THE TEST IS OVER!!!</p>

<p>sorry</p>

<p>Exhibites.. might of is WRONG. </p>

<p>May have is right. I believe the answer was NO CHANGE.</p>

<p>I felt that, in comparison to my June ACT...</p>

<p>English-same, perhaps a little bit easier.
Math-same, perhaps a little bit harder.
Reading-easier. much so.
Science- easier, same as reading.</p>

<p>I think I will get at least a 28...Probably a 29...Would LOVE a 30..</p>

<p>Today was the hardest ACT for me out of my 3 tests so far. Very sad for me.</p>

<p>Anyone know if you are able to question the ambiguity of a question for the ACT? I know for the SAT you can. I think the question about a pendulum was unfair. Growing up in my kind of area left me only to wonder what a pendulum might look like. I thought this was a math question? They should have at least included a picture of one so I could know what it is... Anyone think I have any grounds for an ambiguous question? </p>

<p>Maybe I'm just mad that I probably can't get my 36 on math now. :[</p>

<p>did anyone use s=rtheta for the pendulum question</p>

<p>no i'm pretty sure i got that wrong....I put the biggest answer as my answer... :(</p>

<p>S= oR, i used it but it didnt work out.</p>

<p>"might of" is grammatically incorrect...I paused too before I realized it said "might of" instead of "might have"</p>

<p>To solve the pendulum question, you had to use circumference = 2pi(r) and take 1/4 of that because 90 degrees / 360 degrees is the angle which covers the arc you want to measure.</p>

<p>hey for that science question about the heart and the circulatory system where it showed a blood vessel leaving the heart towards what i believe was a lung, was the answer that it was an artery because it was leaving the heart?</p>

<p>I put artery because the blood was going away...</p>

<p>And for the controversial Jupiter question, here's my reasoning. I think that the table was just the values for Ve. Why? Well, I remember getting to the Jupiter question and have a slight panic attack because I was like "Escape velocity on Jupiter? I don't know! I don't have any escape velocities! I just have how fast the particles themselves are moving! Crap crap crap!!" But then, I saw the equation, and the table with all of the planet's escape velocities, and calmed down and figured it out.</p>

<p>Why else would they give you the equation and all of the planet's escape velocities? Oh well, anyways, it's just one question!</p>

<p>"And for the controversial Jupiter question, here's my reasoning. I think that the table was just the values for Ve."</p>

<p>I assure you blondie. It was Ve/6 in the table.</p>

<p>I said that SOC stayed and H escaped. That was partially a guess but on the chart it seemed like H was accelerating at a much higher rate than the others. But yeah, I really wasn't sure.</p>

<p>Nope! Many websites report that the most common element in Jupiter's atmosphere is Hydrogen (85%+ of Jupiter's atmosphere is hydrogen). Since Hydrogen was the lightest of the four elements, a hydrogen-heavy atmosphere must be able to retain all 4 elements. In addition, Wikipedia says the escape velocity of Jupiter is 59.5 km/s. If the table had given V, it should have listed 59.5 for Jupiter. But it reported 9.9, which happens to be 59.5/6. So, the table definitely gave V/6, NOT V. The formula was unneccessary.. (All four elements will stay in the atmosphere at 500K)</p>

<p>I agree with auxsoleil. I remember asking myself, "Does the chart depict Ve/6 or Ve??" and I decided to read the intro excerpt. They said that the escape velocity = Ve/6 and the table was labeled escape velocities.</p>

<p>On the whole, what's everyone's general opinion on the test?</p>

<p>MAth was okay... Reading was ehhh....Science was hell (and im a science guy)...Writing was easy...</p>

<p>it was WAY harder than the june test</p>