*The Official June 2012 Sat II Math Level 2 Thread*

<h1>50 was something like 986 or 987, or something along those lines.</h1>

<p>You had to think of it as a huge triangle, with the long leg as 250 miles, the short one as the radius of disc + dist. missed. The angle would be 0.05º. Then you do tan(0.05º) = (disc radius + x)/250mi. Simplify and solve for x.</p>

<p>yeah I did that, but I then found the area of the disk, and the laser didn’t move far enough down to miss it. I don’t remember if E was that it didn’t miss the circle or not. Maybe it asked for how far it was off rather than if it still hit the disk. I don’t remember :(</p>

<p>I think the lim x->0 x^x problem may have been DNE, since the limit from the left does not exist (although i put 1 like everyone else). Someone please reassure me, i really don’t want to get this problem wrong .</p>

<p>^The answer was 1.</p>

<p>Let’s just wait for the results. The CollegeBoard’s curve is not something you guess on. Life is waiting. Go out and enjoy your life. When you get your results be happy.</p>

<p>I answered all 50 questions , and I didnt guess on any of them. For some , however , i did use some out-of-the-box methods</p>

<p>1) For the question about x^x , the answer was 1. (I used what i believe was an out-of-the-box method :stuck_out_tongue: )
What I did : Graph x^x. Then use Y-Calc and put a very small value of ‘x’(because it tends to zero) , i put (10^(-8)) and the value came out to be 1.
2)For the laser question .
It was a basic trigo question , one side was 225 miles , you were given one angle (.05) , you had to find the other side and then subtract 50.
3) For the series question : 1+(1-1/2)+…+(1/(n-1) + 1/n) the answer was 2-1/n because if you notice , all the terms get cancelled except 1+1+1/n .
This question wasn’t really testing anything , i think it was more of an IQ question :-/</p>

<p>Need the reasoning behind the answer to any other question ? Hit me up :)</p>

<p>and if i may just add something , which is purely my opinion ,
Math level 2 hardly tests math , it basically tests whether one knows how to use a calculator…</p>

<p>And how many trig identities you know… I basically increased my chances when I learnt those trig functions. Thank god they tested some of them xD</p>

<p>Skip 6 get 4 wrong. What does that give me</p>

<p>does anyone remember the parametric equations question?</p>

<p>6 blank and 4 wrong yields a raw score of 38, which is around a 750.</p>

<p>^^^ Actually, that’s a 760 with the predicted curve of 43.</p>

<p>Omitting 6 and getting 4 wrong would be a raw score of 39 wouldn’t it?</p>

<p>what answer choice was 49 with the if t<3x, 0<y<4?
i got the answer, but i dont remember what letter it was</p>

<p>I think it was e, but it might have been b. Dont quote me on it :)</p>

<p>Yeah, raw is 39.</p>

<p>i think it was E. was that t >=3 or t >=3x?</p>

<p>the right answer would be t>=3x, whichever letter that was. Was t>=3 actually an option ?(that would be very sneaky)</p>

<p>@randomHSer that’s what i was thinking lol so im not sure which letter had that x</p>

<p>great… that gives me another possible mistake to worry about…</p>