kevinf

there is a question in the blue book that says
for how many ordered paris of positive integers (x,y) is 2x + 3y < 6

a) one
b) two
c) three
d) five
e) seven

the answer is one but i got two. i found 5. (0.0), (1.1), (2.0), (1,0), (0,1). is 0 not an integer.

fiona_

Integer includes 0 but they stated positive so you can't include 0.

kevinf

oh i forgot about that. hope i don't do that during the test. thanks any idea on how to look for details. sometimes i just look over it

fiona_

I have a major problem with that too. It's like.. the question asks for one-fourth of x but I give x or some silly thing like that. I'd read the question (w/o looking at the answers or secondguessing the qn) and underline key words / circle / otherwise make sure that I don't overlook it THEN do the question. Second-guessing the question is totally... blech. Good luck bb, I'm only taking my SAT in Dec. Yay.