<p>I thought that the math question about the coins saying something like “How many ways can 5 coins be distributed (or divided?) between (or among?) Person A and Person B, if each person must have at least 1?” was ambiguous.
At first, I put 4, because I found the number of ways the coins could be distributed if all 5 of the coins were used. Then I figured that I could not assume that all the coins had to be used since it does not explicitly say that, so I changed my answer to 10. Say you distribute some flyers among your classmates and you wanna make sure they each have one- that does not necessarily mean that all the flyers are distributed, but it just means that each classmate has at least one. What do you think the answer is?</p>
<p>Do you agree with me on how this is ambiguous? If you do, e-mail <a href="mailto:satquestion@info.collegeboard.org">satquestion@info.collegeboard.org</a> because on this link: [Contact</a> SAT by e-mail, phone or mail](<a href=“The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board”>Contact Us – SAT Suite | College Board) it says to write an e-mail if you encounter a test error or ambiguous question. Sometimes, even after extensive editing and testing, Collegeboard will still have bad questions, and when they do, they will throw them out or maybe make the curve more lenient. It’s important for you to e-mail them so they realize. The more complaints people have made about the question, the more likely it will be a bad question that Collegeboard will throw out. It has happened in the past.</p>
<p>In your e-mail, include the test section, the test question (as well as you can remember it), and an explanation of your concern</p>