October 2006 - SAT Math Thread

<p>117-it asked for the 6th term</p>

<p>omigosh i cant remember if i put 97 or 117 !!!</p>

<p>it asked for the 8th term. they gave you the sixth term.</p>

<p>the asnwer was 97 i think</p>

<p>no no :117</p>

<p>that is arirthmatic sequence and the common addition is 20.
the 6th = 77
—> the 8th = 117</p>

<p>97–asked for the 8th term. the 6th term was 77</p>

<p>the sequnce was 10</p>

<p>okay, it asked for the 8th term, but the answer’s still 117</p>

<p>true, sparrow. here the fomular:
U3 = u1 + 2d= 17
U6 = U1 + 5d= 77
—> 77 - 17 = u1 +5d - U1 + 2d= 3d---------> d=20
—> U8 = u6 + 2d = 77 + 40 = 117</p>

<p>Sorry i dont kno if you talked about this… but do you kno which math section is the experimental ?? Was it the one with the selling rate and profit ??</p>

<p>what’s the 1st and 2nd term?</p>

<p>They only give you the 3rd term (17) and the 6th (77), but you can tell from this that the difference between each term would be 20. The 1st and 2nd terms would be -23 and -3, respectively.</p>

<p>^the first term is -23 and I got the formula -23+(n-1)(20)=whatever term your searching for. So plug in 8 for n and u get 117</p>

<p>Also, does any1 remember whether 91 was a choice for the rectangle width decrease by 30%, length increase by 30% problem?</p>

<p>91% of the old area was the area of the new rectangle after the modifications. But the question asked for the percent change of the areas, and the answer was a 9 percent decrease (1-.91=.09)</p>

<p>lol i no but i was wondering whether its a choice or not…i mightve been stupid enough to pick it accidentally</p>

<p>I think it was</p>

<p>im pretty sure that for the sibling one that the answer could not be found
Edit:
omg i just noticed my mistake
it is daria</p>

<p>o well…thks anyways</p>

<p>omg i just noticed something.</p>

<p>for this question…

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<p>couldnt the median also be 6.5 when averaging the 2 middle terms 6 and 7? and was it specified that only one integer can be added?</p>

<p>it said add one… otherwise any answer would have been possible…</p>

<p>lol that is true.</p>