Official US November SAT Discussion II (Test with Negative Campaigns)

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<p>rlaxodn I think your talking about a question that said if 72 was 40% of the original number what was the number to begin with which is 180</p>

522

<p>that **** was about pencils man</p>

523

<p>can someone explain how??</p>

524

<p>So Person Z had X amount of pencils. He sold of bunch of them, and he had 72 pencils left. 72 pencils is 40% of the original amount of pencils. How many pencils did he have to begin with?</p>

<p>X = 72/.4 = 180.</p>

525

<p>i got 120 for that book question</p>

526

<p>However, that is not how I remember the problem. I remember it to be he had X amount of pencils, and he sold 40% of X, and he had 72 left. The answer in that case would be 120. </p>

<p>Because x - (.4x) = 72, so .6x = 72, so x = 120.</p>

527

<p>the question was a person sold 40% of his books and had 72 left, how many books did he originally start with</p>

528

<p>^120 then. Can anyone else confirm?</p>

529

<p>do you guys remember if it was a mc or a gridin?</p>

530

<p>MC. </p>

<p>10char</p>

531

<p>Confirm for 120. The question was that he sold 40% of his pencils, meaning that 72 is 60% of what he had.</p>

532

<p>@rlaxodn the problem is a grid-in</p>

533

<p>it was 180…</p>

534

<p>can someone without an experimental math section confirm that they did or did not have an hard ellipses equation on one of the sections?</p>

535

<p>Mercurial was not experimental. It was either below or above officious. Why is it not overdue and repay? Repay might be tricky but delinquent absolutely makes no sense…</p>

<p>What were the other options to coagulate?</p>

536

<p>i got 120 for the pencil question
he has 60% left since 40% is sold
60/100=72/x</p>

537

<p>@sour
de·lin·quent   [dih-ling-kwuhnt] Show IPA
adjective
1.
failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense.
2.
(of an account, tax, debt, etc.) past due; overdue.
3.
of or pertaining to delinquents or delinquency: delinquent attitudes.</p>

<p>from dictionary.com</p>

538

<p>What were the other choices for delinquent</p>

539

<p>What was the second word to the delinquent answer?
By the way, you guys need to put sanctuary in your answer list!</p>

540

<p>ummm no… on the question it explicity said he had 40% of the penicls he started out with and he had 72</p>