Princeton Review 2 Questions

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<p>I have the '09 version of the Princeton Review Cracking the SAT and i have two questions concerning it.</p>

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<li><p>In the math part, it says Simple Operations = Wrong Answers on hard questions. I have not taken the SAT yet so I was wondering if this was true? They gave an example of a “hard question” with a dress selling for $100 after a 20% discount and they said to cancel out $120 right away. (The correct answer they gave was $125 which I don’t get, but forget it.)</p></li>
<li><p>Is there a significant difference from the '09 version and the '11?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>if its a 20% discount, then the discounted price is 80% of the original price, so .8x=100 and u get x=125</p>

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<p>No need to get the 2011 version if you have the 2009, I would doubt that anything that significant has been added in the last two years.</p>

<p>Also, harder math questions on the SAT (level 4 and 5 difficulty and sometimes level 3 as well) often have traps: answers that seem to be correct initially but are not.</p>