Psat 2012 saturday

<p>I don’t remember the specifics, but did everyone get a few strings of Ds in the second CR section? Pretty sure I didn’t miss any.</p>

<p>Guys, is it possible that we had different forms of the test?</p>

<p>@LongHorn, I am also almost 99.9% sure that for the x<y<z question, there were NO less than or equal to signs, it was just less than. And I’m 99.9% sure it said they had to be different numbers as well. 99.9% sure</p>

<p>Well, x<y<z kind of implies different numbers if I recall correctly.</p>

<p>Hopefully it’s right…</p>

<p>what was the answer to the value of m for the absolute value equation, please?</p>

<p>@basicspace Yes! I thought I had gotten a few wrong in the CR because no one else was mentioning their strings of Ds. Things like that on Scantrons always make me paranoid.</p>

<p>@Pencilz
What were the questions for the strings of D?</p>

<p>I had a couple strings in the 2nd CR</p>

<p>Lol dumb question but… what was the answer to the math one were you needed to find the 101st number when the first numbers were 2, 5, 8, 11… and you went up by 3 each time.</p>

<p>@dixie I need that one too</p>

<p>it was 302 (3x-1, 3(101)-1=302)
can anybody explain the absolute value problem?</p>

<p>absolute value question was 4, i just plugged in random numbers to solve.
for the mozart one i put the two gerunds; i forget what the question was like, though. anyone remmeber?</p>

<p>did the answer to the “assess the length of” question on the 1st CR have to do with determining meaning?</p>

<p>for the mozart one i put the semicolon ; by [gerund] and [gerund] and i had a string of d’s in the dual passage; it was like 38-41?</p>

<p>@Siemprell
Not entirely sure about the specific questions. Just remember looking at my answer sheet and seeing 3 Ds in a row on at least two different occasions in the 2nd CR.</p>

<p>@Siemprell
I believe they were in the Keila passage and the one right after it. 2 strings of 3 Ds, and I double checked them all.</p>

<p>Have we reached a consensus on the swimming coach question? (Stand a chance next year)
Or the Mozart question? I put C, the two gerunds. I thought a semicolon had to separate two independent clauses.</p>

<p>Ahh I swear If I had an extra 2-4 minutes for each section I would ahave a score of 75-150 points higher.</p>

<p>it was like uhh… puzzling and intrigued, isolation, and one more were all d’s</p>

<p>@ tricky</p>

<p>so we have -4[2x - k] = -2 <a href=“Assume%20%5B%20%5D%20means%20abs.%20val.”>2k-mx</a>
Divide by -2, 2[2x - k] = [2k - mx]
Now factor a (2) out of the right expression
2[2x - k] = 2[(-m/2)x + k]
Factor a -1 from the right expression inside the abs value:
2[2x - k] = 2[-1(m/2x-k)]
Realize that [-1(m/2x-k)] is the same as [m/2x-k] because [-x] = [x]
so we have:
2[2x-k] =2 [m/2x - k]
Obviously the equation will be true for all values if it resembles the same thing on both sides, therefore:
2x - k = m/2x - k
2(2) = m
4 = m</p>

<p>Hope that helps.</p>

<p>I don’t know how this is possible, because I felt worried about a few after the test, but looking at this forum I might have only missed like 1 or 2! Is the swimming coach one will stand a chance or E, correct??</p>