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Question #1: If f(x) = x and g(x) = x, x 0, what are the solutions of f(x) = g(x)? x=1 x1 = 1, x2 = -1 x1 = 1, x2 = 0 x=0 x = -1 Question #2: What is the length of the arc AB in the figure below, if O is the center of the circle and triangle OAB is equilateral? The radius of the circle is 9.

2 3 4 / 2 Question #3: What is the probability that someone that throws 2 dice gets a 5 and a 6? Each dice has sides numbered from 1 to 6. 1/2 1/6 1/12 1/18 1/36 Question #4: A cyclist bikes from town A to town B and back to town A in 3 hours. He bikes from A to B at a speed of 15 miles/hour while his return speed is 10 miles/hour. What is the
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 SAT http://sat.tiandaoedu.com distance between the 2 towns? 11 miles 18 miles 15 miles 12 miles 10 miles Question #5: The volume of a cube-shaped glass C1 of edge a is equal to half the volume of a cylinder-shaped glass C2. The radius of C2 is equal to the edge of C1. What is the height of C2? 2 a/ a/ a / (2 ) a/ a+ Question #6: How many integers x are there such that 2x < 100, and at the same time the number 2x + 2 is an integer divisible by both 3 and 2? 1 2 3 4 5 Question #7: sin(x)cos(x)(1 + tan2(x)) = tan(x) + 1 cos(x) sin(x) tan(x) sin(x) + cos(x) Question #8: If 5xy = 210, and x and y are positive integers, each of the following could be the value of x + y except: 13 17 23 15 43 Question #9: The average of the integers 24, 6, 12, x and y is 11. What is the value of the sum x + y?

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 SAT http://sat.tiandaoedu.com 11 17 13 15 9 Question #10: The inequality |2x - 1| > 5 must be true in which one of the following cases? I. x < -5 II. x > 7 III. x > 0 II only I, II and II I and II only I and III only I only

Question #1: If f(x) = x and g(x) = x, x 0, what are the solutions of f(x) = g(x)? (a) x1 = 1, x2 = -1 (b) x1 = 1, x2 = 0 (c) x = 1 (d) x = 0 (e) x = -1
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Answer: x = x, if we square the left and right terms of the equation we get x2 = x. x (x-1) = 0 and x1 = 1, x2 = 0

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Question #2: What is the length of the arc AB, if O is the center of the circle and triangle OAB is equilateral? The radius of the circle is 9.

(a) (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (e) /2

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Answer: OAB equilateral so angleAOB is equal to 60o. The ratio between the AOB angle and 360o is equal to the ratio between the length of the arc AB and the circumference of the circle. 60o/360o = arcAB / (2 9) arcAB = 3

Question #3: What is the probability that someone that throws 2 dice gets a 5 and a 6? Each dice has sides numbered from 1 to 6. (a) 1/6 (b) 1/12 (c) 1/18

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Answer: The probability to have a (5,6) combination is equal to the probability that dice1 is 5 and dice2 is 6, plus the probability that dice2 is 5 and dice1 is 6. P = 1/6 1/6 + 1/6 1/6 = 1/36 + 1/36 = 1/18. (c) is the correct answer.

Question #4: A cyclist bikes from town A to town B and back to town A in 3 hours. He bikes from A to B at a speed of 15 miles/hour, while his return speed is 10 miles/hour. What is the distance between the 2 towns? (a) 18 miles (b) 15 miles (c) 12 miles (d) 10 miles (e) 11 miles
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Answer: The total time t = tAB + tBA = dAB/(15 miles/hour) + dAB/(10 miles/hour) = dAB/(6 miles/hour). dAB = dAB/(6 miles/hour) 3 hours = 18 miles. (a) is the correct answer.

Question #5: The volume of a cube-shaped glass C1 of edge a is equal to half the volume of a cylinder-shaped glass C2. The radius of C2 is equal to the edge of C1. What is the height of C2? (a) a / (b) a / (2 ) (c) a / (d) 2 a/

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Answer: The volume of the cube is a3. This is equal to half the volume of the cylinder C2. a3 = a2 h/2 , where h is the height of the cylinder 2 a3 = a2 h, 2 a = h, so h = 2 a / and (d) is the correct answer.

Question #6: If 2x < 100 and x is an integer, how many of the 2x + 2 integers will be divisible by 3 and by 2? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (d) 5
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Answer: 26 = 64 and 27 = 128. If 2x < 100, then the highest value of x is 6. Possible values for x: 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4, , 5 , 6. 2x + 2 can take the values 3 , 4 , 6 , 10 , 18 , 34 , 66. Out of these values, only 6 , 18 and 66 are divisible by 3 and by 2. The correct answer is (c).

Question #7: sin(x)cos(x)(1 + tan2(x)) = (a) tan(x) + 1 (b) cos(x) (c) sin(x) (d) tan(x) (e) sin(x) + cos(x)
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Answer: sin(x)cos(x)(1 + tan2(x)) =sin(x)cos(x)(1 + sin2(x)/cos2(x)) = sin(x)cos(x)[(cos2(x) + sin2(x))/cos2(x)] = sin(x)cos(x)[1/cos2(x)] = sin(x)/cos(x) = tan(x)

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Question #8: If 5xy = 210, and x and y are positive integers, each of the following could be the value of x + y except: (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) 23 (d) 15 (e) 43
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Answer: 5xy = 210 so xy = 42. 42 = 2 3 7. The following products of integers equal to 42: (6 7) or (2 21) or (14 3) or (42 1). 6 +7 = 13, 2 + 21 = 23, 14 + 3 = 17 42 + 1 = 43 The only answer that is NOT 43, 13, 23 or 17 is (d), 15.

Question #9: The average of the integers 24, 6, 12, x and y is 11. What is the value of the sum x + y? (a) 11 (b) 17 (c) 13 (d) 15 (e) 9
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Answer: The average of the 5 numbers is (24 + 6 + 12 + x + y)/5. (24 + 6 + 12 + x + y)/5 = 11 24 + 6 + 12 + x + y = 11 5 24 + 6 + 12 + x + y = 55 x + y = 13

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Question #10: The inequality |2x - 1| > 5 must be true in which one of the following cases? I. x < -5 II. x > 7 III. x > 0 (a) II only (b) I, II and II (c) I and II only (d) I and III only (e) I only
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Answer: |2x - 1| > 5, -5 > 2x - 1 or 2x - 1 > 5 -4 > 2x or 2x > 6 -4 > 2x results in x < -2 2x > 6 results in x > 3 I answer is true, II answer is also true, but III answer is false, so the correct answer is (c)

SAT2 Level 1 2

Question #1: 50% of US college students live on campus. Out of all students living on campus, 40% are graduate students. What percentage of US students are graduate students living on campus?

90% 5% 40% 20% 25%

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 SAT http://sat.tiandaoedu.com Question #2: In the figure below, MN is parallel with BC and AM/AB = 2/3. What is the ratio between the area of triangle AMN and the area of triangle ABC?

5/9 2/3 4/9 1/2 2/9

Question #3: If a2 + 3 is divisible by 7, which of the following values can be a?

7 8 9 11 4

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 SAT http://sat.tiandaoedu.com Question #4: What is the value of b, if x = 2 is a solution of equation x2 - b x + 1 = 0?

1/2 -1/2 5/2 -5/2 2

Question #5: Which value of x satisfies the inequality | 2x | < x + 1 ?

-1/2 1/2 1 -1 2

Question #6: If integers m > 2 and n > 2, how many (m, n) pairs satisfy the inequality mn < 100?

2 3 4 5 7

Question #7: The US deer population increase is 50% every 20 years. How may times larger will the deer population be in 60 years ?

2.275 3.250
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 SAT http://sat.tiandaoedu.com 2.250 3.375 2.500

Question #8: Find the value of x if x + y = 13 and x - y = 5.

2 3 6 9 4

Question #9:

US UK Medals 3 1 4 2 4 1 gold silver bronze

The number of medals won at a track and field championship is shown in the table above. What is the percentage of bronze medals won by UK out of all medals won by the 2 teams?

20% 6.66% 26.6% 33.3% 10%

Question #10: The edges of a cube are each 4 inches long. What is the surface area, in square inches, of this cube?

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66 60 76 96 65

Question #1: 50% of US college students live on campus. Out of all students living on campus, 40% are graduate students. What percentage of US students are graduate students living on campus?

(a) 90%?

(b) 5% ?

(c) 40%?

(d) 20%?

(e) 25%?

Answer: If x = US college students, y = US graduate students, z = US graduate students living on campus, y = .4x and z = .4 y = .4 (.5x) = .2 x The percentage of US students that are graduate students living on campus is 20%.

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Question #2: In the figure below, MN is parallel with BC and AM/AB = 2/3. What is the ratio between the area of triangle AMN and the area of triangle ABC?

(a) 5/9

(b) 2/3

(c) 4/9

(d) 1/2

(e) 2/9

Answer: Triangles ABC and AMN are similar, so the lengths of their corresponding sides are proportional. This means MN/BC = 2/3 and the ratio between their altitudes is also 2/3. The area of triangle ABC is (BC H)/2 where H is the altitude of ABC. The area of triangle AMN is (MN h)/2 where h is the altitude of AMN. AreaAMN / AreaABC = (2/3) (2/3) = 4/9

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Question #3: If a2 + 3 is divisible by 7, which of the following values can be a? (a) 7

(b) 8

(c) 9

(d) 11

(e) 4

Answer: 72 + 3 = 52 = 2 2 13 82 + 3 = 67 92 + 3 = 84 = 2 2 3 7 112 + 3 = 124 = 2 2 31 42 + 3 = 17 The correct answer is a = 9

Question #4: What is the value of b, if x = 2 is a solution of equation x2 - b x + 1 = 0? (a) 1/2

(b) -1/2

(c) 5/2

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(e) 2

Answer: x = 2 is a solution of the equation, so 22 - b 2 + 1 = 0. 4-2 b + 1 = 0, b = 5/2.

Question #5: Which value of x satisfies the inequality | 2x | < x + 1 ? (a) -1/2

(b) 1/2

(c) 1

(d) -1

(e) 2

Answer: We can write the inequality as -(x + 1) < 2x OR 2x < x + 1 -x - 1 < 2x; 3x + 1 >0 x > -1/3

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 SAT http://sat.tiandaoedu.com 2x < x + 1 x<1 Out of the given answers, the only x that satisfies the inequality is x = 1/2.

Question #6: If integers m > 2 and n > 2, how many (m, n) pairs satisfy the inequality mn < 100? (a) 2 (b) 3

(c) 4

(d) 5

(e) 7

Answer: The lowest mn possible is for m = 3 and n = 3. mn = 27. This pair satisfies the inequality. m = 3 and n = 4 then mn = 81. This is also less than 100. This pair also satisfies the inequality. m = 3 and n = 5 then mn = 243. For all n > 5, mn > 100. m = 4 and n = 3 then mn = 64. This is also less than 100. This pair satisfies the inequality. m = 4 and n = 4 then mn = 256. For all n > 4, mn > 100. In conclusion there are only 3 combinations that satisfy the inequality.

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Question #7: The US deer population increase is 50% every 20 years. How may times larger will the deer population be in 60 years ? (a) 2.275 (b) 3.250

(c) 2.250

(d) 3.375

(e) 2.500

Answer: x being the present number of deer, in 20 years, the number will be (1 + .5)x. In 40 years the number will be (1 + .5) (1 + .5) x and in 60 years (1 + .5) (1 + .5) (1 + .5)x = (1 + .5)3x. The answer will be (1 + .5)3 = 3.375

Question #8: Find the value of x if x + y = 13 and x - y = 5. (a) 2 (b) 3

(c) 6

(d) 9

(e) 4

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Answer: We notice that if we add the 2 equations we get 2x = 18, then x = 9 is the correct answer.

Question #9:

US UK Medals 3 1 4
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2 4 1

gold silver bronze

The number of medals won at a track and field championship is shown in the table above. What is the percentage of bronze medals won by UK out of all medals won by the 2 teams? (a) 20% (b) 6.66% (c) 26.6% (d) 33.3% (e) 10% Answer: The numbers of medals won by the 2 teams is 3 + 2 + 1 + 4 + 4 + 1 = 15. The number of bronze medals won by UK is 1. The percentage will be 1/15 100 = 6.66%

Question #10: The edges of a cube are each 4 inches long. What is the surface area, in square inches, of this cube?

(a) 66 (b) 60

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Answer: Each face of the cube has an area of 44 = 16 square inches The total surface area of the cube is (6 faces)x(16 square inches) = 96 square inches.

SAT2 Level 1 3

Question #1: The sum of the two solutions of the quadratic equation f(x) = 0 is equal to 1 and the product of the solutions is equal to -20. What are the solutions of the equation f(x) = 16 - x ? (a) x1 = 3 and x2 = -3 (b) x1 = 6 and x2 = -6 (c) x1 = 5 and x2 = -4 (d) x1 = -5 and x2 = 4 (e) x1 = 6 and x2 = 0
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Answer: If a, b are the solutions of the equation f(x) = 0, ab = -20 a+b=1 We solve this system of equations, and a = 5, b = -4. Then f(x) = (x-5)(x+4) f(x) = x2 - x - 20. f(x) = 16 - x x2 - x - 20 = 16 - x x2 = 36, x1 = 6 and x2 = -6

Question #2: In the (x, y) coordinate plane, three lines have the equations: l1: y = ax + 1 l2: y = bx + 2 l3: y = cx + 3

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Answer: If line l3 is perpendicular to both lines l1 and l2, then l1 must be parallel to l2. The slopes of l1 and l2 should be equal, slopel1 = slopel2, and the slopel3 = -1/slopel1. a = -2, b = -2, c = .5 is the only answer that satisfies these conditions.

Question #3: The management team of a company has 250 men and 125 women. If 200 of the managers have a master degree, and 100 of the managers with the master degree are women, how many of the managers are men without a master degree? (a) 125 (b) 150 (c) 175 (d) 200 (e) 225
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Answer: If 200 of the managers have a master degree, and 100 of the managers with a master degree are women, then 100 of the managers with a master degree are men. The company has 250 men managers and 100 of the managers with a master degree are men, so the number of managers that are men without a master degree is 250 - 100 = 150.

Question #4: In the figure below, the area of square ABCD is equal to the sum of the areas of triangles ABE and DCE. If AB = 6, then CE =

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(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 3 (e) 4

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Answer: AreaABCD = AB2 AreaABE = AB BE/2 AreaDCE = DC CE/2 = AB CE/2 The problem states that the area of square ABCD is equal to the sum of the areas of triangles ABE and DCE. AB2 = AB BE/2 + AB CE/2 AB = BE/2 + CE/2 BE = CE + AB AB = CE/2 + AB/2 + CE/2 AB/2 = CE/2 + CE/2 CE = AB/2 CE = 3

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Question #5:

If and are the angles of the right triangle shown in the figure above, then sin2 + sin2 is equal to: (a) cos() (b) sin() (c) 1 (d) cos2() (e) -1
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Answer: sin2 + sin2 = sin2 + sin2(90o - ) = sin2 + cos2 = 1.

Question #6: The average of numbers (a + 9) and (a - 1) is equal to b, where a and b are integers. The product of the same two integers is equal to (b - 1)2. What is the value of a? (a) a = 9 (b) a = 1 (c) a = 0 (d) a = 5 (e) a = 11
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Answer: 1/2(a + 9 + a - 1) = b (a + 9)(a - 1) = (b - 1)2 We need to solve this system of equations. 1/2(2a + 8 ) = b a+4=b (a + 9)(a - 1) = (a + 3)2

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 SAT http://sat.tiandaoedu.com a2 + 9a - a - 9 = a2 + 6a + 9 2a = 18 a=9

SAT2 Level 2 1

Question 1: What is the closest approximation of the solution of the equation 2x - 1 = 3x + 1? (a) -4.42 (b) -5.81 (c) -3.22 (d) 4.93 (e) 3.33
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log(2x - 1) = log(3x + 1) (x - 1)log2 = (x + 1)log3 x(log2 - log3) = log3 + log2 x = (log3 + log2)/(log2 - log3) x is aprox. = -4.418

Question #2: What is the range of (x - y) if 3 < x < 4 and -2 < y< -1? (a) 4< x-y <5 (b) 1< x-y <3 (c) 1< x-y <5 (d) 4< x-y <6 (e) 3< x-y <6
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Answer: We can determine the range of -y: 1 < -y < 2

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 SAT http://sat.tiandaoedu.com We determine the range of x-y by adding the ranges of x and -y: Therefore, 4< x-y <6

Question #3: A bus travels the distance d from New York to Boston. t1 hours after the bus left New York, a car starts to travel the same distance d from New York to Boston. Both vehicles reach Boston at the same time. Find an expression for d as a function of t1, the speed of the bus v1 and the speed of the car v2. (a) d = v1t1/(v2 - v1) (b) d = v1v2t1/(v2 - v1) (c) d = v1t1/(v2 + v1) (d) d = v1v2t1/(v2 + v1) (e) d = v1v2t1
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Answer: If t is the duration of the travel of the bus, d = v1t d = v2(t - t1) Therefore, v1t = v2(t - t1) t = v2t1 / (v2 - v1) d = v1v2t1 / (v2 - v1)

Question #4: Find the value of x if: x+y+z=5 x+y-z=3 x-y=2 (a) -3 (b) -1 (c) 1 (d) 3

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Answer: We notice that if we add equations 1 and 2 we can eliminate z: x + y + z + x +y-z=5+3 2 (x + y) = 8 x+y=4 At this point we have a system of 2 linear equations with 2 variables, x and y: x-y=2 x+y=4 If we add these 2 equations, we get 2 x = 6 and x = 3.

Question #5: A camera has a price of 300 dollars. Its price is lowered 10% and then increased 10%. What is the final selling price of the camera? (a) $297 (b) $303 (c) $310 (d) $330 (e) $303
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Answer: After it is lowered by 10%, the price is $300 - $30 = $270. A 10% increase of a $270 price is $27, so the final price is $270 + $27 = $297.

Question #6: The equation 2x2 - 2x - 60 = 0 has the following 2 solutions: (a) {-5, 5} (b) {5, -6} (c) {-5, -6} (d) {-5, 6} (e) {5, 6}

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Answer: 2x2 - 2x - 60 = 0 x2 - x - 30 = 0 The sum of the solutions is 1 and the product is -30 so the solutions are {-5, 6}

Question #7: The side of a cube is two times the radius of a sphere. What is the ratio of the volume of the cube to the volume of the sphere? (a) 6/ (b) 3/ (c) /6 (d) /4 (e)
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Answer: If l is the side of the cube, the volume of the cube is: Vcube = l3. The volume of the sphere is Vsphere = 4 r3/3 = 4 (l/2)3/3 = ( /6)l3 Vcube/Vsphere = 6/

Question #8: If tan(2x) = 2, tan(x) is equivalent to which of the following expressions? (a) sin(2x)/cos(2x) (b) 1 + tan(x) (c) 1 - tan(x) (d) (1 - tan(x))(1 + tan(x)) (e) (1 - tan(x))2
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Answer: tan(2x) = 2tan(x)/(1 - tan2(x)) 2 = 2tan(x)/(1 - tan2(x)) tan(x) = 1 - tan2(x) tan(x) = (1 - tan(x))(1 + tan(x))

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Question #9: What is the closest approximation of the value of angle a in the figure below, if AB = 7, BC = 11 and CA = 5?

(a) 96.4o (b) 100.8o (c) 144.9o (d) 132.2o (e) 135.9o
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Answer: BC2 = AB2 + CA2 - 2 AB CA cos(a) 112 = 52 + 72 - 2 5 7 cos(a) 121 = 25 + 49 - 70cos(a) cos(a) = -47/70 a = arccos(-47/70) = 132.2o

Question #10: For some positive real number a, the first 3 terms of a geometric progression are a - 1, a + 3 and 3a + 1. What is the numerical value of the fourth term? (a) 25 (b) 36

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Answer: a + 3 = k(a - 1) 3a + 1 = k(a + 3) (a + 3)(a + 3) = (3a + 1)(a - 1) a2 + 6a + 9 = 3a2 - 2a - 1 2a2 - 8a -10 = 0 a2 - 4a -5 = 0 the solutions of this equation are 5 and -1. The only positive solution is 5, so the progression is 4, 8, 16. The fourth term will be 16 2 = 32

SAT2 Level 2 2

Question #1: If f(x) = (2x + 5)/(4x-7), what value does f(x) approach as x gets infinitely larger? (a) 1/2 (b) 5/7 (c) 2/7 (d) 5/4 (e) 1
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Answer: As x gets infinitely larger, lim[(2x + 5)/(4x-7)] = lim[(2 + 5/x) / (4 - 7/x)] = (2 + 0) / (4 0) = 2/4 = 1/2

Question #2: In the figure below, what is the length of the arc AB, if O is the center of the circle and triangle OAB is equilateral? The radius
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of the circle is 9.

(a)

(b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (e) /2

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Answer: OAB equilateral means the AOB angle is 60o The ratio between the AOB angle and 360o is equal to the ratio between the length of the arc AB and the circumference of the circle 60o/360o = arcAB / (2 9) arcAB = 3

Question #3: In the figure below, quadrilateral ABCD has AB parallel with CD. What is the area of triangle ABD?

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(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

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3 4 6 8 9 Answer: The area of triangle ABD is equal to (1/2)ABDE, where DE is the altitude from D to AB.

AreaABD = (1/2)43 = 6.

Question #4: What is the distance in space between the points with coordinates (-1, 5, 3) and (2, 6, -1)? (a) 20 (b) 24 (c) 5
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(d) 26 (e) 7
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Answer: The coordinates of the 2 points are: x1 = -1, y1 = 5, z1 = 3, x2 = 2, y2 = 6, z2 = -1, The distance in space between the points with coordinates (-1, 5, 3) and (2, 6, -1) squared is: d2 = [(x1 - x2)2 + (y1 - y2)2 + (z1 - z2)2 ]= [ (-1 + (-2))2 + (5 - 6)2 + (3 - (-1)) 2 ] = 9 + 1 + 16 = 26 d = 26

Question #5: In the standard (x, y) coordinate plane, the graph of (x 2)2 + (y + 2)2 = 16 is a circle. What is the area enclosed by this circle, expressed in square coordinate units? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 18 (e) 20
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Answer: We compare the equation of the circle, (x 2)2 + (y + 2)2 = 16 with the general equation of a circle: (x x1)2 + (y - y1)2 = R2, where R is the radius of the circle. We notice that the radius of our circle is 16 = 4 The area of the circle is 42 = 16

Question #6: |3 - 5| - |2 - 1| + |-5| =

(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 9

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(d) 4
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Answer: |3 - 5| = |-2| = 2 |2 - 1| = |1| = 1 |-5| = 5 |3 - 5| - |2 - 1| + |-5| = 2 - 1 + 5 = 6

Question #7: If a, b and c are the sides of any triangle, which of the following inequalities is not true? (a) ab > 0 (b) a + b > c (c) a + c/2 >b (d) b + c > a (e) (a + b)(b + c) > ac
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Answer: The first answer is true, since the product of 2 positive reals will be positive. The second and the fourth answers will also be true, since the sum of 2 sides of a triangle is always higher than the third side. The fifth answers is also true because it is just a multiplication of the second and fourth inequalities of positive terms. Answer three should be the one that is not true, and we can verify this result with an example: an isosceles triangle with a = 3, c = 3, b= 10 will satisfy the inequality.

Question #8: For any x such that 0 < x < /2, the expression (1 - sin2x)/cos(x) + (1 - cos2x)/sin(x) is equivalent to: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
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sin(x) cos(x) sin(x) - cos(x) sin(x) + cos(x) 2sin(x) Answer: (1 - sin2x)/cos(x) + (1 - cos2x)/sin(x) = cos2x/cos(x) + sin2x/sin(x) = sin(x) + cos(x).
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Question #9: A line has parametric equations x = t + 3 and y = t + 9. The slope of the line is: (a) 3 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 4 (e) 5
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Answer: From the first equation, x = t + 3, t = x - 3. We substitute t in the second equation: y = t + 9 = x - 3 + 9 = x + 6 We compare y = x + 6 with the equation of any line: y = mx + n, where m is the slope and n the offset and the slope of y = x + 6 is 1.

Question #10: x -5 03 7

y 2.01 5 8.64 17.92

Which (a) y (b) y (c) y (d) y (e) y

of the following equations best models the data in the table above? = 5 1.2x - 2 = 4 1.2x x = 5 1.3 = 5 1.2x - 1 = 5 1.3x 1 o Answer: The easiest way to solve this problem is to check the results of the 5 answers for x = 0: (a) y = 5 1.20 - 2 = 3 (b) y = 4 1.20 = 4 (c) y = 5 1.30 = 5 (d) y = 5 1.20 - 1 = 4

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(e) y = 5 1.3 + 1 = 6 and (c) must be the correct answer. We can verify at this point the results of y = 5 1.3x for x = -5, x = 3 and x = 7

SAT2 Level 2 3

Question 1: If the value of tan(-2a) is 2, what is the value of tan(2a)? (a) -2 (b) 2 (c) -4 (d) 4 (e) 3
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We know that tan( ) = -tan(- ), any , so tan(2a) = - 2

Question #2: What is sec(a)sin(a) + csc(a)cos(a) , if a = 45o? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 1/2 (d) -1/2 (e) /2
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Answer: sec(a)sin(a) + csc(a)cos(a) = [1/cos(a)]sin(a) + [1/sin(a)]cos(a) = sin(a)/cos(a) + cos(a)/sin(a) = (2/2)/(2/2) + (2/2)/(2/2) = 1 + 1 = 2

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Question #3: What is sin (a)cos (a)[1 + tan (a)]? (a) tan2(a) (b) cos2(a) (c) sin2(a) (d) sec2(a) (e) csc2(a)
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Answer: sin2(a)cos2(a)[1 + tan2(a)] = sin2(a)cos2(a)[1 + sin2(a)/cos2(a)] = sin2(a)cos2(a)[(cos2(a) + sin2(a))/cos2(a)] = sin2(a)cos2(a)[1/cos2(a)] = sin2(a).

Question #4: What are the polar coordinates of the point with (-5, 5) rectangular coordinates? (a) (52, 45o) (b) (5, 45o) (c) (5, 135o) (d) (52, 135o) (e) (-5, 135 )
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Answer: r2 = 52 + 52, so r = 52. tan( ) = -5/5 = -1 and = 135o.

Question #5: What is the volume of the geometric solid produced by the equilateral triangle in the figure below when it is rotated 360o about the altitude m?

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(a) m3/9 (b) m2/9 (c) m3/4 (d) m3 (e) m3/9

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Answer: The solid produced by the triangle rotation will be a cone with a radius equal to half the side of the triangle. We apply Pythagoras Theorem in one of the 2 right triangles created by the altitude m: r2 + m2 = (2r)2 r = m/3 The volume of the cone: Vcone = m(m/3)2/3 Vcone = m3/9

Question #6: Solve for x in the following equation: x2 10x + 10 = 0. (a) -5 +/- sqrt(15) (b) 5 +/- sqrt(15) (c) 5

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(d) -5 (d) 5 +/- sqrt(5)

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Answer: x = (10 +/- sqrt(100 - 40))/2 x = 5 +/- sqrt(15)

Question #7: If log(x) = 2 and log(y) = 5, what is log(x2y3)? (a) 11 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 19 (e) 29
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Answer: log(x2y3) = log(x2) + log(y3) = 2log(x) + 3log(y) = 4 + 15 = 19

Question #8: What is the greatest common factor of 17 and 81? (a) 1 (b) 17 (c) 3 (d) 9 (e) 27
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Answer: 17 = 171 81 = 33331 The correct answer is (a).

Question #9: In the (x,y) plane, which of the following statements are true?

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I. Line y + x = 5 is perpendicular to line y - x = 5. II. Lines y + x = 5 and y - x = 5 intersect each other on the y axis. III. Lines y + x = 5 and y - x = 5 intersect each other on the x axis. (a) I is the only true statement (b) II is the only true statement (c) I and II are both true (d) I and III are both true (e) II and III are both true
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Answer: y + x = 5 can be written as y = -x + 5. The slope of this equation is m1 = -1. y - x = 5 can be written as y = x + 5. The slope of this equation is m2 = 1. m2 = -1/m1 so the 2 lines are perpendicular. We also need to find where the 2 lines intersect. If we add the 2 equations, 2y = 10, y = 5 From the first equation, x = 5 - y = 5 - 5 = 0. In conclusion the lines intersect at (0, 5) and this point is on the y axis. In conclusion I and II statements are correct.

Question #10: Find the domain of the function f(x) = ( -x) / [(x - 2)(x + 2)]: (a) (- , -2) U ( -2 , 0) (b) (- , -2) U ( -2 , 0] (c) (- , 2) U ( 2 , 0] (d) (- , 2) U ( 2 , 0) (e) (- , -2) U ( -2 , 2)
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Answer: From the numerator of the fraction, -x should be positive or equal to zero, so x<=0. x cannot take the values x = 2 and x = -2, so the domain of the function is (- , -2) U ( -2 , 0]
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