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SAT PREPARATION SPRING My wife is so negative.

I
remembered the car seat, the
Course: SAT/ACT Preparation Delivered: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 stroller, AND the diaper bag.
Yet, all she could talk about is
Instructor: Mr. Carlos Ortiz File Name: HW10 WED 5-24-2017 how I forgot the baby.
Student: CARLOS ORTIZ /AM/FB ETC: 50 min ANON

OKAY ANA, we continue this lesson starts with more READING

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PRACTICE. Ive provided you with a passage and then 16 possible
questions that could follow it you are two supply TWO POSSIBLE
ANSWER CHOICES for each question make sure one of your choices is
CORRECT!

BEST OF LUCK Remember, your completed assignment is to be sent


to me via TEXT PICS by no later than 7:00 or 8:00 pm, Fri, 5-26-2017!

Questions 1-11 are based on the following


passage.
This passage is adapted from Linton Weeks The
Windshield-Pitting Mystery of 1954. 2015 by NPR
History Dept.

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The author most likely mentions the
Canadian scientist (line 22) and the Utah
resident (line 26) in order to

3
In line 23, the word "minute" can be
replaced by which of the following
without changing the meaning of the
phrase "minute marine creatures?"

4
The word "posited" in line 22 most nearly
Here are some POTENTIAL QUESTIONS that means
could follow this passage. I have purposely
omitted the answer choices. You provide 2
possible answer choices and make sure 1 of
your choices could be the CORRECT ONE!

1
The central claim of the passage is that

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The author's statement that the "country According to the passage, what percent of
moved on to building backyard shelters" cars in Washington suffered damage?
(lines 31-32) implies that Americans

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6 Which choice provides the best evidence
As used in line 41, "common" most for the answer to the previous question?
nearly means

11
7 The author most likely mentions War of
The passage indicates that an effect of the Worlds in line 73 to
aggregating events is

12
8 The quotation marks around the word
With which of the following would " hysteria " in line 94 most likely indicate
sociologist David Rohall most likely
agree?

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Based on the passage, the author most What is the overall tone of this passage?
likely agrees that "pitting" is

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14 According to the passage, which of the
Which choice provides the best evidence following is most accurate regarding
for the answer to the previous question? large-group behavior?

ONTO SOME MATH

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9 3 A line goes through a point located at
If x 10 8, what is the value of x? ( 3, 6) and is parallel to the line given
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2
by the equation y x 6. What is the
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equation of this line?
A) 6
B) 4 2
A) y x6
C) 3 3
2
D) 2 B) y x6
3
2
C) y x8
3
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D) y x8
2 2
6
1
ax
2 21 No Calculator

If a 1 in the equation above, what is


the value of x ?

1 On PS above, the ratio of RS to PQ is 1.


A)
2 What is the length of RS ?
4
B)
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A) 2
3
C) B) 3
2
2 C) 5
D)
3 D) 9

22 With Calculator
19 No Calculator A t-shirt that originally cost D dollars is
put on sale at 30% off on Monday, and
If 8x 2 y , what is the ratio of x to y ? then further reduced by 20% off on Friday
(Hint: remember that you can express 8 as a of the same week. In terms of D, what is
power of 2 just like 4 could be expressed as 22)
the t-shirt's sale price after both reductions?

A) 3 to 1
A) 0.50D
B) 1 to 4
B) 0.56D
C) 1 to 3
C) 0.60D
D) 4 to 1
D) 0.74D

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Pressure can be measured in several units
including pounds per square in (psi) and
pascals (Pa). If 14.7 psi are equivalent to
101,300 Pa, approximately how many Pa
are in 1 psi?

A) 6890
B) 7140
C) 7550
The line above corresponds to function f .
D) 8080 If f (a 6) = 0, what is the value of a ?
(Hint: This a value can be found without any
24 With Calculator extensive work. Ask yourself: what does it mean
A rectangular playpen measures 10 yards that the expression a 6, which is actually an x
value, is causing the function to become 0? The
by 15 yards. A 3.0-foot-wide padded border
only x-values that ever cause the function to
is placed around the entire playpen. As a become 0 are x-intercepts. So, a 6 must equal
percentage, how much larger is the playpen what exactly?
with its padded border than without it?
(1 yard = 3 feet)
(Hint: with the padded border, each original A) 14
dimension (the 10 yds and 15 yds) is now larger by B) 10
how much? Once you figure that out, calculate the
NEW AREAto determine how much larger, AS A C) 8
PERCENTAGE, this NEW AREA is compared to the
original area of the playpen only, determine the D) 6
CHANGE IN AREA that has occurred..and divide
this change by the original area of the playpen.) 27 With Calculator
The average (arithmetic mean) of a and b
A) 36 is 10 while the average of c, d and e is 15.
What is the average of a, b, c, d and e ?
B) 95
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C) 124
D) 158

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In the x-y plane, the points (0,4) and (2, 8)
lie on the graph of function h x ax 2 c.
What is the value of h(1)?

A) -6
B) -2
C) 0
D) 1

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A circle's radius is increased by 20%. Its Fifty percent of the members of a sixth-
area is correspondingly increased by what grade class wore black socks. Twenty
percent? percent wore white socks. If 50% of the
remaining students wore gray socks, what
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percent of the sixth-grade class wore socks
that were not black, white, or gray?
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A bag contains 10 small tiles, each with
one of the integers 0 through 9 on it. One 31 With Calculator
tile is randomly selected from the bag. What is the circumference of a circle with
What is the probability that it is both an 36
an area equal to ?
even digit and a multiple of 4?
1/5 12

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The figure above consists of several line


segments connected at their endpoints.
The graph of the linear function f is What is the value of x z?
shown in the x-y plane above. Function 120
g represents a line obtained when the line
above is translated 3 units to the right.
What is the y -intercept of function g ?
3/2 or 1.5

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