12.Practice.Tests.for.the.SAT_2015-2016_1128p

12 Practice Tests for the SAT
562 Practice Test Six Answers and Explanations
Choice (A) is distortion; the author never links parents to
the production of better art. Choice (B) is extreme; the
author presents a more artistically educated society, but
he never goes so far as to claim that this society would
not accept lower-quality art. Choice (C) is correct; the
author presents children with better artistic educations,
then states that they would grow up to produce better art.
Thus, their production of better art must stem from their
artistic education. Choice (D) is distortion; the author never
mentions free time. Choice (E) is distortion; the author
never discusses how strictly critics would judge art in this
hypothetical society.
SECTION 3
1. E
Difficulty: Low
Strategic Advice: Always read SAT questions carefully-tpis
one asks for the value of x2 and gives you the value of x 2.
x 1 is the same as Vx. You might find it easier to work with
fractional exponents if you rewrite them as more familiar
l .
roots. Use the value of x 2 to find x, then square this to find
x2. Be careful not to stop too soon.
Getting to the Answer:
l
x2 =3
l
(x2)2 =x 1 =9 or x=9 = 32
2. A
x2 = 92 = 81
Difficulty: Low
Strategic Advice: The value of g(x) at any point is the
y-value of that point. What point on this graph is lowest?
What is the y-value at that point?
Getting to the Answer:
The lowest point is (2, -2). The y-value of that point is -2,
choice (A).
3. E
Difficulty: Low
Strategic Advice: The key to this problem-as in many
problems that deal with interpreting charts and tables-is
really understanding what each value in the table represents.
Getting to the Answer:
The value of i must represent the total of all movies in the
chart; you can think of it as either the sum of all comedies
and dramas (c + f) or the sum of all new releases and older
titles (g + h ). Since neither of these expressions is given
as an answer choice, the categories must be broken down
further. Choice (E) expresses the sum of new comedies, old
comedies, new dramas, and old dramas, respectively, which
is equivalent to i as well.
4. E
Difficulty: Medium
Strategic Advice: Here, if you remember the triangle
inequality theorem, you can score some easy points. The
triangle inequality theorem states that for any triangle, the
measure of any side must be less than the sum of the other
two sides, but greater than the difference of the other two
sides.
Getting to the Answer:
Given the triangle inequality theorem,
x < 6 + 2 and x > 6 - 2
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