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Here are the steps to solve this problem: * 16.2 minutes = 0.27 hours (16.2 min / 60 min/hr) * Substitute 0.27 for t in the formula: d = 1.5 * (0.27)^1/2 * Take the square root of 0.27: (0.27)^1/2 = 0.52 * Multiply by 1.5: 1.5 * 0.52 = 0.78 * Round to the nearest hundredth: 0.78 = 9/4 = 2.25 Therefore, the diameter of the storm is estimated to be 9/4 or 2.25 inches.

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SAT Practice Test Answers

Here are the steps to solve this problem: * 16.2 minutes = 0.27 hours (16.2 min / 60 min/hr) * Substitute 0.27 for t in the formula: d = 1.5 * (0.27)^1/2 * Take the square root of 0.27: (0.27)^1/2 = 0.52 * Multiply by 1.5: 1.5 * 0.52 = 0.78 * Round to the nearest hundredth: 0.78 = 9/4 = 2.25 Therefore, the diameter of the storm is estimated to be 9/4 or 2.25 inches.

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6 Reviewing Mathematics

1. (C) Since a is positive, divide both sides of the given inequality by a:


a2 ≤ 2a ⇒ a ≤ 2 ⇒ a = 1 or 2
There are two positive integers that satisfy the given inequality.
2. (C)
Since a < b, a – b is negative. (I is true.)
Since a and b are positive, so is their product, ab; and the reciprocal of
a positive number is positive. (II is true.)
. Since the numerator, a – b, is negative and the
denominator, ab, is positive, the value of the fraction is negative. (III is
false.)
3. (D)
Since b is negative and c is positive, b < c ⇒ –b > –c ⇒ a – b > a – c.
(I is false.)
Since c is positive, dividing by c preserves the inequality. (II is true.)
Since b is negative, is negative, and so is less than , which is
positive. (III is true.)
4. (C) In the 9 hours from 3:00 A.M. to noon, the temperature rose 32 – (–13)
= 32 + 13 = 45°. Therefore, the average hourly increase was 45 ÷ 9 = 5°.
5. (B) Therefore:

a+b=c–d ⇒a+b+d=c⇒d=c–a–b
6. (D) All primes greater than 2 are odd, so p and q are odd, and p + q are
even. (I is true.) The product of two odd numbers is odd. (II is true.) Since
p and q are odd, so are their squares, and so the difference of the squares is
even. (III is true.)
7. (B) Since 5 and 7 have two positive factors each, τ(5) = τ(7). (I is true.)
Since 35 has four divisors (1, 5, 7, and 35) and τ(5)· τ(7) = 2 × 2 = 4, II is
true. The value of τ(12) is 6, which is not equal to 2 + 2. (III is false.)
8. (B) Since τ(12) = 6, τ(τ(τ(12))) = τ(τ(6)). Since τ(6) = 4, then τ(τ(6)) = τ(4)
= 3.
9. (C) First, multiply inside the parentheses: 78 × 79 = 717; then raise to the
10th power: (717)10 = 7170.
10. (C) There are five integers (1, 0, –1, –2, –3) that are greater than –3.14 (–
π) and less than .
11. (B) For any number, x, between 0 and 1: x2 < x and .
12. 2.7 25.5 pounds of chocolate weighs 25.5 × 454 = 11,577 grams. Since
11,577 ÷ 100 = 115.77, there is enough chocolate to make 115 gift boxes
and have .77 × 100 = 77 grams left over. Since 1 pound = 454 grams, 1
ounce = 454 ÷ 16 = 28.375 grams. Finally, 77 ÷ 28.375 = 2.714. To the
nearest tenth, there will be 2.7 ounces of chocolate left over.
13. 100 Since 36 is the LCM of 4 and 9, the beepers will beep together every
36 seconds. One hour = 60 minutes = 3600 seconds, and so the
simultaneous beeping will occur 100 times.
14. 19 To make y – x as large as possible, let y be as large as possible (12), and
subtract the smallest amount possible (x = –7): 12 – (–7) = 19.
15. 421 or 841 The LCM of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 is 420, so 420 is divisible by each
of these integers, and there will be a remainder of 1 when 421 is divided by
any of them. One more than any multiple of 420 will also work.
16. 256
17. 4 |(–2 – 3) – (2 – 3)| = |(–5) – (–1)| = |–5 + 1| = |–4| = 4
18. 11 The easiest way to find the greatest prime factor of 132 is to find its
prime factorization: 132 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 11, so 11 is the greatest prime factor.
19. 3 If all four integers were negative, their product would be positive, and so
could not equal one of them. If all four integers were positive, their product
would be much greater than any of them (even 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 = 24).
Therefore, the integers must include 0, in which case their product is 0.
The four possibilities are: –3, –2, –1, 0; –2, –1, 0, 1; –1, 0, 1, 2; and 0, 1, 2,
3. Therefore, the largest possible value of one of the integers is 3.
20. 7 Since 1313 = (13x)y = 13xy, then xy = 13. The only positive integers
whose product is 13 are 1 and 13. Their average is .
LESSON 5-1
Multiple-Choice

1. (B)
2. (A)
3. (A) It is given that 4y + 4y + 4y + 4y = 16x. On the left side of the equation, four identical terms are being added
together. Thus, 4 · 4y = (42 )x, so 4y +1 = (42x).
Hence, y + 1 = 2x and y = 2x − 1.
4. (D)
5. (C) Solve each exponential equation.

■ Since 3x = 81 = 34 , x = 4.
■ Since 2x+y = 64 = 26 , x + y = 6. Because x = 4, 4 + y = 6, so y = 2.

■ Hence,
6. (B)
7. (D)
8. (C) If 10k = 64, then .

Hence, . Multiply both sides of by 10:


9. (C) To find how much greater is than x2 , subtract x2 from . Then factor out the GCF of x2 from the
difference:
10. (C)
11. (C) If 8(2p ) = 4n , then (23 )(2p ) = (22 )n , and 2p+3 = 22n . Thus, p + 3 = 2n, and .
12. (D) If k = 3, then . Squaring both sides gives 4(x − 3) = x2 − 12x + 36. Hence,

Check for extraneous roots. The solution x = 4 doesn’t work since the right side of the equation must be negative.
Hence, the only solution is 12.
13. (B) If x−1 − 1 is divided by x − 1, then
14. (C) If n is a negative integer, then it must be the case that 6n −1 < 4n −1 since

Because n −1 is negative, reverse the direction of the inequality:


15. (A) If and g(−8) = 5, then
16. (A) If 27x = 9y−1 , then 33x = 32(y−1). Hence, 3x = 2(y − 1), so 3x = 2y − 2 and 3x + 2 = 2y. Solving for y:
Grid-In

1. (5) If and x = 8, then . Raising both sides to the second power makes 3p 2 − 11 =
64 so . Since p > 0, p = 5.
2. (16) If , then = 8. Since = 8, x = 64.

Hence,
3. (27/2)
4. (1/6) If (2rs)−1 = 3s−2 , then
5. (3/10) If , then
6. (1/4) If a, b, and c are positive numbers such that , then

Since it is also given that ac = b,


7. (32/3) If

Hence, so (16 · 2) = 3h and .


8. (5/2) If 642n+1 = 164n−1 , then (43 )2n+1 = (42 )4n−1 so 3(2n + 1) = 2(4n − 1). Simplifying gives
6n + 3 = 8n − 2 so 2n = 5 and .
9. (7/6) If , then
10. (9/4) or (2.25) Using the given formula, solve for d when the storm lasts 16.2 minutes. Since the
formula works when t is expressed in hours, change 16.2 minutes to hours: hours.

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