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PRACTICE SAT QUESTIONS

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1. Use the graph below. OB is twice as long as OA. 4. On the graph below, LN is 4 times the length of LM .
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What is the length of OB? How long is LM?

A. 13

13 N = (2,4)
B.
2
C. 2 13

D. 26

E. 2 26
M = (–4,–2)

L
A = (3,4)

O = (1,1) A. 2
B. 2 2
C. 4 2
D. 6 2

B E. 8 2
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5. If M = (5,2.5), is the midpoint of XY , with X = (−4,1)
and Y = (a,4), what is the value of a?
2. Points R = (6,4), Q = (4,3), and P = (−2,b) are co-
linear. What is the value of b? A. 6
B. 8
A. 4
C. 10
B. 3
D. 12
C. 2
E. 14
D. 1
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6. Let M = (x, y) be the midpoint of AB with A = (3,7)
and B = (−1,3). What is the product of x and y?
3. Points A, B, and C are co-linear.
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If AC ≅ BC and A = (−2,3), B = (2,−4), then C =


7. PQ 储 XY . P = (−3,6), Q = (4,3), and X = (−2,−5).
⎛ 1⎞ Which of the following are the possible coordinates
A. ⎜ 0,− ⎟
⎝ 2⎠ of Y?
B. (0,−1) A. (11,−12)
B. (11,12)
⎛ 1 ⎞
C. ⎜⎝ − , 0⎟⎠ C. (−12,−11)
2 D. (12,−11)
⎛1 ⎞ E. (−12,11)
D. ⎜ , 0⎟
⎝2 ⎠

⎛ 1⎞
E. ⎜ 0, ⎟
⎝ 2⎠
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8. What is the perimeter of the triangle with vertices L = 11. A is the midpoint of PQ and B is the midpoint of XY .
(1,5), M = (−3,−3), and N = (3,1)? P = (2,4) Q = (6,10) X = (−8,2), and Y = (4,−6). What


is the slope of AB ?
A. 6 10 + 4 13

B. 6 5 + 2 13 A. −
2
3
C. 4 5 + 2 18
2
B.
D. 8 18 3
E. 24 2 3
C.
2



9. AB ⊥ BC , and A = (2,3), B = (6,−2), and C = (−5,q). D.
4
What is the value of q? 7
A. −10 7
B. −10.2 E. −
4
C. −10.4
D. −10.6
E. −10.8 12. A = (−3,5) and B = (3,−4). The absolute value of the
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slope of AB is equal to the slope of AC . What are the
—– coordinates of point C?
10. What is the length of AD in the graph below?
A. (8,−1)
B. (−1,8)
C. (−3,2)
D. (2,−3)
E. (−2,3)
(–2,1) = A B = (2,1)
13. Let mS be the slope of line S and mT be the slope of
line T. If S ⊥ T, which of the following is always
true?
I. mS
mT = −1
(–2,–1) = C D = (2,–1) II. ⎟ mS⎟ = ⎟ mT⎟
mS
III. =1
mT
A. I
B. II
C. III
A. 2 10 D. I and II
E. I and III
B. 10
C. 2 5
D. 5
E. 15
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14. A car travels from Al’s house 10 miles south to

A. 2 34
B. 4
C. 8
D. 2 17
E. 4 17
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15. In the graph below, M is the midpoint of AB , X is the
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midpoint of AM , and Y is the midpoint of BM. What
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is the length of XY ?

B = (11,8)

(–5,–4) = A