SAT Practice Test 7, Section 2: Questions 6 - 10

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6. Correct answer: (C)

Given:
A table showing the test scores for 16 students
Sam’s score of 95 is added to the group

To find:
The median score for the test

Solution:
Topic(s): Statistics

The median of the 16 students is the average of the 6^th and 7^th student, which is 90.

After adding Sam’s score, the median would be the 9^th student, which is 85 (remember to add Sam to the number of students with score of 95)

Answer: (C) 85

7. Correct answer: (D)

Given:
Total capacity of 16 containers of one size is x gallons
Total capacity of 8 containers of another size is also x gallons
x > 0

To find:
The capacity of the larger container in terms of x

Solution:
Let a be the size of the 1^st container
Let b be the size of the 2^nd container

12a = x
8b = x

The second container is bigger. Rewrite b in terms of x

Answer: (D)

8. Correct answer: (D)

Given:
Rectangle ABCD lies in the xy-coordinate plane so that its sides are not parallel to the axes

To find:
The product of the slopes of all 4 sides of rectangle ABCD

Solution:
Topic(s): Coordinate geometry

The product of the slopes of perpendicular lines = -1.

From the sketch above,

Answer: (D) 1

9. Correct answer: 2/3, 0,666 0,667

Given:
An hour-long television program included 20 minutes of commercials

To find:
The fraction of the hour-long program that was not commercials

Solution:
Not commercial is 60 minutes – 20 minutes = 40 minutes Fraction of not commercials =

Answer: 2/3, 0,666 0,667

10. Correct answer: 10/3, 3.33

Given:
The product of 0.3 and a number is equal to 1

To find:
The number Solution:
Let x be the number

Answer: 10/3, 3.33

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