SAT Practice Test 8, Section 8: Questions 11 - 16

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11. Correct answer: (A)

Given:
x and y are positive integers

To find:
x in terms of y

Solution:
Topic(s): Exponents

Answer: (A) y – 2

12. Correct answer: (C)

Given:
The degree measures of the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2:3:4

To find:
How many degrees the measure of the largest angle exceed the measure of the smallest angle

Solution:
Topic(s): Ratio, sum of angles in a triangle

The ratio of the angles is 2:3:4

2x + 3x + 4x = 180 (sum of angles in a triangle = 180)
9x = 180
x = 20

Difference between largest angle and smallest angle is 4x – 2x = 2x
2x = 2 × 20 = 40

Answer: (C) 40

13. Correct answer: (D)

Given:
The rate of telephone call is 50 cents for the 1 st minute and 30 cents for each additional minute or portion thereof

To find:
The function that describes the cost, in dollars, of a phone call that lasts for n minutes, where n is a positive integer

Solution:
If the phone call last n minutes then the first minute costs $0.50 and the next n – 1 minutes costs (n – 1)$0.30

f(n) = 0.50 + 0.30(n – 1)

Answer: (D) f(n) = 0.50 + 0.30(n – 1)

14. Correct answer: (E)

Given:
The figure

To find:
z in terms of x and y

Solution:
Topic(s): Vertical angles, corresponding angles

a = y (vertical angle) and b = a (corresponding angle). This implies b = y

x + y + z = 180
z = 180 – x –y

Answer: (E) 180 – x – y

15. Correct answer: (C)

Given:

n and k are positive integers

To find:
The value of k

Solution:

If k is a positive integer then it cannot be 0. So, n cannot be 1.

If n is a positive integer greater than 1 then n – 1 and n + 1 would be positive integers.

In order for k to be a positive integer, must be a positive integer.

The factors of 5 are 1 and 5. Since n cannot be 1, it implies that n = 5

Substituting n = 5 into the above equation

Answer: (C) 24

16. Correct answer: (E)

Given:
m coworkers agree to contribute equally to a lunch that costs a total of y dollars
p of the coworkers fail to contribute

To find:
The expression that represents the additional amount, in dollars, that each of the remaining coworkers must contribute to pay for the lunch

Solution:
If every pays then each worker would need to contribute

If p workers did not pay, the remaining workers must then pay

The additional amount to pay would be

Answer: (E)