Weight is shown on the vertical axis of the graph, given in ounces.

Make your own mark indicating 5.75 on this axis; then draw a horizontal line from that mark to the line of best fit.

Once you hit it, draw a vertical line straight down to the horizontal axis.

It should hit between 75 and 80 days, slightly closer to the mark for 75.

This makes (C) the credited response.

Draw your lines carefully, using your answer sheet as a straightedge if necessary.

To figure out the total number of shelving units Sai could use, find the total available wall space and divide by the length of the units.

The total amount of wall space can be calculated as 119 - 21.

Because the length of each unit is 7 feet, the maximum number of units Sai could put up can be calculated as \(\frac{119 - 21}{7}\).

Because this is the maximum number of units Sai could put up, r has to be less than or equal to this number.

Therefore, the correct answer is (A).

To solve the quadratic equation, first set the equation equal to 0.

The equation becomes x² + 12x - 64 = 0. Next, factor the equation to get (x + 16)(x - 4) = 0.

Therefore, the two possible solutions for the quadratic equation are x + 16 = 0 and x - 4 = 0, so x = -16 or 4.

Since the question states that x > 0, x = 4 is the only possible solution.

Another way to approach this question is to plug in the answers.

Start with (B), x = 4. Plug 4 into the equation to get 4² + 12(4) = 64.

Solve the left side of the equation to get 16 + 48 = 64, or 64 = 64.

Since this is a true statement, the correct answer is (B).

Use Process of Elimination to answer this question.

According to the question, P represents the population, so the outcome of the entire equation has something to do with the population.

Therefore, eliminate both (A) and (B) because 1.0635 can't represent the population if P does.

In the equation given, the only operations are multiplication and addition, which means that over time the population would increase.

Therefore, eliminate (D).

The correct answer is (C).

Work the problem in steps. You are given the mass, so to find density you need to find the volume of the pyramid.

The formula at the beginning of the section tells you that, for a pyramid, V = ¹⁄₃Bh, where B is the area of the base of the pyramid and h is the height.

Therefore, the volume of the pyramid is ¹⁄₃(15)(4) = 20.

However, you need to subtract the volume of the semispherical indentation in the base.

Once again, the reference sheet found beginning of the Math section tells you that the volume of a sphere is given by the equation V = ⁴⁄₃πr³.

Because the diameter of the indentation is 2 cm, the radius of the hemisphere is 1 cm.

If it were a whole sphere, the volume of the indentation would be ⁴⁄₃π(1)³ = 4.189; you want only half, so dividing by 2 gives you 2.094 cm³ for the hemisphere.

Subtracting 2.094 cm³ from the 20 cm³ of the pyramid gives you a total volume of 20 - 2.094 = 17.906 cm³.

Finally, you can find the density of Lucite by using the definition of density:

Density = \(\frac{21.129 \; g}{17.906 \; cm^{3}} \approx 1.18 \; g/cm^{3}\), which is (B).

There's a lot going on in this problem! But if we take it piece by piece, we'll crack it.

Let's start filling in some information. The first thing the problem tells us is that triangle ABC is equilateral.

Mark 60 degree angles on the figure. Next, we see that angle AEF is a right angle.

Write that in as well.

The problem also conveniently tells us that D and F are the midpoints of AB and AC, respectively.

Therefore, AD and AF are 2.

Finally, the last piece of information reveals that E is the midpoint of DF; mark DE and EF as equal.

Now, what do we have? Triangle AEF is a right triangle, with a hypotenuse of 2 and a leg of 1.

Hmm, perhaps the good ol' Pythagorean theorem can help us.

Plug the numbers into the theorem, and you'll see that the answer is (B).

You may have also noticed that triangle ADE is a 30°-60°-90° triangle with hypotenuse 2, which means that DE is 1 and w, opposite the 60°, is the square root of 3.

In geometry questions on the SAT, there will often be multiple ways to get to the answer.

On the day of the test, use whichever way you are most comfortable with.

Don't forget that you can plug in numbers on geometry questions.

Let's make b = 70° and a = 30°. So the third angle in the triangle is 80°.

You know that c would be 80°, because it is opposite an 80° angle.

Your target answer is a = 30°, so plug in 80° and 70° to find it.

The only possible answer is (D).

Use SOHCAHTOA and your calculator to find the height of the flagpole.

From the 70° angle, you know the adjacent side of the triangle, and you want to find the opposite side, so you need to use tangent.

Tangent \(\frac{opposite}{adjacent}\), so tan 70° = \(\frac{x}{10m}\), where x is the height of the flagpole up to the ball.

Isolate x by multiplying both sides by 10: 10 tan 70° = x.

Use your calculator to find that 10 tan 70° = 27.47, which is closest to (C).

The 5 equal lengths that make up the two sides of the largest triangle tell us that we are dealing with 5 similar triangles.

The largest triangle has sides 15:25:30, and the sides of all 5 triangles will have an equivalent ratio.

Reduced, the ratio is 3:5:6, which happens to be the dimensions of the smallest triangle.

We want to find the length of BD, the base of a triangle with sides of 6 and 10.

This is twice as big as the smallest triangle, so the base BD must be 6 × 2 = 12, which is (C).

For this question, you need to know that volume equals length × width × height.

You know that the volume is 16,500, the depth (or height) is 10, and the length is 75.

Just put those numbers in the formula: 16,500 = 75 × w × 10.

Use your calculator to solve for w, which equals 22: (A).