SAT MISTAKES

MATH

 When two equations are given and said to have no solutions, they are parallel, so have same
slope.
 When a quadratic or exponential equation is to be modeled and the highest point is given use
the form 𝑦 = 𝑎(𝑥 − ℎ)2 + 𝑘 where (h, k) is the vertex. K is the highest height achieved after h
minutes or seconds and then use the initial height, h, in the coordinates (0, h) to find the value
of a.
 When 2 lines are perpendicular to one another the product of their slope is -1.

 Sum of angles in a quadrilateral is 360

 Order before finding median
 To find whether a point is on the circle with the equation of the circle given do (find
radius)√((𝑦2 − 𝑦1)^2 + (𝑥2 − 𝑥1)^2) and then square it to find = something.
 Equation of the circle (𝑥 − ℎ)2 + (𝑦 − 𝑘)2 = 𝑟 2 where (h,k) is the center point of the circle and
r is the radius
 is a polynomial is divided by (x-a) and the remainder is b then P(a) = b and if (x-a) is a factor of
P(x) then P(a) = 0
 Outlier will affect range
 Standard deviation means how spread out the data points are
 Permutations
 Always check answer by plugging in
 A data has a high standard deviation is more data point or frequency is away from the mean
and vice versa
Start by translating the problem into an equation. 5 pints of

a 5% solution is 5 or 0.25 units of sugar. The amount of

30% added is unknown, so call the amount x. Therefore, x

pints of 30% solution is x or 0.3x units of sugar. The

new solution is 20% sugar, which is or 0.2. Percentages

represent , so the left side of the equation will be the

two solutions of sugar added together, 0.25 + 0.3x, over the

total amount, which will be 5 + x. This is equal to 0.2, the

resulting solution percent. This gives = 0.2.

Solve by multiplying both sides by 5 + x to get 0.25 + 0.3x =

0.2(5 + x). Distribute on the right side of the equation to get

0.25 + 0.3x = 1 + 0.2x. Gather like terms by first subtracting

0.25 from both sides to get 0.3x = 0.2x + 0.75. Subtract 0.2x

from both sides to get 0.1x = 0.75. Finally, isolate x by

multiplying both sides by 10 to get x = 7.5. The correct

answer is 7.5.

Sin of an angle = the cos of its completement ; completement add upto 90

ENGLISH:
WRITING:
Maintain is commonly used to describe advocating a position in an argument

Such as is never preceded by a comma; so, example: food, such as

SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

CHECK FOR CONSISTENCE PUNCTUATION ON BOTH SIDES WHEN DESCRIBING EXTRA DETAILS

CHECK IF THE 2 CLAUSES CAN BE INDEPENDENT

IN FACT IS ACTUALLY A CONTRAST WORD

COLONS ARE MOSTLY USED TO INTRODUCE QUOTATIONS

When a conjunctive adverb connects two complete ideas in one sentence, it is preceded by a semicolon
and followed by a comma. Eg …….;however,……

IMPORTANT DETAILS NOT WITHIN COMMAS

DON’T ASSUME EVEN IN WRITING

EVERYONE IS SINGULAR SO CANNOT HAVE THEY,THEIR ONLY SINGULAR LIKE HIS OR HER

IN HIS OWN RIGHT IDIOM

2 CONJUCTURES CANNOT BE USED SIDE BY SIDE

Fires up is a slang phrase that means “to start or begin,”

When comparing 2 like things use possessive pronoun

Dash must come after a complete idea