SECTION 9

1. A Take it one phrase at a time. The “sum” means you will add two things. The
“squares of x and y” means to square x and square y, or x2 and y2. Add these to
get x2 + y2. Cross out any answer that does not have x2 + y2 as the first part of the
equation. Only A is left.

2. C If c = 6 and b + c = 8, then you know that b = 2. Because you know that c = 6

and b = 2, you can solve for a: If 3a + 2b + c = 22, then 3a + 4 + 6 = 22, so 3a = 12,
and a = 4. Therefore, a + b + c = 4 + 2 + 6, or 12.

Or try stacking:

3. B Because probability = # of outcomes fulfilling the requirements over the total # of

outcomes, you need to find the total area of sectors that are labeled 3 and 4 over

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the total area of the circular spinner. Even though you don’t know the area of the

circle, you know that this fraction is the same part of the whole as the total degree
measure of central angles that enclose 3 and 4 over the total degree measure of the

circular spinner, which is the total area of sectors that are labeled 3 and 4 over the

total area of the circular spinner. This gives you , or .

4. C Let’s start by figuring out what the values of x and y could be. You know that 4x – 8
> 0. If you add 8 to each side of the equation, you get 4x > 8, which means that x >
2. So x could be 3, 4, or any integer larger than 2. Likewise, you know that 4y + 8 <
0. If you subtract 8 from each side of this equation, you get 4y < –8, which means
that y < –2. So y could be –3, –4, or any integer less than –2. Neither x nor y can be
zero, so the product xy cannot be zero. This means you can eliminate E. And
because you don’t know whether x and y are odd or even you can also eliminate A
and B. You do know, though, that x will always be positive and y will always be
negative, so whatever numbers x and y are, you know their product will always be
negative.

5. B If a rectangle has length 16 and width 6, then its area will be the length times the
width, or 16 × 6, which equals 96. If this is 3 times the area of a triangle, then the
triangle will have an area of 32. If a triangle with area 32 has height of 8, you can use

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 the triangle formula for area of a triangle to find the base: × base × height = area.

32 = b × 8, so base × 4 = 32. This means that the base is equal to 8.

6. E Plug in! There are two 30°-60°-90° triangles imbedded in this problem, so that is the
best way to tackle this. Plug in for y, and go on from there. If you were to use 18

for y, the height of the cone would be 9. The base of the smaller triangle would be

. That is also the radius of the circle, so square that number and get 27, and then

multiply by π to get the area of the circle, which is 27π. This is the target. Plug your
original value into the answer choices. If y = 18, the only answer that works out to

27π is E. Algebraically, the height is , and the base of the smaller triangle is

(using the 30°-60°-90°). Square that and multiply by π, and you get E.

7. D You can set up a proportion, or simply notice that 1,000,000 is 10,000 × 100. So if
you multiply 30 by 100 you get 3,000.

8. C Because lines k and l are tangent to the circle, they form right angles with the radii.
Angles OAB, AOC, and OCB in quadrilateral OABC are all 90°, and all four angles
must add to 360°, so the remaining angle must also be 90°, which makes OABC a

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rectangle. Because and are radii, they are equal, and you are told that
the same length as the other two sides. Thus, all four sides are equal. So OABC is
actually a square. Draw in
is

and you’ll see that it bisects the square, forming two

45°-45°-90° triangles (see the reference information at the beginning of any SAT
Math section). So OB = 4 = s . Solving for s gives you 2 , which is the length of
each side of the square.

9. A This is a great problem for Plugging In. Let’s try using z = 2, n = 5, and b = 15. If $2
will buy 5 pizzas, then how much will 15 pizzas cost? Three times the number of
pizzas will have three times the cost, so $6. Now you just need to figure out which
choice will give you $6. Try calculating each of the answer choices, and you’ll find
that only A equals $6.

10. C Because you have parallel lines, let’s identify the big and small angles. The small
angles measure 65°, so the big angles measure 115°. So x + y = z = 115. If you add
everything together and substitute x = 55, you get 55 + y + z = 230, so y + z = 175.

11. D Because is a radius of the circle, OP = 8. Because is a radius of the circle, OR

= OQ + QR, and OQ = QR, therefore OQ = 4. Using the Pythagorean theorem—or

recognizing the ratio of sides in a 30°-60°-90° triangle—will give you the value

of PQ: 4 . Because area = bh, the area is .

12. B This is a great problem to solve with Plugging In The Answers. Let’s start with C.
Could the number of girls on the trip be 40? If there are 14 more boys than girls,

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 then there must be 40 + 14 = 54 boys. But that makes a total of 94 students; that’s
too much because there are only 80 students. So you can cross off C, D, and E
because they are all too big. Let’s try B. Could there be 33 girls? In this case there
will be 33 + 14 = 47 boys, and 33 + 47 equals 80. So B is the answer.

13. B Let’s start by solving for p. You know that p = f(6), which means that it will be equal
to (10 – 6)2, or 16. So 4p will be equal to 4(16), or 64. Now you simply have to figure
out which choice gives you 64. p(18) will equal (10 – 18)2, which is 64. So, B is the
answer.

14. A Be sure to read the question carefully; the key here is must be positive. Let’s try
plugging in an easy number for b. If you make b = 2, then let’s see which of the

choices is positive. A becomes . B becomes , so you can eliminate it. C becomes

. D becomes 0, so you can eliminate it, and E becomes 3. Now let’s try

making b = . In this case, A becomes . C becomes –1, so you eliminate it. E

becomes 0; eliminate. That leaves you with A.

15. D First find the x- and y-intercepts. The y-intercept is (0, –6). To find the x-intercept,

replace y with 0: 0 = x − 6; 6 = x; and x = 9. So, the x-intercept is (9, 0). Now

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create a triangle and use the Pythagorean theorem: 62 + 92 = 117. The distance

between the x- and y-intercepts is .

16. B The second graph moves down 1 and to the left 1. Remember that when a graph
moves to the left it is represented by (x + h), which would be the same as x – (–1).
So h = –1. Because a negative k represents moving down, k = 1. 1 × (−1) = −1.

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