Victory for the ACT Student Text 15e

L ESSON | P RELIMINARIES AND S TRATEGIES • 207

TIME-SAVING SHORTCUTS AND POWER STRATEGIES

28. –‡Ž‡’Š‘‡…ƒŽŽ ˆ”‘ ‹–› –‘ ‹–›…‘•–• ̈́ͳǤͲͲ ˆ‘” –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– –Š”‡‡ ‹—–‡• ƒ† ̈́ͲǤʹͷ for each additional minute thereafter. Šƒ– ‹• –Š‡ maximum duration of a phone call, in minutes, for $3.00? F. 8 G. 11 H. 12 J. 13 K. 15 Š‡ ™ƒ–‡” ‡–‡” ƒ– ƒ ˆƒ…–‘”› †‹•’Žƒ›• –Š‡ ”‡ƒ†‹‰ „‡Ž‘™Ǥ Šƒ– ‹• –Š‡ minimum number of cubic feet of water that the ˆƒ…–‘”› —•– —•‡ „‡ˆ‘”‡ ˆ‘—” ‘ˆ –Š‡ ϐ‹˜‡ digits on the meter are again the same? Water Usage in Cubic Feet A. 10,000 B. 1,000 C. 999 D. 666 E. 9 30. After a 20% decrease in price, the cost of an item is D †‘ŽŽƒ”•Ǥ Šƒ– ™ƒ• –Š‡ ’”‹…‡ ‘ˆ the item before the decrease? F. 0.75 D Šƒ– ‹• –Š‡ maximum —„‡” ‘ˆ ‘Ǧ overlapping sections that can be created ™Š‡ ƒ…‹”…Ž‡ ‹•…”‘••‡† „› –Š”‡‡ •–”ƒ‹‰Š– lines? A. three B. four Ǥ ϐ‹˜‡ D. six E. seven 29. G. 0.80 D H. 1.20 D J. 1.25 D K. 1.5 D 31.

Test-the-Test Items #28–29

Test-the- Test Š‡ ›‘— –‡•–Ǧ–Š‡Ǧ –‡•–ǡ ›‘— ’Ž—‰ –Š‡ answer choices „ƒ… ‹–‘ –Š‡ ‹–‡ and see which one ™‘”•Ǥ

Plug-and-Chug Item #30

Plug & Chug Š‡ ›‘— ’Ž—‰Ǧƒ†Ǧ…Š—‰ǡ ›‘— ƒ‡ ƒ Š›’‘–Š‡–‹…ƒŽ •…‡ƒ”‹‘…‘…”‡–‡Ǥ  ‹–‡ ͓͵Ͳǡ decide what original price was decreased „› ʹͲΨǤ ‘™ ›‘—…ƒ ϐ‹† D and then plug D into the answer choices to see which of them returns the correct original price. The Cambridge Edge ‘—” ™‘”•–Ǧ…ƒ•‡ •…‡ƒ”‹‘ •–”ƒ–‡‰› ™‹ŽŽ „‡ –‘ ‰—‡••Ǥ Š‡”‡ ‹• ‘ ‰—‡••‹‰ ’‡ƒŽ–›ǡ •‘ ”‡ƒŽŽ›ǡ –Šƒ–ǯ• ‘– ƒ „ƒ† ™‘”•–Ǧ…ƒ•‡ •…‡ƒ”‹‘Ǥ † ›‘—…ƒ ‹’”‘˜‡ ›‘—” ‘††• „› ‡Ž‹‹ƒ–‹‰ ƒ ˆ‡™ ƒ•™‡”• „‡ˆ‘”‡ ›‘— ‰—‡••Ǥ

Eliminate-and-Guess Item #31