This is how they torture us SAT students
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Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as Ann was when Mary was as old as Ann is now. How old is Ann?
A) 6
B) 9
C) 12
D) 15
E) 18
Word for word from a SAT math section. I've already solved it (after much sweat, blood, tears, and "help me mommy!"), but I was curious what you guys think. This has to be one of the most confusing word problems I've ever seen in my life. But! It's still only a high school question, so it's not impossible! Any takers? Anyone?
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Kill a lot of my brain cells to understand what the question is asking for.
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That's not so bad. Don't have to memorize any arbitrary information. You just have to sit down and think about it for a minute or two.
Mary is 24->twice as old as Ann was(12) when Mary was as old as Ann is now
So Ann was 12 when Mary was as old as Ann is now.
The difference between Ann's current age(let's call it X) and past age(12) ->X-12
has to be the same as
The difference between Mary's current age(24) and past age(which is also Ann's current age, X). ->24-X
So
X-12 = 24-X
2X = 36
X = 18
Ann is 18
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Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as Ann was when Mary was as old as Ann is now. How old is Ann?
A) 6
B) 9
C) 12
D) 15
E) 18Word for word from a SAT math section. I've already solved it (after much sweat, blood, tears, and "help me mommy!"), but I was curious what you guys think. This has to be one of the most confusing word problems I've ever seen in my life. But! It's still only a high school question, so it's not impossible! Any takers? Anyone?
A or C...
Edit: lol this is why I got a 19 for math on my ACT...
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- I think. MY BRAIN!!!! ITS MELTING!!!!!!!!!!!! Im am soooooo glad i dont have to take SAT tests. GO CANADA!!!
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the most annoying thing about these questions is the time they waste if i you were you i would rule out all the answers i could and guess as fast as i can for example in this q you can easily rule out 15 from the start then you should be able to guess that the answer is probably the larger number
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it is E...i think
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Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as Ann was when Mary was as old as Ann is now. How old is Ann?
A) 6
B) 9
C) 12
D) 15
E) 18Word for word from a SAT math section. I've already solved it (after much sweat, blood, tears, and "help me mommy!"), but I was curious what you guys think. This has to be one of the most confusing word problems I've ever seen in my life. But! It's still only a high school question, so it's not impossible! Any takers? Anyone?
A or C...
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- I think. MY BRAIN!!!! ITS MELTING!!!!!!!!!!!! Im am soooooo glad i dont have to take SAT tests. GO CANADA!!!
Good lord...
She's 18. I wouldn't even consider this a high-school question.
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That's not so bad. Don't have to memorize any arbitrary information. You just have to sit down and think about it for a minute or two.
Mary is 24->twice as old as Ann was(12) when Mary was as old as Ann is now
So Ann was 12 when Mary was as old as Ann is now.
The difference between Ann's current age(let's call it X) and past age(12) ->X-12
has to be the same as
The difference between Mary's current age(24) and past age(which is also Ann's current age, X). ->24-X
So
X-12 = 24-X
2X = 36
X = 18
Ann is 18
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Wait, how do you know that Ann is 12 when Mary was 24... I'm so confused hahahahahah... hahaha... ha... ha... I think I lost my brain sometime between elementary school and when I was born 😐
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Weeeee~
Eighteen!
sigh don't I wish I can take Google with me.....
the most annoying thing about these questions is the time they waste
That's definitely true. If this wasn't a practice released test, I wouldn't touch it with a 40 feet pole.
Im am soooooo glad i dont have to take SAT tests. GO CANADA!!!
😢 waaah I wanna be in Canada now
And to mattai, 😲 wow... your really good at math... genius.
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Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as Ann was when Mary was as old as Ann is now. How old is Ann?
A) 6
B) 9
C) 12
D) 15
E) 18Word for word from a SAT math section. I've already solved it (after much sweat, blood, tears, and "help me mommy!"), but I was curious what you guys think. This has to be one of the most confusing word problems I've ever seen in my life. But! It's still only a high school question, so it's not impossible! Any takers? Anyone?
A or C...
Quote from AliceinAmestris
- I think. MY BRAIN!!!! ITS MELTING!!!!!!!!!!!! Im am soooooo glad i dont have to take SAT tests. GO CANADA!!!
Good lord...
She's 18. I wouldn't even consider this a high-school question.
CONGRATULATION!! for nothing.
As you can see answer is few rows above...
...even if you knew answer, it doesn´t give you right to be stupid to those who didn´t knew the right answer...
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[quote=crimsonsnow00017]Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as Ann was when Mary was as old as Ann is now. How old is Ann?
A) 6
B) 9
C) 12
D) 15
E) 18Word for word from a SAT math section. I've already solved it (after much sweat, blood, tears, and "help me mommy!"), but I was curious what you guys think. This has to be one of the most confusing word problems I've ever seen in my life. But! It's still only a high school question, so it's not impossible! Any takers? Anyone?
A or C...
Quote from AliceinAmestris
- I think. MY BRAIN!!!! ITS MELTING!!!!!!!!!!!! Im am soooooo glad i dont have to take SAT tests. GO CANADA!!!
Good lord...
She's 18. I wouldn't even consider this a high-school question.
CONGRATULATION!! for nothing.
As you can see answer is few rows above...
...even if you knew answer, it doesn´t give you right to be stupid to those who didn´t knew the right answer...[/quote]
Nah, it's fine dude. I freely admit that I will always be stupid when it comes to math haha people will always feel impatient about it because math is so heavily involved with how the world works. I have no qualms when people are exasperated about it lol
