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Yet more things to hate about the GMAT
Mar. 13th, 2006 03:41 pmThis afternoon finds me studying the geometry section of the GMAT. Geometry was always a strong point throughout my high school and university math career. So why did I keep incorrectly answering 'answer undeterminable' on so many of the practice problems when they all had definable solutions, according to the text?
Well, maybe that's because the text tells test takers that they cannot assume that any figure is drawn accurately or to scale. This apparently holds true for angles that appear to measure 90 degrees, 45 degrees, 60 degrees, but not for angles that appear to measure 180 degrees.
In other words, don't assume that the angle which has been drawn as 90 degrees actually is 90 degrees until you derive said measure, but do just the opposite for any angle drawn as 180 degrees. If it looks like it measures 90 degrees, it may actually measure 89 degrees or 91 degrees. But if it looks like it measures 180 degrees, it does. Way to score one for logical inconsistency, you standardized test-writing monkeytards.
In other news, Takizawa, Public Asshole No. 1 at the Board of Education just came over and informed me they're quadrupling my ALT duties next month. I deserve a cookie for not knocking his teeth out on the spot.
That will be all.
Well, maybe that's because the text tells test takers that they cannot assume that any figure is drawn accurately or to scale. This apparently holds true for angles that appear to measure 90 degrees, 45 degrees, 60 degrees, but not for angles that appear to measure 180 degrees.
In other words, don't assume that the angle which has been drawn as 90 degrees actually is 90 degrees until you derive said measure, but do just the opposite for any angle drawn as 180 degrees. If it looks like it measures 90 degrees, it may actually measure 89 degrees or 91 degrees. But if it looks like it measures 180 degrees, it does. Way to score one for logical inconsistency, you standardized test-writing monkeytards.
In other news, Takizawa, Public Asshole No. 1 at the Board of Education just came over and informed me they're quadrupling my ALT duties next month. I deserve a cookie for not knocking his teeth out on the spot.
That will be all.