That's why you have specific tests

Post #137,900 by deSitter 1/26/04 4:12:50 PM Reply	That's why you have specific tests ..like the "Miller Analogies" test. You test one specific thing. Plus - a lot of the mathy tests are also based on "speaking the language". If you have your head in a math book all the time, you're going to do better spotting numeric and geometric patterns. So that's also a form of cultural bias (although as I stated, my primary bitch with these tests is not cultural bias.) -drl
Post #137,907 by broomberg 1/26/04 4:20:57 PM Reply	Math? You forget who you are writing to. The last math I had was not math, it was arithmetic! 22 years ago. And I did POORLY. I was stumped on the driving question (both turn left, etc) until I drew it out on a piece of paper. Since I long ago forgot the formula for the open side of the triange, I guestimated. I usually feel like an idiot when I see a lot of the educated banter here.
Post #137,909 by deSitter 1/26/04 4:25:28 PM Reply	Made my point I live with that theorem day in and day out, constantly. So that one was trivial for me. If you didn't know that theorem, what do you do? Prove it on the spot? There's a good problem for you. Prove that for a right triangle, the squares of the sides on the right angle added together = the sqaure on the side opposite the right angle. If you read what I just wrote carefully you'll get a hint. -drl
Post #137,911 by Steve Lowe 1/26/04 4:28:45 PM Reply	car problem Pythagorean Theorem: in a right triangle, the sum of the squares of the sides = the square of the hypotenuse. Cars drive distance A (6) turn left and drive distance B (8). (66)+(88)=100. Sqroot of 100 is 10, the distance is double since we're talking about 2 cars, therefore answer is 20. And that's about all the trig I remember. :) ----- Steve
Post #137,915 by broomberg 1/26/04 4:36:47 PM Reply	I knew the name Really. I just didn't know the formula. So I drew the starting point, the cars moving away. Then each turn. I labeled the distance. I then used my hand as as a protracter, swiveled toward the center, and marked it. This left a visual distance of a few miles. I guessed in the 20 area. 20 was one of the answers. I marked it.
Post #137,916 by folkert 1/26/04 4:37:47 PM Reply	Uhh... Yeah! * _6_\n \\ \|\n \\ \|8\n ? \\ \|\n \\\|\n \|\\\n \| \\?\n 8\| \\\n \|___\\\n 6 * a^2 + b^2 = c^2 (6^2 + 8^2 = 10^2)2 = 20 Miles -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ i_wethey* "Lately, The only thing keeping me from being a Serial Killer is my distaste for manual labor." -- Dilbert Calendar, January 4, 2004
Post #137,918 by Steve Lowe 1/26/04 4:39:33 PM Reply	Yers is prettier, mine is wordier :) ----- Steve
Post #137,917 by Another Scott 1/26/04 4:39:08 PM Reply	Easier. They're 3:4:5 right triangles. The sides are 6 and 8 so the hypotenuse is 10. Times 2 = 20. No square roots required. :-) Cheers, Scott.

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