The SAT question of the day is a math question that goes like this:
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ACT Question of the Day – February 23, 2014 – Math, Algebra
Here’s today’s ACT algebra question:
If x + 2y = 1, and 2x + y = 5, then x + y = ?
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ACT Question of the Day Explained – February 7, 2014 – Math, Geometry, Area
Today’s ACT question is about the area of a trapezoid – they were nice enough to give us that formula right in the problem, so it’s a piece of cake! Careful substitution cake with algebra frosting.
The formula they give us is:
a = (1/2)*h*(b1 + b2) (h is the altitude, b1 and b2 are the parallel bases)