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  1. Hi,
    I ran into two questions that I don’t know how to solve. Could you please explain to me how to solve these questions and what the correct answer is.

    Question 1*:
    Archie, Bonnie, and Charlie each try independently to solve a problem. If their individual probabilities for success is 1/4, 1/2, and 5/8 respectively, what is the probability that Archie and Bonnie, but Charlie, will solve the problem?

    Question 2*:
    A pizza parlor offers a plain cheese pizza to which any number of three possible toppings ( Mushroom, Sausage, Pepperoni, and Olives) can be added. How many different pizzas can be ordered?

    *Please note that these questions are just question that I ran into that are not included in the SHSAT course.

    Thank you!

  2. Verbal Subscriber Course
    L2: Logical Reasoning – MISCELLANEOUS
    Question 5

    I came across a problem that stated the following

    David, Matt, Lester, and Adriana all won the spelling bee. David won 6 times, which is more times than Matt and Lester combined. If Adriana won the spelling bee 3 times less than Matt then how many spelling bees in total were there?

    A. 10
    B. 11
    C. 12
    D. 13
    E. Cannot be determined

    I chose cannot be determined, and the correct answer is 12. I knew the answer was twelve before I chose E, but I knew from some previous problems on the website to always ask the question: Could there be more? I realized, There could be more spelling bees in which none of the people stated in the problem had won. The question asks for how many spelling bees there were, not how many were won by the students in the problem. Since this is the case, there could be a total of 15, 20 or infinite spelling bees in total, and only 12 of them won by the students in the problem. I thought with this logic because I have come across a few problems on the website that DO use this exact logic. Getting those problems wrong by thinking the way the answer solution box solved this problem made me think of this problem using the logic from the OTHER answer boxes. Please tell me if I am wrong or right, and which logic I should be using on the actual TJHSST test.

  3. I just took the Advanced TJHSST Geometry Part A test. Will the TJ test actually have questions of that difficulty? I found it extremely hard to complete, and I’m getting last-minute worries about whether or not I’m sufficiently prepared.

    1. Avikrao,

      The Advanced Geometry A and B exams are labeled and separated from the other exams for the express reason that they are more difficult. It incorporates the concepts covered on the exam, but is designed to test the limits of students’ abilities. One goal is to learn new things after reading the answer explanations so you may expand your abilities. Your score, while lower than you are used to, appears to be above average for the advanced exam so that is a good sign. You have clearly been practicing. While it may be useful to be a little nervous do not lose confidence. I reviewed all your other scores and I can confidently say you are in very good shape and well prepared for the exam. The one challenge for the TJ exam will be the reduced 2 hour time frame for the two exams. Make sure you are comfortable working within those constraints. From what I can see you have been working generally within those limits too which is great!

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