College Board ? of the Day

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

The stopping distance of a car is the number of feet that the car travels after the driver starts applying the brakes. The stopping distance of a certain car is directly proportional to the square of the speed of the car, in miles per hour, at the time the brakes are first applied. If the car’s stopping distance for an initial speed of 20 miles per hour is 17 feet, what is its stopping distance for an initial speed of 40 miles per hour?

1. 34 feet


2. 51 feet


3. 60 feet


4. 68 feet


5. 85 feet

College Board ? of the Day

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

The stopping distance of a car is the number of feet that the car travels after the driver starts applying the brakes. The stopping distance of a certain car is directly proportional to the square of the speed of the car, in miles per hour, at the time the brakes are first applied. If the car’s stopping distance for an initial speed of 20 miles per hour is 17 feet, what is its stopping distance for an initial speed of 40 miles per hour?

1. 34 feet


2. 51 feet


3. 60 feet


4. 68 feet


5. 85 feet

College Board ? of the Day

Part of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.

New analyses of a fossil suggest winged insects having possibly emerged as early as 400 million years ago.

1. suggest winged insects having possibly


2. suggest that winged insects may have


3. suggesting that winged insects, they may have


4. that suggests winged insects as having possibly


5. that suggest winged insects to have possibly