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MathProblem-Solving and Data AnalysisHard

A store raises the price of a jacket by 20%. Later, it lowers the new price by 20%. The final price is what percent of the original price?

A80%
B96%Correct
C100%The trap
D104%

Check with $100: $100then$120then$96

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Conflicting Viewpoints · Lesson 1

Map each viewpoint before the questions

A Conflicting Viewpoints passage describes one thing that happens in nature, then gives two or three explanations of it from different students or scientists. Sometimes there is a table or figure too, but most of the reading is prose.

The introduction gives the facts that everyone accepts. Each viewpoint then adds its own explanation. Your job is not to decide which view is true in real life. Your job is to know exactly what each view says, because almost every question asks about one view, a comparison of views, or how a view handles a new fact.

As you finish each view, pin down three things in a few words: the cause it blames, the mechanism (how that cause works), and any prediction it makes ("Any surface that cools below the dew point will collect dew"). Predictions are gold: questions about new situations are answered almost entirely from them.

A quick map of a viewpoint
NoteWhat to look forQuestions it answers
CauseThe first sentence of the view, usually a direct claim"According to Scientist 1, the main cause of..."
MechanismThe how: the steps, the process, the "because""Student 2 explains X by stating that..."
PredictionWords like should, would, any, always, will"Suppose... Based on Student 3, what would happen?"

Worked example Easy

On clear, calm mornings, a class noticed that the grass in an open field was soaked with dew, while the grass beneath a large oak tree at the edge of the field was nearly dry. Three students proposed explanations.

Student 1

Dew forms from water vapor that is already in the air. On a clear night, the ground and grass lose heat by radiating it upward toward the open sky, so the grass becomes cooler than the air around it. When the grass cools below the dew point (the temperature at which the air's water vapor begins to condense), vapor from the air condenses on the blades. Under the oak, the leaves block much of the heat radiating toward the sky and send some of it back down, so the grass there stays too warm for much dew to form. Any surface that cools below the dew point will collect dew, whether or not it touches the soil. On cloudy nights, clouds also block radiation to the sky, so little dew forms anywhere.

Student 2

Dew comes mostly from the soil, not from the air above. At night, moist soil releases water vapor, which rises a short distance and condenses on the cool grass blades just above it. Grass over wet soil therefore collects the most dew, and grass over dry soil collects little, even on a clear night. The oak's roots draw large amounts of water out of the soil near the tree, so the soil beneath it is drier and releases less vapor. A surface that is sealed off from the soil below it will stay dry on top.

Student 3

Dew is water that settles out of the night air as droplets too small to see, much like an extremely fine drizzle. The droplets drift slowly downward and land on any surface that is open to the sky above it. The oak's leaves catch the droplets before they reach the grass, so the grass beneath the tree stays dry while the upper surfaces of the leaves become wet. Because the droplets simply settle from above, the temperature of a surface does not affect how much dew lands on it.

According to Student 2, the water that forms dew on the grass comes mainly from:

  1. droplets that drift down slowly from the night air.
  2. water vapor that is already in the air above the field.
  3. water vapor released by the moist soil below the grass.Answer
  4. water that the grass pulls up from the soil through its roots.

How to solve it

  1. The stem names Student 2, so read only Student 2's paragraph.
  2. Its first sentence states the cause: "Dew comes mostly from the soil, not from the air above." The second sentence gives the mechanism: the soil releases vapor, and the vapor condenses on the grass.
  3. Choice C matches. Choices A and B are real ideas from the passage, but they belong to Students 3 and 1.

Why each choice is right or wrong

  • A. Incorrect. Droplets that drift down from the night air is Student 3's source of dew ("settles out of the night air as droplets"), not Student 2's.
  • B. Incorrect. Vapor already in the air is Student 1's source. Student 2 says the opposite: "Dew comes mostly from the soil, not from the air above."
  • C. Correct. Student 2 says that "moist soil releases water vapor, which rises a short distance and condenses on the cool grass blades just above it."
  • D. Incorrect. Student 2 mentions roots only for the oak, whose roots "draw large amounts of water out of the soil." No student says grass pulls up dew through its own roots.

Worked example Medium

On clear, calm mornings, a class noticed that the grass in an open field was soaked with dew, while the grass beneath a large oak tree at the edge of the field was nearly dry. Three students proposed explanations.

Student 1

Dew forms from water vapor that is already in the air. On a clear night, the ground and grass lose heat by radiating it upward toward the open sky, so the grass becomes cooler than the air around it. When the grass cools below the dew point (the temperature at which the air's water vapor begins to condense), vapor from the air condenses on the blades. Under the oak, the leaves block much of the heat radiating toward the sky and send some of it back down, so the grass there stays too warm for much dew to form. Any surface that cools below the dew point will collect dew, whether or not it touches the soil. On cloudy nights, clouds also block radiation to the sky, so little dew forms anywhere.

Student 2

Dew comes mostly from the soil, not from the air above. At night, moist soil releases water vapor, which rises a short distance and condenses on the cool grass blades just above it. Grass over wet soil therefore collects the most dew, and grass over dry soil collects little, even on a clear night. The oak's roots draw large amounts of water out of the soil near the tree, so the soil beneath it is drier and releases less vapor. A surface that is sealed off from the soil below it will stay dry on top.

Student 3

Dew is water that settles out of the night air as droplets too small to see, much like an extremely fine drizzle. The droplets drift slowly downward and land on any surface that is open to the sky above it. The oak's leaves catch the droplets before they reach the grass, so the grass beneath the tree stays dry while the upper surfaces of the leaves become wet. Because the droplets simply settle from above, the temperature of a surface does not affect how much dew lands on it.

Student 1 explains why the grass beneath the oak collects little dew by stating that the tree:

  1. catches the falling droplets with its leaves before they reach the grass.
  2. keeps the grass warmer by blocking heat that radiates toward the sky.Answer
  3. dries the soil near its trunk by drawing water up through its roots.
  4. shades the grass from the sun so that the blades stay cool all day.

How to solve it

  1. Find Student 1's sentence about the oak: "Under the oak, the leaves block much of the heat radiating toward the sky..."
  2. Follow the chain: less heat lost to the sky, so the grass stays warmer, so it stays above the dew point, so little dew forms.
  3. Choice B states that chain. Choices A and C are the oak explanations of Students 3 and 2, and choice D adds an idea (sunlight) that no student uses.

Why each choice is right or wrong

  • A. Incorrect. Leaves that catch the falling droplets is Student 3's explanation; Student 1 never describes dew as falling.
  • B. Correct. Student 1 says the oak's leaves "block much of the heat radiating toward the sky and send some of it back down, so the grass there stays too warm for much dew to form."
  • C. Incorrect. Roots that dry the soil belong to Student 2's explanation. In Student 1's view, dew comes from the air, so soil moisture is not the reason.
  • D. Incorrect. Student 1 never mentions the sun or daytime shade. Also, in Student 1's view a cooler blade would collect more dew, not less.

Trap The right idea, the wrong person

A very tempting wrong answer on a "According to Student 2" question is a statement that appears in the passage, word for word, but in a different view. It feels familiar because you just read it. Before you choose, put your finger on the sentence in the named view that says it.

Trap Your science versus the passage's science

You may already know which explanation real scientists favor. That knowledge does not help here and can hurt: a question about Student 3 is answered from Student 3's paragraph, even if Student 3 is wrong in real life. Treat every view as a set of rules to apply, not an opinion to judge.

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