# SAT II Math II : SAT Subject Test in Math II

## Example Questions

### Example Question #31 : Mathematical Relationships

Solve

No solutions

Explanation:

First, we can simplify by canceling the logs, because their bases are the same:

Now we collect all the terms to one side of the equation:

Factoring the expression gives:

### Example Question #31 : Mathematical Relationships

Solve .

No solutions

Explanation:

Here, we can see that changing base isn't going to help.  However, if we remember that and number raised to the th power equals , our solution becomes very easy.

### Example Question #31 : Mathematical Relationships

To the nearest hundredth, solve for .

None of these

None of these

Explanation:

Take the natural logarithm of both sides:

By the Logarithm of a Power Rule the above becomes

Solve for :

.

This is not among the choices given.

Define .

Evaluate .

Explanation:

### Example Question #61 : Sat Subject Test In Math Ii

Define .

Order from least to greatest:

Explanation:

, or, equivalently,

From least to greatest, the values are

### Example Question #1 : Absolute Value

Define an operation  as follows:

For all real numbers ,

Evaluate .

Undefined.

Explanation:

### Example Question #4 : Absolute Value

Define an operation  as follows:

For all real numbers ,

If , which is a possible value of ?

Explanation:

, so

can be rewritten as

Therefore, either  or . The correct choice is .

### Example Question #3 : Absolute Value

Define .

How many values are in the solution set of the equation  ?

No solutions

One solution

Two solutions

Infinitely many solutions

Three solutions

No solutions

Explanation:

We can rewrite this function as a piecewise-defined function by examining three different intervals of -values.

If , then

and ,

and this part of the function can be written as

If  under this definition, then

However, , so this is a contradiction.

If , then

and ,

and this part of the function can be written as

This yields no solutions.

If , then

and ,

and this part of the function can be written as

If  under this definition, then

However, , so this is a contradiction.

has no solution.

### Example Question #1 : Absolute Value

Define .

How many values are in the solution set of the equation  ?

Three solutions

One solution

No solutions

Two solutions

Infinitely many solutions

Infinitely many solutions

Explanation:

We can rewrite this function as a piecewise-defined function by examining three different intervals of -values.

If , then

and ,

and this part of the function can be written as

If , then

and ,

and this part of the function can be written as

If , then

and ,

and this part of the function can be written as

The function can be rewritten as

As can be seen from the rewritten definition, every value of  in the interval  is a solution of , so the correct response is infinitely many solutions.

### Example Question #3 : Absolute Value

Which of the following absolute value equations has the same solution set?

None of the other choices gives the correct response.

Explanation:

Rewrite the quadratic equation in standard form by subtracting  from both sides:

Solve this equation using the  method. We are looking for two integers whose sum is  and whose product is ; by trial and error we find they are . The equation becomes

Solving using grouping:

By the Zero Product Principle, one of these factors must be equal to 0.

Either

Or

The given quadratic equation has solution set , so we are looking for an absolute value equation with this set as well.

This equation can take the form

This can be rewritten as the compound equation

Adding  to both sides of each equation, the solution set is

and

Setting these numbers equal in value to the desired solutions, we get the linear system