I am actively going for an 800 and am scoring high 600’s very low 700’s right now.

Mike I seem to be having an issue. I am actively going for an 800 and am scoring high 600’s very low 700’s right now. My biggest issue is misreading, poor arithmetic, and at times, a lack of motivation. I seem to give up on certain solutions only to return afterwards and figure it out like it’s nothing. Is this a sign of burn out? I am taking 2-3 practice tests for math a day, and I feel worn out sometimes. My other disturbing trend is getting a ton of easy’s wrong…I mean got #1 wrong once….

In the xy plane above, f and g are functions defined by f(x)=abs[x] and g(x)=-abs[x] + 3 for all values x. What is the area of the shaded region bounded by the graphs of the two functions?

Hi mike! This question is from the May 2015 SAT.

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In the xy plane above, f and g are functions defined by f(x)=abs[x] and g(x)=-abs[x] + 3 for all values x. What is the area of the shaded region bounded by the graphs of the two functions?

For all numbers x and y, let x # y be defined by x # y= |x^2-y^2| + 2…

I’m just going to make up a symbol for better visualization. The symbol will look like this: #

For all numbers x and y, let x # y be defined by x # y= |x^2-y^2| + 2. What is the smallest possible value of x # y?

This was a 2/5 on the difficulty scale yet I somehow didn’t understand this and still got it wrong. I tried to do some weird algebra that got me nowhere so I moved on. Funny thing this was the only question I got wrong in the section.

A 0
B 1
C 2
D 3
E 4