3 free SAT questions from our 24-question bank, grouped by content domain. Each answer explains why the right option is right — and why every wrong option is wrong.
The researcher's findings were later ______ by independent studies that reproduced her results. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?
Answer: C
contradicted: Reproducing results supports findings rather than contradicting them.
ignored: Studies that reproduce results are not ignoring them.
corroborated: Correct. "Corroborated" means confirmed or supported by additional evidence.
obscured: Obscured means made unclear.
A line passes through the points (0, 2) and (2, 6). What is the slope of the line?
Answer: B
1: Rise is 4 over a run of 2, not 1.
2: Correct. (6 − 2) ÷ (2 − 0) = 2.
3: Not the ratio of rise to run.
4: 4 is the rise only.
If 3x + 7 = 22, what is the value of x?
Answer: B
3: 3(3) + 7 = 16.
5: Correct. 3x = 15, so x = 5.
7: 3(7) + 7 = 28.
15: 15 is the value of 3x.
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