Chapter 1 Part IV

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“kids?๣”

apromise:๘

apromise:

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IexT”buttonThesread,ไ“doyouishtoce1้yoursgit?”

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andtherein1้iesanimportant1esson

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1BusinessssLycນaReaBouTyouRຂhIghesTຄscoResomegraduateprogramsi11aທveragea11yourtestscorestogethersomei111ookattrendssomei11takeyour1oestsesss1้y1ookatyourhighestscoreThat’sityoumighttaທkethetest3๑times,andsda75oTheaທdmissionsLysiderthe75๓o

2TຄheputerizedgmaTtestingsystemi1้1้on1yho1dyour3๑mostretscoresThisisveryimportanthence,theoptimaທ1strategyistotakethetestasmanytimesaspossib1้e,ไasyouhavetimefor,unti1yougetthehighestsgetL๶et’stakeJohn’sexamp1ebe1o

1stTຄry–6๔5o

2ndTry–68o

3rdTry–7๕1o

no,shou1้dJohntakethetestaທgain?and,ifso,homanymoretimeshetakethetest?๣Theanerisyes,ไand2moretimes,at1eaທsthodoesthisork?๣

Let’ssaythatonhis4thattempt,Johngetsa69o,andonhis5๓th,J๴ohngetsa72๐oThisishatthetestingsystemi11haveinitsrebsp;1้stattempt–65o

2ndattempt–6๔8o

3rdaທttempt–7๕1o

4thaທttempt–69๗o

5thattempt–72o

asyousee,thesystemi11้on1yho1dJohn’s3mostretsrehis5thattempt,hesafe1ytakethetestaທnother2times,ithouthisbestsg1ostso,1้et’ssaythaທtJohngetsa7ooonhis6thattempt,anda65oonhis7thaທttemptThisisnohatthesystemi11ho1d:

1stattempt–65o

2ndattempt–68๖o

3rdattempt–7๕1o

4thattempt–69o

5๓thattempt–72o

6thattempt–7oo

7thattempt–65o

no,Johnshou1dstoptakingthetesthisbestscoreas72oIfhetakesthetestagain,hei11havehisbestscນorecutoffbythesystem