Skeptics Β·Fractal geometry will have lasting ro in math only if it can support theorems and proofs
Passage Style
Critique or debate
Spotlight
27.
The information in the passage ββββ ββββββββ βββββ βββ ββ βββ βββββββββ βββββββββββ
Question Type
Implied
We canβt predict the correct answer just based on the question stem, so letβs use process of elimination.
Not supported, because the author indicates that a βworldwide public has become captivated by fractal geometry.β Thereβs no indication that the wider public understands theorems and proofs.
b
Most of the βββββββββ ββββββ βββββββββββββ ββ ββββββββββββ ββββββ βββββ βββ ββββ ββββ ββββββββ βββββββ βββ βββββββ ββ βββββββββ ββ βββββββββββ βββββββββ βββββββ βββββββ
The author never makes any claims about βmostβ (over half) of the important recent breakthroughs in math theory.
The author doesnβt indicate that fractal geometry might βreplaceβ traditioanl geometry in βmostβ (over half) of engineering applications. Some practitioners think it will eventually be able to describe natural forms as easily as traditional geometry can, but this doesnβt relate to the idea of replacing traditional geometry, nor does it suggest anything about βmostβ engineering applications.
d
A mathematical theory βββ ββ βββββββββ βββ ββββ ββββββββββββ ββββ ββββββ ββ βββββββββββ β βββββββ ββββββββββ ββ βββ βββββββ βββββββ
Supported, because fractal geometry has been developed and found applications even though thereβs no exact definition of fractal geometry. If you donβt like (D) because of βfind applications,β there actually is support for fractal geometry having applications. Itβs been used to prove some theorems that couldnβt have been proven with pre-fractal math.
Not supported, because we know that there are already enthusiastic practitioners of fractal geometry even though fractal geometry doesnβt yet support a system of theorems and proofs.
Difficulty
67% of people who answer get this correct
This is a difficult question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%149
158
75%168
Analysis
Implied
Critique or debate
Science
Spotlight
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
2%
159
b
5%
159
c
6%
157
d
67%
166
e
20%
162
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