Jeez, this is a mean one, huh? This is a VERY rare one where you can't really solve for the expression. I always say that solving for the expression on the SAT is the RULE, not the exception. Well, a question like this is the exception to that rule. :(
Set out the equation:
-60 = 2(t3 - 3)
and solve:
-30 = t3 - 3
-27 = t3
-3 = t
From there, you gotta plug your value for
t into the expression they want.
2 - 3(-3)
2 + 9
11
