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After arriving at his decision, Lundberg enrolled in math, physics and religion courses at Brigham Young University. Then, in March, he went to visit Rick Millington, his coach at Walnut Creek, who suggested that he re-enter the swimming world and begin training for the nationals, which were only a month away...
Braswell said, "The math portion of the test is not intended for math professors or graduate students, but rather for the general student. Its function is to measure aptitude--the ability to deal with quantitative concepts...
Most teen-agers would probably have been delighted to learn they had got 48 out of 50 questions right on a tough mathematical aptitude test. Not Daniel Lowen, 17, a junior at Cocoa Beach High School in Florida. Told his score in the math portion of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test that he took last fall along with 830,000 other students nationwide, Dan was displeased. He was convinced that his answer to question No. 44-one of those marked incorrect-was in fact correct. He even made a model to prove his case to his father, Douglas Lowen...
Right? Yes, said a panel of college math professors who reviewed the question. No, said Dan Lowen, who realized that if the triangular faces of the pyramids are placed together, something else happens as well. Four other triangles-two on each pyramid-form two planes, thereby reducing the number of exposed faces by still two more. So the new solid has only five faces in all. After making models of their own, the math experts confessed that Lowen was right. Admitted University of Georgia's Jeremy Kilpatrick: "Our faces are red." Testing Service Vice President Arthur Kroll added...
Despite his triumph, Lowen has no plans at the moment to use his victory to advance a career in mathematics or the sciences. Says he: "Math is all right. But I prefer literature...