The Oxford TSA thread - 2015 applicants - 5th Nov 2014

Hey you could be right, just trying to recall my answers/ logic! All I'm glad about is that it's over.

12? I drew a makeshift family tree. 8 great-grandparents would usually yield 16 great-greats but you double up twice? That mightn't make sense as an explanation but looked right doing it.

I think 36 worked out?

Travels 9 kilometres, so that takes her 15 minutes at 36km/hr.
She has now cycled for 45 minutes in total and travelled 24km which equates to an average of 32km/hr?

Were they asking for how many great grandparents or great-great grandparents...?

Yep, I put that

I put this, would like to verify this though?

I put that too but I wasn't too confident about it though!

I think 36 worked out?

Travels 9 kilometres, so that takes her 15 minutes at 36km/hr.
She has now cycled for 45 minutes in total and travelled 24km which equates to an average of 32km/hr?

For the most weaken argument question about old school libraries, was the answer Bookshops sales have increased?

For the most weaken argument question about old school libraries, was the answer Bookshops sales have increased?

Interesting... thanks

B was the answer to 50. For the question where a girl has to get to interview or some place, was she 10 minutes early according to the clock or 10 minutes late?

Also, was the total cost of packaging for the letter and parcel one £3.70? I assumed the parcel was within dimensions 1250cm (just using length and width)

Cheers

For the most weaken argument question about old school libraries, was the answer Bookshops sales have increased?

Anyone got the answer to the one about losing 7.5 pounds, and the one about temperature in oxford?

Is this the one where they talk about having more modern, "cafe style" reading areas?

If so, I put something about most users of libraries are students who use reference books.

Anyone got the answer to the one about losing 7.5 pounds, and the one about temperature in oxford?

I think for him to lost 7.5 pounds he would have to have lost 26,250 calories and since he's walking 260 miles then he needs to burn 26,250/260 calories per mile which is something around 101. I got 2.5 because if he was really fat he could of burned 104 calories per mile at 2.5mph.

I put that sales of books in bookshops have risen as that would strengthen the argument significantly (since the argument was that people are only not going to libraries not because they don't read books (as evidenced by the sales of books rising) but because libraries are authoritarian and bland or whatever they were saying haha.

Does anyone remember the one about girls and alcohol, or/and the one about violent films?