Of all the students in a certain dormitory, 1/2 are first-year students and the rest are second-year students. If 4/5 of the first-year students have not declared a major and if the fraction of second-year students who have declared a major is 3 times the fraction of first-year students who have declared a major, what [...]
No nation can long survive unless its people are united by a common tongue. For proof, we need only consider Canada, which is being torn asunder by conflicts between French-speaking Quebec and the other provinces, which are dominated by English speakers. Which of the following, if true, most effectively challenges the author’s conclusion? (A) Conflicts [...]
44. According to Henry David Thoreau, the reason a majority is allowed to rule is not that it is more likely to be right, but because it is stronger. (A) the reason a majority is allowed to rule is not that it is more likely to be right, but because it is stronger (B) a [...]
I am having trouble with the following question – It seems easy, but these are one of the few types of questions I seem to frequently get wrong. “If y is an integer, is y^3 (y cubed) divisible by 9? (1) y is divisible by 4 (2) y is divisible by 6 Â The answer [...]
The burden of maintaining the U.S. highway system falls disproportionately on the trucking industry. Trucks represent only about 10 percent of the vehicles on U.S. roads. Yet road use taxes assessed on trucks amount to almost half the taxes paid for highway upkeep and repair. Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the [...]
Reva: Using extraneous incentives to get teenagers to change their attitude toward school and schoolwork won’t work. Take the program in West Virginia, for instance, where they tried to reduce their dropout rate by revoking the driving licenses of kids who left school. The program failed miserably. Anne: It’s true that the West Virginia program [...]
In contrast to traditional analyses of minority business, the sociological analysis contends that minority business ownership is a group-level phenomenon, in that it is largely dependent upon social-group resources for its development. Specifically, this analysis indicates that support networks play a critical role in starting and maintaining minority business enterprises by providing owners with a [...]
46. According to Interstudy, a nonprofit organization that studies health maintenance organizations (HMO’s), they estimate that, in comparison to last year, when only 36 percent of the nation’s 607 HMO’s was profitable, this year 73 percent will be. (A) they estimate that, in comparison to last year, when only 36 percent of the nation’s 607 [...]
The strand fills with water during the rainy season that the peat then holds and keeps it humid, all of which creates conditions enabling trees to grow. A .enabling trees to grow. B. for the trees to grow. C .for growing trees. D. that enable the trees to grow. E .that the trees can grow.
45. According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mother’s and the body like his wife’s. (A) modeled the face of the statue like his mother’s and the body like his wife’s (B) modeled the face of the statue after that [...]
As an experienced labor organizer and the former head of one of the nation’s most powerful labor unions, Grayson is an excellent choice to chair the new council on business-labor relations. Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion above? (A) The new council must have the support of the nation’s labor [...]
In a rectangluar co-ordinate system what the square root of a trapezoid whose vertices are (2,2), (2,-3), (20,2), (20,-2) Choices are A. 7 B, 9 c. 10.22 d. 12.25 e. 14 Though i know what the correct answer is but i need someone to give me an explanation. Thanks
The points A, B, C and D are on the number line but not necessarily in that order. Distance between A and B is 18, distance between C and D is 8, what is the distance between B and D ? a) Distance between C and A is same as Distance between C and B [...]
At a certain health club, 30% of the members use both the pool and the sauna,but 40% of the members who use the pool donot use the sauna. What 5 of the members of the health club use the pool ? 1) 33 1/3 2) 40 3) 50 4) 62.5 5) 75
If n and k are positive integers, is n divisible by 6? (1) n = k(k + 1)(k – 1) (2) k � 1 is a multiple of 3. A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient. [...]
A customer using a certain telephone plan pays a fee of 25$ per month, and then receives a 40% discount on regular charge for all calls made to country A. If calls to Country A are regularly charges at 1.64 per minute for the first 3 minutes, and -8$ per minute for each minute thereafter, [...]
Which is greater, x or 1/x 1 4×2 = 1 2 (x-1/2)(x+1/2)=0
A business bought r typewriters at 100$ per typewriter and s calculators at 50$ per calculator. What is the total cost of the typewriters and calculators ? 1) the s calcluators cost 20$ 2) 2r + s = 10
A straight picket fence is composed of x pickets each of which is 1/2 inch wide. If there are 6 inches of space between each pair of pickets, which of the following represents the length of fence in feet? 1 13x/2 2 13x/2 -6 3 13x/24 4 (13x+1)/24 5 (13x-12)/24
A marching band of 240 musicians are to march in a regular formation with s rows of exactly t musicians each. There can be no less than 8 musicians per row and no more than 30 musicians per row. How many possible rectangular fomations are possible? 1) 3 2) 4 3) 5 4) 6 5) [...]
At consolidated foundaries, for a resolution to become policy, a quorum of at least half the 20 directors must pass the resolution by at least a 2/3rd majority. At a meeting of the baord of directors, did the resolution X pass or fail ? 1) 10 directors voted for the resolution. 2) 7 directors voted [...]
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