If a rope is cut into three pieces of unequal length, what is the length of the shortest of these pieces of rope? (1) The combined length of the longer two pieces of rope is 12 meters. (2) The combined length of the shorter two pieces of rope is 11 meters. A) Statement (1) ALONE [...]
If y = 2x+1, what is the value of y – x? (1) 22x+2 = 64 (2) y = 22x –1 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. C) BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER [...]
If n = p + r, where n, p, and r are positive integers and n is odd, does p equal 2? (1) p and r are prime numbers. (2) r ? 2 A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) [...]
Mahatma Gandhi’s is credited as having championed a nonviolent approach to reform as apractical and moral means to struggle against social injustice. A. as having B. with having C. to have D. as the one who E. for being the one who
What was the average number of miles per gallon of gasoline for a car during a certain trip? (1) The total cost of the gasoline used by the car for the 180-mile trip was $12.00. (2) The cost of the gasoline used by the car for the trip was $1.20 per gallon. A. Statement (1) [...]
Denying that one of its many irregularities had been the long-term mismanaging of company funds, the AD & M company produced clear evidence to back its claim. A .its many irregularities had been the long-term B. its many irregularities has been the long-term C. its many irregularities is the long-term D. their many irregularities is [...]
In a sequence of 13 consecutive integers, all of which are less than 100, there are exactly 3 multiples of 6. How many integers in the sequence are prime? 1) Both the multiples of 5 in the sequence are also multiples of either 2 or 3. 2) Only one of the two multiples of 7 [...]
A. Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked. B. Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked. C. Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement is sufficient alone. [...]
After paying a 10 percent tax on all income over $3,000, a person had a net income of $12,000. What was the income before taxes? (A) $13,300 (B) $13,000 (C) $12,900 (D) $10,000 (E) $9,000
Three kinds of study have been performed on Byron. There is the biographical study?the very valuable examination of Byron?s psychology and the events in his life. Escarpit?s 1958 work is an example of this kind of study and biographers to this day continue to speculate about Byron?s life. Equally valuable is the study of Byron [...]
If J, K, L, M, and N and positive integers in ascending order, what is the value of L? (1) The value of K is 3. (2) The value of M is 7. A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) [...]
The probability is 1/2 that a coin will turn out to be tails on any given toss. A coin is tossed 5 times. What is the probability of getting at least three heads on consecutive tosses.
In the effort to fire a Civil Service employee, his or her manager may have to spend up to $100,000 of tax money. Since Civil Service employees know how hard it is to fire them, they tend to loaf. This explains in large part why the government is so inefficient. It can be properly inferred [...]
Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone. (A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone (B) on the grotlnds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone (C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided (D) while the [...]
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