In one state , all cities and most towns have antismoking ordinance . A petition entitled petition for statewide smoking restriction is being circulated to voters by campaign workers who ask only. Do you want to sign a petition for statewide smoking restriction the petition advocates a state law banning smoking in most retail establishments and in government offices that are open to the public .

Which of the following circumstances would make the petition as circulated misleading to voters who understand the proposal as extending the local ordinances statewide ?

A. The state law would not affect existing local ordinances baning smoking in places where the fire authorities have determined that smoking would constitute a fire hazard

B. Health costs associated with smoking cause health insurance premiums to rise for everyone and so affect nonsmokers

C. In rural areas of the state, there are relatively few retail establishment and government offices that are open to the public

D. The state law would supersede the local antismoking ordinances, which contain stronger bans than the state law does

E. There is considerable sentiment among voters in most areas of the state for restriction of smoking

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I am preparing for GMAT and came across a question for which I had no answer. Can you please publish the question so that I can discuss about it in you forum? The question is described below:

A man chooses an outfit from 3 different shirts, 2 different pairs of shoes, and 3 different pants. If he randomly selects 1 shirt, 1 pair of shoes, and 1 pair of pants each morning for 3 days, what is the probability that he wears the same pair of shoes each day, but that no other piece of clothing is repeated?

(1)(1/3)pow6(1/2)pow3
(2)(1/3)pow6(1/2)
(3)(1/3)pow4
(4)(1/3)pow2(1/2)
(5)5X(1/3)pow2

N.B: pow = power

If x and y are different prime numbers, each greater than 2, which of the following must be true ?

I. x+y ? 91
II. x–y is an even integer.
III. x/y is not an integer.

A) II only
B) I and II only
C) I and III only
D) II and III only
E) I, II, and III

A researcher discovered that people who have low levels of immune-system activity tend to score much lower on tests of mental health than do people with normal or high immune-system activity. The researcher concluded from this experiment that the immune system protects against mental illness as well as against physical disease.
The researcher’s conclusion depends on which of the following assumptions?

A) High immune-system activity protects against mental illness better than normal immune-system activity does.

B) Mental illness is similar to physical disease in its effects on body systems.

C) People with high immune-system activity cannot develop mental illness.

D) Mental illness does not cause people’s immune-system activity to decrease.

E) Psychological treatment of mental illness is not as effective as is medical treatment.

A man chooses an outfit from 3 different shirts, 2 different pairs of shoes, and different pants. If he randomly selects 1 shirt, 1 pair of shoes, and 1 pair of pants each morning for 3 days, what is the probability that he wears the same pair of shoes each day, but that no other piece of clothing is repeated?the answer is (1/3)^4

I’m not sure how to reach this answer from the question. Could someone explain?

Which of the following best completes the passage below?

In a survey of job applicants, two-fifths admitted to being at least a little dishonest. However, the survey may underestimate the proportion of job applicants who are dishonest, because____.

A) some dishonest people taking the survey might have claimed on the survey to be honest

B) some generally honest people taking the survey might have claimed on the survey to be dishonest

C) some people who claimed on the survey to be at least a little dishonest may be very dishonest

D) some people who claimed on the survey to be dishonest may have been answering honestly

E) some people who are not job applicants are probably at least a little dishonest

If y is the smallest positive integer such that 3; 150 multiplied by y is the square of an integer, then y must be

A) 2
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
E) 14

Of the 500 business people surveyed, 78 percent said that they use their laptop computers at home, 65 percent said that they use them in hotels, and 52 percent said that they use them both at home and in hotels. How many of the business people surveyed said that they do not use their laptop computers either at home or in hotels?

A) 45
B) 55
C) 65
D) 95
E) 130

What is the hundreds digit of the integer z?

(1) 10z = 93,120
(2) z rounded to the nearest hundred is 9,300.

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 statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

The total cost of an office dinner was shared equally by k of the n employees who attended the dinner. What was the total cost of the dinner?

(1) Each of the k employees who shared the cost of the dinner paid $19.
(2) If the total cost of the dinner had been shared equally by k + 1 of the n employees who attended the dinner, each of the k + 1 employees would have paid $18.

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 statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

The underlying physical principles that control the midair gyrations of divers and gymnasts are the same as the body orientation controlling astronauts in a weightless environment.

(A) as the body orientation controlling
(B) as the body orientation which controls
(C) as those controlling the body orientation of
(D) ones to control the body orientation of
(E) ones used in controlling the body orientation of

The following appeared as part of an annual report sent to stockholders by Olympic Foods, a processor of frozen foods:

“Over time, the costs of processing go down because as organizations learn how to do things better, they become more efficient. In color film processing, for example, the cost of a 3-by-5-inch print fell from 50 cents for five-day service in 1970 to 20 cents for one-day service in 1984. The same principle applies to the processing of food. And since Olympic Foods will soon celebrate its 25th birthday, we can expect that our long experience will enable us to minimize costs and thus maximize profits.”

Discuss how well reasoned . . . etc.

Submit your reply in comment box.

If n is a positive integer and the product of all the integers from 1 to n, inclusive, is divisible by 990, what is the least possible value of n?

A) 8
B) 9
C) 10
D) 11
E) 12

The interior of a rectangular carton is designed by a certain manufacturer to have a volume of x cubic feet and a ratio of length to width to height of 3:2:2. In terms of x, which of the following equals the height of the carton, in feet?

A. ³?x

B. ³?[(2x)/3]

C. ³?[(3x)/2]

D. (2/3) ³?x

E. (3/2) ³?x

Three of the four vertices of a rectangle in the xy-coordinate plane are (-3, 10), (2, 10), and (2, 1). What is the fourth vertex?

A) (-3, 1)
B) (-3, 2)
C) (-2, 10)
D) (2, -3)
E) (3, 10)

A man is known to speak truth 3 out of 4 times. He throws die and reports that it is a 6. The probability that it is actually a 6 is

A) 3/4
B) 5/8
C) 2/5
D) 3/5
E) 4/5

What is the ratio of x to y?
(1) x is 4 more than twice y.
(2) The ratio of 0.5x to 2y is 3 to 5.

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 statement ALONE is sufficient.
D) EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

What is the standard deviation (SD) of the four numbers p, q, r, s?

1. The sum of p, q, r and s is 24
2. The sum of the squares of p, q, r and s is 224

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.
D. Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.
E. Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to answer the question asked and additional data is needed to answer the statements.

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the number of ways in which four men and four women can be seated at round table so that no two womwn may be together is ?

A) 576
B) 500
C) 144
D) 48
E) 16

p is an integer; n is an integer; and p/n is an integer. Is p/n odd?

(1) p is divisible by 4.
(2) n is divisible by 4.

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 statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

Scientists from the Cytolab team are conducting experiments to see whether proteins will prematurely turn into solids in silk-producing animals under laboratory conditions.

A. to see whether proteins will prematurely turn into solids
B. to see whether proteins should prematurely turn into solids
C. to see if proteins will prematurely turn into solids
D.that see if proteins would prematurely turn into solids
E. that see whether proteins would prematurely turn into solids