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The two regions marked with the letter Y comprise what fraction of the circle above with the center O ?

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printer numbered

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Of all the homes on Gotham Street, 1/3 are termite-ridden,

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Bane had 3 different color paints with him - Red, Green, and Blue.

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Beth received 3/10 of the votes cast in a certain election. What fraction

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At a certain pizzeria, 1/8 of the pizzas sold in one week were mushroom

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If s/t = 2, then the value of which of the following can be determined?

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A certain population of bacteria doubles every 10 minutes.

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Nicky and Cristina are running a 1,000 meter race. Since Cristina

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Seven years ago Bob was k times as old as Ann. If

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Five integers between 10 and 99, inclusive,

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If a certain set of GMAT test score has a mean of 550

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A carpenter worked alone for 1 day on a job that would

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Will must choose a 3-character computer password,

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If x is an integer greater than 2, the function f(x) represents

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Company X has 800 employees and Company Y has 600 employees.

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a is the hundreds digit of the three digit integer x,

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A college admissions officer predicts that 20 percent of

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In 12 years, Murray will be 4 times as old as he is now. The number of years until Murray is 8 times as old as he is now

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a and b are nonzero integers such that 0.35a = 0.2b.

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During the 31-day month of May, a tuxedo shop rents a different

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If x = 13, what is 1+x1-x - 1-x1+x ?

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The figure below shows rectangle ABCD with AB = 6 and AO = 5. What is the circumference of ABCD?

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If x is a positive integer greater than 2, the product of x

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Which of the following represents the greatest value? a)3/1

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