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During a two-week period, the price of an ounce of silver increased by $25$ percent by the end of the first week and

by Vincen » Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:59 am

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An investor purchased $100$ shares of stock $X$ at $6 \frac18$ dollars per share and sold them all a year later at

by Vincen » Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:50 am

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Circular gears $P$ and $Q$ start rotating at the same time at constant speeds. Gear $P$ makes $10$ revolutions

by Vincen » Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:46 am

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If $x$ is an integer, then how many values of $x$ will satisfy the equation $|x + 2|= |3x +14|?$

by Vincen » Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:42 am

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A total of $800$ students were asked whether they found two subjects, $M$ and $R,$ interesting. Each answer was

by Vincen » Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:38 am

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The scores on a certain history test are shown above. How many scores were greater than the median score but less than

by Vincen » Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:32 am

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The figure above represents a square garden that is divided into $9$ rectangular regions with indicated dimensions in

by Vincen » Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:29 am

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If $b=a+4,$ then for which of the following values of $x$ is the expression $(x-a)^2+(x-b)^2$ the smallest?

by Vincen » Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:26 am

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At apartment complex Z, 30 percent of the residents are men over the age of 18, and 40 percent are women over the age of

by BTGmoderatorDC » Sun Mar 21, 2021 5:31 pm

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The Italian size of a suit jacket is $N$ centimeters, where $N$ is the linear distance between the armpits when the

by Gmat_mission » Sun Mar 21, 2021 12:47 pm

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An investor purchased a share of non-dividend-paying stock for $p$ dollars on Monday. For a certain number of days,

by Gmat_mission » Sun Mar 21, 2021 12:40 pm

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$(\sqrt{9+\sqrt{80}}+\sqrt{9-\sqrt{80}})^2=$

by Gmat_mission » Sat Mar 20, 2021 11:18 pm

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If $||x+3| - 12| < 13,$ what is the range of $x?$

by Gmat_mission » Sat Mar 20, 2021 10:59 pm

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$a, b$ and $c$ are three interior angles of a triangle $ABC.$ If $a, b$ and $c$ are three integers, then what

by Gmat_mission » Sat Mar 20, 2021 10:57 pm

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In how many different ways can a group of 8 people be divided into 4 teams of 2 people each?

by Gmat_mission » Sat Mar 20, 2021 10:53 pm

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A rectangle $ABCD$ must be constructed on the $xy$-plane so that the side $AB$ is parallel to the $y$ axis. If

by M7MBA » Sat Mar 20, 2021 10:48 pm

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A thin rectangular sheet of metal is $6$ inches wide and $10$ inches long. The sheet of metal is to be rolled into

by M7MBA » Sat Mar 20, 2021 10:42 pm

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Two water pumps, working simultaneously at their respective constant rates, took exactly four hours to fill a certain

by M7MBA » Sat Mar 20, 2021 10:37 pm

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On planet Simplon, each year has 12 months, each of which consists of exactly 30 days. If Simplon experiences a

by BTGmoderatorDC » Sun Mar 07, 2021 7:07 pm

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A certain manufacturer of cake, muffin, and bread mixes has 100 buyers, of whom 50 purchase cake mix, 40 purchase muffin

by BTGmoderatorLU » Mon Mar 08, 2021 5:43 am

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A retailer sold an appliance for $80. If the retailer's gross profit on the appliance was 25 percent of the...

by BTGmoderatorLU » Mon Mar 08, 2021 5:57 am

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Rhonda runs at an average speed of 12 kilometers per hour, and she bicycles at an average speed of 30 kilometers per hou

by BTGModeratorVI » Wed Dec 16, 2020 12:45 pm

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In a locality, for every person, who owns only a car, there are 3 people who own only a bike. The number of people who

by VJesus12 » Sun Dec 27, 2020 7:40 am

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A company offers an allowance of $500 per day to its employees for an official outstation visit. Pristine went on a two-

by VJesus12 » Sun Dec 27, 2020 7:47 am

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A sphere is to be formed by melting smaller sphere cubes of diameter 20 mm. The sphere needs to be placed inside a cuboi

by VJesus12 » Sun Dec 27, 2020 7:52 am

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If d is the standard deviation x, y, and z, what is the standard deviation of x + 5, y + 5, z + 5?

by BTGmoderatorLU » Sun Dec 27, 2020 8:20 am

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A farm used two harvesting machines, H and K, to harvest 100 acres of wheat. Harvesting machine H, working alone...

by BTGmoderatorLU » Sun Dec 27, 2020 8:43 am

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Sat Mar 20, 2021 1:22 pm

A manufacturing company with exactly 20 factories uses a letter coding system to represent each factory. If each factory

by BTGmoderatorDC » Sat Dec 19, 2020 7:09 pm

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An automobile parts supplier charges $\$25$ per package of gaskets. When a customer orders more than $10$ packages

by VJesus12 » Sun Mar 07, 2021 2:14 pm

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In 1982 and 1983, Company B's operating expenses were $12.0 million and $14.0 million, respectively, and its revenues

by AAPL » Tue Mar 09, 2021 5:39 pm

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A rectangular-shaped carpet remnant that measures x feet by y feet is priced at $50. What is the cost of the carpet in

by AAPL » Tue Mar 09, 2021 5:49 pm

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10! + 9! can be rewritten as:

by BTGmoderatorDC » Tue Mar 09, 2021 6:19 pm

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Doug's income is 40% of Marko's income and Jon's income is 50% of Doug's income. If Doug's income is $28000 a year, then

by BTGmoderatorLU » Wed Mar 10, 2021 5:56 am

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John has 12 clients and he wants to use color-coding to identify each client. If either a single color or a pair of two

by Vincen » Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:19 am

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Sat Mar 20, 2021 5:34 am

From a group of 8 volunteers, including Andrew and Karen, 4 people are to be selected at random to organize a charity

by VJesus12 » Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:33 pm

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Sat Mar 20, 2021 5:32 am

Alice’s take-home pay last year was the same each month, and she saved the same fraction of her take-home pay each month

by VJesus12 » Fri Mar 19, 2021 6:42 am

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Sat Mar 20, 2021 5:29 am

A theater with 600 seats sells tickets at $1.20, $1.80, or $2.40 per seat. On Wednesday evening, 1/3 of the tickets sold

by M7MBA » Fri Mar 19, 2021 7:11 am

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At a blind taste competition, a contestant is offered 3 cups of each of the 3 samples of tea in a random arrangement of

by M7MBA » Fri Mar 19, 2021 7:28 am

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Sat Mar 20, 2021 5:27 am

If a and b are integers such that a > b > 1, which of the following cannot be a multiple of either a or b?

by BTGmoderatorDC » Fri Mar 19, 2021 6:27 pm

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Louie takes out a three-month loan of $1000. The lender charges him 10% interest per month compounded monthly...

by AAPL » Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:54 pm

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A company that ships boxes to a total of 12 distribution centers uses color coding to identify each center. If either a

by AAPL » Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:44 pm

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On an aerial photograph, the surface of a pond appears as a circular region of radius 7/16 inches. If a distance of 1...

by AAPL » Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:21 pm

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A train travels from New York to Chicago, a distance of approximately 840 miles, at an average rate of 60 miles per hour

by M7MBA » Fri Mar 19, 2021 8:02 am

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Let $a,b,c,$ and $d$ be nonzero real numbers. If the quadratic equation $ax(cx+d)=-b(cx+d)$ is solved for $x,$

by M7MBA » Fri Mar 19, 2021 7:59 am

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In 1995 a certain store had 1,800 tools in stock that had been purchased for $30 each. If 1,000 of these tools were sold

by M7MBA » Fri Mar 19, 2021 7:53 am

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If in a right-angled triangle, the ratio of the longer leg to the shorter is $\sqrt2:1,$ what is the ratio of the

by M7MBA » Fri Mar 19, 2021 7:51 am

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If $x$ and $y$ are positive integers, and $x^3\cdot y^4 = 2,000,$ which of the following is the value of $xy?$

by M7MBA » Fri Mar 19, 2021 7:46 am

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The table above shows the number of students in three clubs at McAuliffe School. Although no student is in all three clu

by M7MBA » Fri Mar 19, 2021 7:41 am

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What is the number of non-empty subsets of list $S$ possible such that a subset does not contain consecutive numbers?

by M7MBA » Fri Mar 19, 2021 7:38 am

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The number line shown contains three points $R, S,$ and $T,$ whose coordinates have absolute values $r, s,$ and

by M7MBA » Fri Mar 19, 2021 7:33 am

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