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x, x+1, and x+2 denote the lengths of the sides of a right triangle. What is the value of x?

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If x is a prime number greater than 2, which of the following could be a prime number?

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A plane was originally flying at an altitude of x feet when it ascended 2,000 feet and then descended 5,000 feet. If the

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Which value(s) of x satisfies the equation above?

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Luke drives the first 300 miles of a trip at 60 miles an hour.

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If every boy in a kindergarten class buys a soda and every girl in the same class buys a juice box, the class will spend

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A merchant paid $300 for a shipment of x identical calculators.

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Work/Rate Problems

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A basketball coach will select the members of a five-player team from among 9 players...

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Algebra, Min/Max Problems

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X, Y, and Z are three different prime numbers, the product XYZ

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A satellite is composed of 30 modular units, each of which

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Let S be a point on a circle whose center is R. If PQ is a chord that passes perpendicularly through the midpoint of RS,

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If y is 80% greater than x, than x is what % less than y?

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In the graduating class of a certain college, 48 percent of the students are male and 52 percent are female...

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Charles’s and Sarah’s current ages are C years and S years, respectively.

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The letters C, I, R, C, L, and E can be used to form 6-letter strings such as

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Machine A produces 100 parts twice as fast as Machine B does. Machine B produces 100 parts in 40 minutes...

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Two hoses (A and B) are filling a pool. Working alone at their individual constant rates Hose A could fill the pool in 6

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In the rectangular coordinate system above, for which of the shaded regions is the area 2?

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Amys grade was 90th percentile of the 80 grades for her class. Of the 100 grades from another class, 19 were higher

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Trains A and B start simultaneously from stations 300 miles apart, and travel the same route toward each other...

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On Friday morning at a particular hotel, 5/9 of the rooms were cleaned in preparation for weekend visitors. Of the rooms

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If a = 1/2-1-2, what is a2 + 2a + 4?

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W and X are points on the number line, and W < X < 0. If X is the midpoint of

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3 positive numbers a, b and c satisfy a/2b-c=2b/3a+c=a/b . What is a/b?

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In a rectangular coordinate system, straight line k passes

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A school supply store sells only one kind of desk and one kind of chair,

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A salesman makes a 20 percent commission on the selling price of each set

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On Monday Elton arrived at the recording studio at 8:00 am, and left at noon...

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A firm has 4 senior partners and 6 junior partners. How many different groups of 3 partners can be formed in which at

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If A=10+3-10-3 10-1, B=3+22, What is A - B?

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In a certain store, the ratio of part-time workers to full-time workers is 2 to 5

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Ramon wants to cut a rectangular board into identical square

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mixture problem - rabbit & proteins

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OG Negative Exponents Q

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The figure shows triangle ABC with

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By adding n into {3, 6, 9, 10}, the average is equal to the median. What is the sum of possible values of n?

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GMATPREP QP1 - A machine has two flat circular plates of the

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A certain compound X has a ratio of 2 oxygen for every

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