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subway system
Mr. Mead: Turning this subway system over to private ownership will surely not make it financially viable. After all, the reason the system is now government-owned is precisely that in 1979 its original private owners went bankrupt operating it. Ms. Gallis: But remember that government price control...
- by Ankitaverma
Thu Dec 12, 2013 2:44 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: subway system
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1922
discounted airline tickets
Several airlines have recently intensified their fierce competition for business by offering tickets that, if purchased 2 days in advance, cost as much as 40 percent less than the heretofore lowest-priced “super-saver� tickets, which require a 30-day advance purchase. The airlines’ long-term g...
- by Ankitaverma
Thu Dec 12, 2013 2:40 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: discounted airline tickets
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2272
meaning error
The failing of the book lies not in a lack of attention to scientific detail but in the depiction of scenes of life and death in the marine world with emotional overtones that reduce the credibility of the work. (A) depiction of scenes of life and death in the marine world with emotional overtones t...
- by Ankitaverma
Thu Dec 12, 2013 2:24 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: meaning error
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1837
comparison
The gyrfalcon, an arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than what they were when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970's. (A) its numbers are now five times greater than what they were when (B) its numbers now fivefo...
- by Ankitaverma
Thu Dec 12, 2013 2:00 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: comparison
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1466
word problem-percentages
Fox jeans regularly sell for $15 a pair and Pony jeans regularly sell for $18 a pair. During a sale these regular unit prices are discounted at different rates so that a total of $9 is saved by purchasing 5 pairs of jeans: 3 pairs of Fox jeans and 2 pairs of Pony jeans. If the sum of the two discoun...
- by Ankitaverma
Thu Dec 12, 2013 1:23 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: word problem-percentages
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1341
profit and loss
From the sale of sleeping bags, a retailer made a gross profit of 12 percent of the wholesale cost. If each sleeping bag was sold for $28, what was the wholesale cost per bag?
(A) $3.00
(B) $3.36
(C) $24.64
(D) $25.00
(E) $31.36
Q/A-D
- by Ankitaverma
Thu Dec 12, 2013 1:17 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: profit and loss
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1292
greater than
If d is a positive integer, is d^1/2 greater than 15?
(1) d is divisible by 25.
(2) d is divisible by 40.
Q/a -e
- by Ankitaverma
Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:53 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: greater than
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1658
'because' or 'in that'
Teratomas are unusual forms of cancer because they are composed of tissues such as tooth and bone not normally found in the organ in which the tumor appears. (A) because they are composed of tissues such as tooth and bone (B) because they are composed of tissues like tooth and bone that are (C) beca...
- by Ankitaverma
Tue Dec 10, 2013 4:36 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 'because' or 'in that'
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1632
earthquake
Because the Earth's crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West . (A) of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greate...
- by Ankitaverma
Tue Dec 10, 2013 4:28 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: earthquake
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1875
privatization
While there is no blueprint for transforming a largely government-controlled economy into a free one, the experience of the United Kingdom since 1979 clearly Line shows one approach that works: privatization, in which (5) state-owned industries are sold to private companies. By 1979, the total borro...
- by Ankitaverma
Tue Dec 10, 2013 4:13 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: privatization
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4276
archean -age gold
According to a recent theory, Archean-age gold-quartz vein systems were formed over two billion years ago from magmatic fluids that originated from molten granitelike Line bodies deep beneath the surface of the Earth. This theory is (5) contrary to the widely held view that the systems were deposite...
- by Ankitaverma
Tue Dec 10, 2013 4:11 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: archean -age gold
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2960
percentages
A part-time employee whose hourly wage was increased by 25 percent decided to reduce the number of hours worked per week so that the employee’s total weekly income would remain unchanged. By what percent should the number of hours worked be reduced? (A) 12.5% (B) 20% (C) 25% (D) 50% (E) 75% q/a- b...
- by Ankitaverma
Tue Dec 10, 2013 3:02 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: percentages
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1452
proportion of women
The proportion of women among students enrolled in higher education programs has increased over the past decades. This is partly shown by the fact that in 1959, only 11 percent of the women between twenty and twenty-one were enrolled in college, while in 1981, 30 percent of the women between twenty ...
- by Ankitaverma
Tue Dec 10, 2013 2:57 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: proportion of women
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2944
close verte- brate analogue
Until recently, scientists did not know of a close verte- brate analogue to the extreme form of altruism observed in eusocial insects like ants and bees, whereby individuals Line cooperate, sometimes even sacrificing their own oppor- (5) tunities to survive and reproduce, for the good of others. How...
- by Ankitaverma
Mon Dec 09, 2013 12:32 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: close verte- brate analogue
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1799
arachnids
Unlike other arachnids, which have their nerve cells evenly distributed along their bodies, the scorpion’s nerve cells are clustered in its head, like a mammal’s. (A) bodies, the scorpion’s nerve cells are clustered in its head, like a mammal’s (B) bodies, the scorpion’s head has a cluster...
- by Ankitaverma
Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:25 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: arachnids
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1057