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GMAT Prep problem
Most household appliances use electricity only when in use. Many microwave ovens, However, have built-in clocks and so use some electricity even when they are not in Use. The clocks each consume about 45 kilowatt-hours per year. Therefore, house Holds whose microwave oven has no built-in clock use 4...
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Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:43 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: GMAT Prep problem
- Replies: 2
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Finance minister
In 1983 Argonia’s currency, the argon, underwent a reduction in value relative to the world’s strongest currencies. This reduction resulted in a significant increase in Argonia’s exports over 1982 levels. In 1987 a similar reduction in the value of the argon led to another increase in Argoniaâ...
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Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:42 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Finance minister
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1573
Enrollment
Part of the proposed increase in state education spending is due to higher enrollment, since the number of students in public schools have grown steadily since the mid-1980’s and, at nearly 47 million, are at a record high. A. enrollment, since the number of students in public schools have grown s...
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Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:41 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Enrollment
- Replies: 2
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Absolute vale
If n is a positive integer, which of the following is a possible value of |56 - 5n|?
A. 7
B. 9
C. 12
D. 15
E. 20
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Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:37 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Absolute vale
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1162
Ice cream
If Antonio bought two half-gallon cartons of ice cream during a special sale, what percent of the total regular price of the two cartons did he save? (1) Antonio paid the regular price for the first carton and received the second carton for half the regular price. (2) The regular price of the ice cr...
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Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:37 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Ice cream
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4301
Percent
Of the students in a certain school, 15 percent are enrolled in an art class and 10 percent are enrolled in a music class. What percent of the students in the school are enrolled in neither an art class nor a music class? (1) 2/3 of the students who are enrolled in an art class are also enrolled in ...
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Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:36 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Percent
- Replies: 4
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Sequence
In the sequence of nonzero numbers t1, t2, t3, …, tn, …, tn+1 = tn / 2 for all positive integers
n. What is the value of t5?
(1) t3 = 1/4
(2) t1 - t5 = 15/16
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Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:35 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Sequence
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1397
Median problem
Lists S and T consist of the same number of positive integers. Is the median of the integers in S greater than the average (arithmetic mean) of the integers in T? (1) The integers in S are consecutive even integers, and the integers in T are consecutive odd integers. (2) The sum of the integers in S...
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Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:35 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Median problem
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3068
Member
A certain club has 20 members. What is the ratio of the member of 5-member
committees that can be formed from the members of the club to the number of 4-member
committees that can be formed from the members of the club?
A. 16 to 1
B. 15 to 1
C. 16 to 5
D. 15 to 6
E. 5 to 4
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Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:34 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Member
- Replies: 4
- Views: 511
Magazine Publisher
Magazine Publisher: Our magazine does not have a liberal bias. It is true that when a book review we had commissioned last year turned out to express distinctly conservative views, we did not publish it until we had also obtained a second review that took a strongly liberal position. Clearly, howeve...
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Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:32 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Magazine Publisher
- Replies: 3
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seldom
Seldom more that 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, but it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canal connected the Hudson River at Albany to the Great Lakes at Buffalo, providing the port of New York City with a direct water link to the heartland of the North America...
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Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:30 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: seldom
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7157
besides or in addition to
The health benefits of tea have been the subject of much research; in addition to its possibilities for preventing and inhibiting some forms of cancer, the brewed leaves of Camellia sinensis may also play a role in reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke. A. in addition to its possibilities fo...
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Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:29 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: besides or in addition to
- Replies: 2
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odd integer
If a and b are positive integers such that a – b and ba are both even integers, which of the following must be an odd integer?
A. 2a
B. 2b
C. (a+b)/2
D. (a+2)/2
E. (b+2)/2
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Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:29 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: odd integer
- Replies: 2
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Usage of " thereby"
Unlike the original National Museum of Science and Technology in Italy, where the models are encased in glass or operated only by staff members, the Virtual Leonardo Project, an online version of the museum, encourages visitors to “touch� each exhibit, which thereby activates the animated functi...
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Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:27 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Usage of " thereby"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9091
Weaken
Printwell’s Ink Jet Division manufactures ink-jet printers and the ink cartridges they use. Sales of its ink-jet printers have increased. Monthly revenues from those sales, however, have not increased, because competition has forced Printwell to cut the prices of its printers. Unfortunately, Print...
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Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:26 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Weaken
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3173