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Re: Turtle
Q32: A major chemical spill occurred five years ago at Baker’s Beach, the world’s sole nesting ground for Merrick sea turtles, and prevented nearly all the eggs laid that year from hatching. Yet the number of adult female Merricks returning to lay their eggs at Baker’s Beach has actually increased ...
- by showbu
Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:50 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Turtle
- Replies: 10
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Re: For how many intergers n is 2^n=n^2
OA Spoiler CodeCshowbu wrote:a. 0
b. 1
c 2
d 3
e more than 3
- by showbu
Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:51 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: For how many intergers n is 2^n=n^2
- Replies: 2
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Drug
A new hairgrowth drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, as thedrug's maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient.
a as
b than
c that
d of which
e at which
- by showbu
Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:57 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Drug
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1386
- by showbu
Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:20 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Is Z equal to the median of the three positive integers
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4803
- by showbu
Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:03 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: For how many intergers n is 2^n=n^2
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1147
How mnay ositive prime factors
If n is a positive integer less than 200 and 14n/60 is an integer, than n has how many different positive prime factors?
a. 2
b 3
c 5
d 6
e 8
- by showbu
Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:58 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: How mnay ositive prime factors
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1163
Incan Highway
The greatest road system built in the Americas prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus was the Incan highway, which, over 2,500 miles long and extending from northern Ecuador through Peru to Southern Chile. A. Columbus was the Incan highway, which, over 2,500 miles long and extending B. Columbu...
- by showbu
Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:03 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Incan Highway
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8881
archaeologist
Just like the background in art history needed by an archaeologist in order to evaluate finds of ancient art, the nautical archaeologist needs specialized knowledge of the history and theory of ship design in order to understand shipwrecks. A. Just like the background in art history needed by an ar...
- by showbu
Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:01 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: archaeologist
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4957
Tax
In the year following an eight-cent increase in the federal tax on a pack of cigarettes, sales of cigarettes fell ten percent. In contrast, in the year prior to the tax increase, sales had fallen one percent. The volume of cigarette sales is therefore strongly related to the after-tax price of a pac...
- by showbu
Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:20 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Tax
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2670
Sorry, my typo. Try again. My answer is : C xn – x-n = 0 Hence x(n-1)=n ie x=n/(n-1) given n is an integer = (...-2,-1,0,1,2...) 1)x is an integer x can be integer if n = 0, x=0/-1 = 0 x can be integer if n =2, x=2/2-1=2 Insuff 2) n ≠ 0 this alone cannot get us to the value of x, because x...
- by showbu
Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:13 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: what is the value of x
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11401
Taste
Which of the following activities would depend upon an assumption which is inconsistent with the judgment that you cannot argue with taste? a. a special exhibition at a museum b a beauty contest c a system of garbage collection and disposal d a cookbook filed with old New England recipes e a movie f...
- by showbu
Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:38 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Taste
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1543
cigarette
In the past, every ten-percentage-point increase in cigarette prices in the country of Coponia has decreased per capita sales of cigarettes by four percent. Coponia is about to raise taxes on cigarettes by 9 cents per pack. The average price of cigarettes in Coponia is and has been for more than a y...
- by showbu
Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:52 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: cigarette
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7823
vacationers
In the early part of the twentieth century, many vacationers found that driving automobiles and sleeping in tents allowed them to enjoy nature close at hand and tour at their own pace, with none of the restrictions of passenger trains and railroad timetables or with the formalities, expenses, and im...
- by showbu
Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:28 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: vacationers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4734
Award
More than fifty years after the Second World War, a number of African American soldiers were awarded―some of them posthumously― with the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, and which was long overdue in recognition of their outstanding bra...
- by showbu
Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:04 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Award
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7278
what is the value of x
Q3: If n is an integer and x^n – x^(-n) = 0, what is the value of x ? (1) x is an integer. (2) n ≠ 0 A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient. C. BOTH statements TOGETHER...
- by showbu
Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:54 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: what is the value of x
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11401