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Laki Volcano eruption
An unusually severe winter occurred in Europe after the continent was blanketed by a blue haze resulting from the eruption of the Laki Volcano in the European republic of Iceland in the summer of 1984. Thus, it is evident that major eruptions cause the atmosphere to become cooler than it would be ot...
- by BlueDragon2010
Mon Mar 17, 2014 3:10 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Laki Volcano eruption
- Replies: 2
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Brand names and premium prices
Products sold under a brand name used to command premium prices because, in general, they were superior to nonbrand rival products. Technical expertise in product development has become so widespread, however, that special quality advantages are very hard to obtain these days and even harder to main...
- by BlueDragon2010
Mon Mar 17, 2014 3:09 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Brand names and premium prices
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Josephine Baker
To Josephine Baker, Paris was her home long before it was fashionable to be an expatriate , and she remained in France during the Second World War as a performer and an intelligence agent for the Resistance. (A) To Josephine Baker, Paris was her home long before it was fashionable to be an expatria...
- by BlueDragon2010
Mon Mar 17, 2014 3:05 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Josephine Baker
- Replies: 3
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Larget bank and data-processing costs
While larger banks can afford to maintain their own data-processing operations, many smaller regional and community banks are finding that the cost associated with upgrading data-processing equipment and with the development and maintenance of new products and technical staff are prohibitive. (A) co...
- by BlueDragon2010
Mon Mar 17, 2014 3:02 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Larget bank and data-processing costs
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1405
Malaria parasite in red blood cells
Red blood cells in which the malarial-fever parasite resides are eliminated from a person’s body after 120 days. Because the parasite cannot travel to a new generation of red blood cells, any fever that develops in a person more than 120 days after that person has moved to a malaria-free region is...
- by BlueDragon2010
Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:11 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Malaria parasite in red blood cells
- Replies: 1
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Insurance policies
Insurance Company X is considering issuing a new policy to cover services required by elderly people who suffer from diseases that afflict the elderly. Premiums for the policy must be low enough to attract customers. Therefore, Company X is concerned that the income from the policies would not be su...
- by BlueDragon2010
Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:10 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Insurance policies
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3268
Based on accounts of ancient writers
Based on accounts of various ancient writers , scholars have painted a sketchy picture of the activities of an all-female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth century BC, worshipped a goddess known in Latin as Bona Dea, “the good goddess.� (A) Based on accounts of various ancient writers (B...
- by BlueDragon2010
Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:08 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Based on accounts of ancient writers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1711
Female church ministers
A survey by the National Council of Churches showed that in 1986 there were 20,736 female ministers, almost 9 percent of the nation’s clergy, twice as much as 1977 . (A) twice as much as 1977 (B) twice as many as 1977 (C) double what it was in 1977 (D) double the figure for 1977 (E) a number doubl...
- by BlueDragon2010
Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:07 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Female church ministers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1399
Was average greater than 90?
During a 6-day local trade show, the least number of people registered in a single day was 80. Was the average (arithmetic mean) number of people registered per day for the 6 days greater than 90? 1) For the 4 days with the greatest number of people registered, the average number registered per day ...
- by BlueDragon2010
Tue Mar 04, 2014 12:23 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Was average greater than 90?
- Replies: 3
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What is the median?
Tom, Jane, and Sue each purchased a new house. The average (arithmetic mean) price of the three houses was $120,000. What was the median price of the three houses?
1) the price of Tom's house was $110,000
2) The price of Jane's house was $120,000
- by BlueDragon2010
Tue Mar 04, 2014 12:21 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: What is the median?
- Replies: 3
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if r is halved V is multiplied by
In the formula V = 1/(2r)^3, if r is halved then V is multiplied by
A) 64
B) 8
C) 1
D) 1/8
E) 1/64
- by BlueDragon2010
Tue Mar 04, 2014 12:19 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: if r is halved V is multiplied by
- Replies: 3
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Sum of consecutive integers - which must be true?
If the sum of n consecutive integers is 0, which of the following must be true?
I. n is an even number
II. n is an odd number
III. The average (arithmetic mean) of the n integers is 0
A) I only
B) II only
C) III only
D) I and III
E) II and III
- by BlueDragon2010
Tue Mar 04, 2014 12:18 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Sum of consecutive integers - which must be true?
- Replies: 2
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Swartkans use of fire
In Swartkans territory, archeologists discovered charred bone fragments dating back one million years. Analysis of the fragments, which came from a variety of animals, showed that they had been heated to temperatures no higher than those produced in experimental campfires made from branches of white...
- by BlueDragon2010
Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:05 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Swartkans use of fire
- Replies: 2
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Life expectancy
“Life expectancy� is the average age at death of the entire live-born population. In the middle of the nineteenth century, life expectancy in North America was 40 years, whereas now it is nearly 80 years. Thus, in those days, people must have been considered old at an age that we now consider th...
- by BlueDragon2010
Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:04 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Life expectancy
- Replies: 2
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In 1791 Robert Carter
In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipation, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property. (A) setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally cons...
- by BlueDragon2010
Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:03 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: In 1791 Robert Carter
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1249