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need help understanding this question
Federal legislation establishing a fund for the cleanup of sites damaged by toxic chemicals permits compensating state governments for damage to their natural resources but does not allow claims for injury to people. (A) compensating state governments for damage to (B) compensating state governments...
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Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:06 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: need help understanding this question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1765
have vs has
Discrimination in wages paid in occupations that are predominantly male over the predominantly female have given rise to substantial differentials between the wage of housepainters and secretaries and between the wages of parking-lot attendants and library assistants. (A) paid in occupations that ar...
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Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:17 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: have vs has
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1491
modifiers
Corporations will soon be required to report to the government whether they have the necessary reserves to pay the pension benefits earned by their employees and that the information be published in annual reports to shareholders. (A) earned by their employees and that the information be published (...
- by rtaha2412
Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:47 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: modifiers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1322
trouble with sc problem
Constance Horner, chief of the United States government’s personnel agency, has recommended that the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant. (A) the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to...
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Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:55 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: trouble with sc problem
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2398
trouble with sc problem
Byron possessed powers of observation that would have made him a great anthropologist and that makes his letters as a group the rival of the best novels of the time. (A) makes his letters as a group the rival of (B) makes his letters as a group one to rival (C) makes his letters a group rivaling (D)...
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Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:41 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: trouble with sc problem
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1253
probability
A flower shop has 2 tulips, 2 roses, 2 daisies, and 2 lilies. If two flowers are sold at random, what is the probability of not picking exactly two tulips?
a 1/8
b 1/7
c 1/2
d 7/8
e 27/28
- by rtaha2412
Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:15 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: probability
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1601
hard problem
A candy factory manufactures various types of candy: 30% are dark chocolate, 25% are milk chocolate, 20% taffy, 5% caramel, and the rest are cream. Due to a hardware failure, all of the candy are mixed and dispatched into boxes holding 20 individually wrapped pieces of candy each. If 80 boxes are pa...
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Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:35 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: hard problem
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1557
radius problem
A machine consisting of 3 connected wheels is mixing concrete. The engine is running at a speed of 60 rpm and the mixer is mixing at a rate of 8 rpm. If the radius of the smaller (drive) wheel is 2 inches, what is the diameter of the mixing wheel? The smaller wheel is driven directly by the engine. ...
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Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:28 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: radius problem
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1435
probability
Kate and David each have $10. Together they flip a coin 5 times. Every time the coin lands on heads, Kate gives David $1. Every time the coin lands on tails, David gives Kate $1. After the coin is flipped 5 times, what is the probability that Kate has more than $10 but less than $15? 5/16 15/32 ½ 2...
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Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:08 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: probability
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2068
rate problem
Water flows into an empty tank of 54 liters via 12 small pipes. The rate of flow in each pipe is 1 liter per hour. However, water also flows out of the tank via several large pipes at the rate of 1.5 liter per hour. If the tank is completely full after 12 hours, how many large pipes are there? 2.5 3...
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Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:42 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: rate problem
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1146
modfiers
Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives , capitalized on her keen observation and love of the natural world. (A) Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives, (B) In her book illustrations, carefully co...
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Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:12 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: modfiers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1956
hard sc problem
At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards. (A) land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership res...
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Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:43 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: hard sc problem
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1268
in which vs where
At Shiprock, New Mexico, a perennially powerful girls’ high school basketball team has become a path to college for some and a source of pride for a community where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are below the poverty level. (A) where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are (B...
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Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:37 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: in which vs where
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1192
idiom question??
Astronomers at the Palomar Observatory have discovered a distant supernova explosion, one that they believe is a type previously unknown to science.
(A) that they believe is
(B) that they believe it to be
(C) they believe that it is of
(D) they believe that is
(E) they believe to be of
- by rtaha2412
Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:31 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: idiom question??
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1253
live vs as- comparison question
As virtually all the nation’s 50 busiest airports are, New York’s were built for an age of propellers, before jet planes weighing 800,000 pounds needed over two miles of runway. (A) As virtually all the nation’s 50 busiest airports are (B) As with virtually all of the nation’s 50 busiest air...
- by rtaha2412
Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:27 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: live vs as- comparison question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1071