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Women scientists
Like their male counterparts, women scientists are above average in terms of intelligence and creativity, but unlike men of science, their female counterparts have had to work against the grain of occupational stereotyping to enter a “man’s world.� (A) their female counterparts have had to wor...
- by kobel51
Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:24 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Women scientists
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2017
Computer games and communication
Although computers can enhance people’s ability to communicate, computer games are a cause of underdeveloped communication skills in children. After-school hours spent playing computer games are hours not spent talking with people. Therefore, children who spend all their spare time playing these g...
- by kobel51
Sat Mar 08, 2014 1:55 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Computer games and communication
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2775
The Write Company
Manufacturers of mechanical pencils make most of their profit on pencil leads rather than on the pencils themselves. The Write Company, which cannot sell its leads as cheaply as other manufacturers can, plans to alter the design of its mechanical pencil so that it will accept only a newly designed W...
- by kobel51
Sat Mar 08, 2014 1:53 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: The Write Company
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2625
Colorization of films
The colorization of black-and-white films by computers is defended by those who own the film rights, for the process can mean increased revenues for them; many others in the film industry, however, contend that the technique degrades major works of art, which they liken to putting lipstick on a Gree...
- by kobel51
Sat Mar 08, 2014 1:49 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Colorization of films
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1119
Teratomas cancer
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 kobel51
Sat Mar 08, 2014 1:47 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Teratomas cancer
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5807
What is the value of r? Sudoku!
Each of the letters in the table above represents one of the numbers 1, 2, or 3, and each of these numbers occurs exactly once in each row and exactly once in each column. What is the value of r?
1) v+z = 6
2) s+t+u+x = 6
- by kobel51
Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:02 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: What is the value of r? Sudoku!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1177
What is the slope of k?
If line k in the xy-plane has equation y=mx+b, where m and b are constant, what is the slope of k?
1) k is parallel to the line with equation y=(1-m)x+b+1
2) k intersects the line with equation y=2x+3 at the point (2,7)
- by kobel51
Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:59 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: What is the slope of k?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1307
How many routes from X to Y
Pat will walk from intersection X to intersection Y along a route that is confined to the square grid of four streets and three avenues shown in the preceding map. How many routes form X to Y can Pat take that have the minimum possible length?
A) 6
B) 8
C) 10
D) 14
E) 16
- by kobel51
Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:56 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: How many routes from X to Y
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2510
This takes too long!!! Shortcuts?
(sqr(2)+1)*(sqr(2)-1)*(sqr(3)+1)*(sqr(3)-1) =
A) 2
B) 3
C) 2*sqr(6)
D) 5
E) 6
I thought about estimating but seems like there should be a faster way
- by kobel51
Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:53 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: This takes too long!!! Shortcuts?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1385
Job applicants and heart attacks
Recently a court ruled that current law allows companies to reject a job applicant if working in the job would entail a 90 percent chance that the applicant would suffer a heart attack. The presiding judge justified the ruling, saying that it protected both employees and employers. The use of this c...
- by kobel51
Fri Feb 28, 2014 9:24 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Job applicants and heart attacks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1933
Property tax reassessments
Property taxes are typically set at a flat rate per $1,000 of officially assessed value. Reassessments should be frequent in order to remove distortions that arise when property values change at differential rates. In practice, however, reassessments typically occur when they benefit the government ...
- by kobel51
Fri Feb 28, 2014 9:23 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Property tax reassessments
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1268
Mortgage payments
In 1973 mortgage payments represented twenty-one percent of an average thirty-year-old male’s income; and forty-four percent in 1984 . (A) income; and forty-four percent in 1984 (B) income; in 1984 the figure was forty-four percent (C) income, and in 1984 forty-four percent (D) income, forty-four ...
- by kobel51
Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:37 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Mortgage payments
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1306
Congress bill about unpaid leave
Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers provide workers with unpaid leave so as to care for sick or newborn children. (A) provide workers with unpaid leave so as to (B) to provide workers with unpaid leave so as to (C) provide workers with unpaid leave in order that they (D) to provi...
- by kobel51
Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:33 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Congress bill about unpaid leave
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1234
Teacher to Student ratio
If the ratio of the number of teachers to the number of students is the same in School District M and School District P, what is the ratio of the number of students in School District M to the number of students in School District P? 1) There are 10,000 more students in School District M than there ...
- by kobel51
Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:49 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Teacher to Student ratio
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2758
Guy's income increase percentage
Guy's net income equals his gross income minus his deductions. By what percent did Guy's net income change on January 1, 1989, when both his gross income and his deductions increased? 1) Guy's gross income increased by 4 percent on January 1, 1989. 2) Guy's deductions increased by 15 percent on Janu...
- by kobel51
Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:47 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Guy's income increase percentage
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1238