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Re: Bedbug infestations have been a problem in major cities for years. The pesticide DDT has been found to be useful in

The conclusion of this argument is that there are no effective pesticides strong enough to eradicate the infestation of bed bugs in the US. Therefore, the main concern that can weaken this argument is that there are no other effective pesticides that can eradicate bedbugs apart from DDT. Option A - ...


Re: By the late 1940s, ENIAC, the first electronic digital computer was able to compute a ballistics trajectory in about

ENIAC is the subject here. By the late 1940s, ENIAC, the first electronic digital computer, was able to compute... The first electronic... is a modifier. Option A - incorrect Here, 'Computer' is supposed to be a modifier, but it's taking the action 'was' which changes the meaning of the sentence. Op...


Re: Participants in the assembly were instructed to bring their chairs to the back of the auditorium so as to make room

Option A - incorrect This adds pronouns 'that' and 'him' which is not so necessary in the sentence. Hence, it makes the sentence seem exaggerated and not explicit enough. Option B - incorrect Same issue as option A above. The pronoun 'that' and 'him' used in the sentence to modify the subject is no...


Re: Given the current economic climate, universal healthcare is an impossibility in the United States. More than half of

What this argument says is that universal healthcare is impossible to achieve in the United States because it will require significant tax increases that will, in turn, increase the financial burden of individuals. On the other hand, the current employer sponsoring the system keeps taxes low. So, in...


Re: Representation of performers by agents is still the predominant way in which theatrical and other performers secure

When a C.R question asks what can be "properly concluded," the answer has to be related to things that are not just likely but rather follows directly from the information the passage represents and basically has to be in relation to the information given in the main passage. In the passag...


Re: Distance learning offers a potentially lucrative option for learning institutions. Money that would otherwise be spe

The argument is about how much money we can save if distance learning is observed instead of on-site learning. Option A - correct This can correctly be inferred from the sentence because it is very much about the center point of the argument. It can be decided from the argument itself. Option B - in...


Re: UCLA Sociologist: Between 1962 and 2012, the marriage rate (that is the percentage of adult women over 16 who get

Option A - correct In this option, it says that the marriage age for women is increasing drastically so as long as they are getting married before the accepted age. then the number of women getting married will increase. It caused the flaw of the sociologist's reasoning. Option B - incorrect The se...


Re: If \(\sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{5x}}}=\sqrt[6]{4x},\) what is the range of the possible values of \(x?\)

What is the range of the possible value of x? $$\left(5x\right)^{\frac{1}{2}\cdot\frac{1}{2}\cdot\frac{1}{2}}=\left(4x\right)^{\frac{1}{6}}$$ $$\left(5x\right)^{\frac{1}{8}}=\left(4x\right)^{\frac{1}{6}}$$ $$5x=\left[\left(4x\right)^{\frac{1}{6}}\right]^8$$ $$5x=\left(4x\right)^{\frac{8}{6}}$$ $$5x=...


Re: Nine cards numbered from 1 to 9 are placed in an empty bowl. Four cards are drawn from the bowl one-by-one without r

What is the probability that the four-digit number is even? First card = thousand digit Second card = hundred digit Third card = tens digit Fourth card = unit digit The fourth card will be used to determine if the number is even or not. Since total cards = 9, the fourth card has a 1/9 chance of each...


Re: Set S includes elements {8, 2, 11, x, 3, y} and has a mean of 7 and a median of 5.5. If x < y, then which of the...

Set S = {2, 3, 8, 11, x, y} $$Mean\ of\ S=\frac{2+3+8+11+x+y}{6}$$ $$7=\frac{24+x+y}{6}$$ Median = 5.5 and x<y From the mean of S $$24+x+y=42$$ $$x+y=18$$ From the median, an average of 2 numbers in the middle = 5.5 $$i.e\ \frac{a+b}{2}=5.5\ and\ a+b=11$$ From the numbers in the set 3+8=11. This mea...


Re: A retailer sold an appliance for $80. If the retailer's gross profit on the appliance was 25 percent of the...

Selling price = $80
Gross profit = 25% of the cost price
Profit = selling price - cost price
Let cost price = c
25% * c = 80 - c
0.25c = 80 - c
$$c=\frac{80}{1.25}=64$$
Gross profit = 25% * 64 = $16


Re: Unsure to whom the teacher was talking, the students stared mutely at the algebra problem on the board. A. Unsure t

Option A - correct The sentence correctly uses 'whom' which is an objective pronoun to show the receiver of the action. Option B - incorrect It uses the wrong form of pronoun 'whoever' to describe the object of the sentence. Option C - incorrect 'Being' as used in the sentence gives it an ambiguous...


Re: A seemingly insatiable demand for luxury apartments in New York, created in large part by wealthy Europeans, have ca

Option A - incorrect This option doesn't show subject and verb agreement. The subject of the sentence 'demand' is singular and it is supposed to take a singular verb 'has' not 'have.' Option B - incorrect This sentence is too wordy even though it explains the intended meaning in a less satisfying m...


Re: Isotopes in the recently excavated bones of a 14-year-old girl from the Jamestown archaeological site indicate that

The sentence explains that the isotopes in the recently excavated bones of a 14-year old girl indicated what she had eaten and probably her class in society. Option A - correct it correctly explains the logical meaning of the sentence using the proper structures required by the sentence. Option B - ...


Re: In a competition designed by scientists studying the behavioral patterns of monkeys, more challenging tool-related

This sentence compares the behavioral patterns of solving more challenging tool related problems by the Great Ape family than the Monkeys that are outside the Great Ape family. Option A - incorrect This option incorrectly uses 'as' to make a comparison. The more appropriate word to use in this conte...