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By what percent did Company A’s revenues increase from 1980 to 1985?

By what percent did Company A’s revenues increase from 1980 to 1985?

(1) In 1980, Company A’s revenues were $600,000; in 1985, its revenues were $800,000.

(2) Each year from 1980 to 1985, Company A’s revenues increased by $40,000.


OA A

Source: Princeton Review


A soccer league is divided into a junior and a senior division, separated not by age but by a player’s skill level. This

A soccer league is divided into a junior and a senior division, separated not by age but by a player’s skill level. This year, to determine the division for which an aspirant is best qualified, the league held a week-long trial, after which coach A and coach B selected players. Coach A nominated six...


Machine A takes 10 hours to complete a certain job and starts that job at 9AM. After one hour of working alone, machine

Machine A takes 10 hours to complete a certain job and starts that job at 9AM. After one hour of working alone, machine A is joined by machine B and together they complete the job at 5PM. How long would it have taken machine B to complete the job if it had worked alone for the entire job? (A) 15 hou...


A store received 7 crates of oranges. What was the standard deviation of the numbers of oranges in the 7 crates?

A store received 7 crates of oranges. What was the standard deviation of the numbers of oranges in the 7 crates? (1) For the 7 crates of oranges, the median of the numbers of oranges was equal to the greatest of the numbers of oranges. (2) For the 7 crates of oranges, the range of the numbers of ora...


Researchers discovered that the failure of legislation passed in 1936 in France to improve the working conditions of

Researchers discovered that the failure of legislation passed in 1936 in France to improve the working conditions of bakers was due more to the fear that large conglomerates would gain footholds in small communities than to any inherent problem in the legislation. (A) more to the fear that large con...


A new drug, taken twice daily for one month, is an effective treatment for a certain disease. The drug now most commonly

A new drug, taken twice daily for one month, is an effective treatment for a certain disease. The drug now most commonly prescribed for the disease occasionally has serious side effects such as seizures; the new drug has side effects much more frequently, but the worst of them is mild nausea. Theref...


At a dinner party, 5 people are to be seated around a circular table. Two seating arrangements are considered different

At a dinner party, 5 people are to be seated around a circular table. Two seating arrangements are considered different only when the positions of the people are different relative to each other. What is the total number of different possible seating arrangements for the group? A. 5 B. 10 C. 24 D. 3...


At a certain bookstore, each notepad costs x dollars and each markers costs y dollars. If $10 is enough to buy 5 notepad

At a certain bookstore, each notepad costs x dollars and each markers costs y dollars. If $10 is enough to buy 5 notepads and 3 markers, is $10 enough to buy 4 notepads and 4 markers instead?

(1) Each notepad cost less than $1
(2) $10 is enough to buy 11 notepads


OA E

Source: GMAT Prep


Despite the criticism in the early 1890’s that if journalists use pictures the intellectual quality of publications

Despite the criticism in the early 1890’s that if journalists use pictures the intellectual quality of publications would diminish, by the late 1890’s photographs were found in most newspapers and magazines. (A) that if journalists use pictures the intellectual quality of publications would diminish...


A book store bought copies of a new book by a popular author, in anticipation of robust sales. The store bought 400

A book store bought copies of a new book by a popular author, in anticipation of robust sales. The store bought 400 copies from their supplier, each copy at wholesale price W. The store sold the first 150 copies in the first week at 80% more than W, and then over the next month, sold a 100 more at 2...


During a 10-week summer vacation, was the average (arithmetic mean) number of books that Carolyn read per week greater

During a 10-week summer vacation, was the average (arithmetic mean) number of books that Carolyn read per week greater than the average number of books that Jacob read per week? (1) Twice the average number of books that Carolyn read per week was greater than 5 less than twice the average number of ...


Scientists have identified an asteroid, 2000 BF19, that is about half a mile wide and, if it strikes Earth, it can do

Scientists have identified an asteroid, 2000 BF19, that is about half a mile wide and, if it strikes Earth, it can do tremendous damage to part of the planet but probably not cause planetwide destruction. A. and, if it strikes Earth, it can do tremendous damage to part of the planet but B. and, if i...


A theory is either true or false. Galileo’s observations of Jupiter’s satellites showed that the Ptolemaic theory of the

A theory is either true or false. Galileo’s observations of Jupiter’s satellites showed that the Ptolemaic theory of the motion of celestial bodies is false. Therefore, since the Copernican theory of planetary motion is inconsistent with the Ptolemaic account, Galileo’s observations of Jupiter’s sat...


A bag contains five stones, three of which weigh x pounds each and two of which weigh y pounds each. What is the total

A bag contains five stones, three of which weigh x pounds each and two of which weigh y pounds each. What is the total weight of the stones? (1) The heaviest combination of three stones has a total weight of 13 pounds. (2) The lightest combination of three stones has a total weight of 12 pounds. OA ...