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Which of the following would result in a remainder of 7 when divided by 12? I. 151 II. 3,443 III. 5,995
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Is the product of a and b odd?(1) a has exactly 2 factors.(2) b = 2x + 1, where x is an integer.
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Congestion pricing, the practice of charging a fee for driving into the busiest areas of a city at the busiest times; it has more support from economists than do politicians.
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The First Amendment prevents the government from violating a person's right to free speech. But it does not protect government employees from disciplinary action for all statements they make in the course of their official duties. However, laws should protect them in cases in which employees bring to light information that advances the public interest in honest government and the rule of law.Which of the following would provide the best example for the argument above?
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The passage suggests that lagging indicators would be least helpful in determining which of the following?
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Scott takes a trip and drives 6 hours from Town X to Town Z at a rate of 50 miles per hour. On his way back, Scott drives 75 miles per hour and stops in Town Y which is midway between Town X and Town Z. How many hours does it take Scott to drive from Town Z to Town Y?
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If Set S = {8, 5, 14, x, 11}, what is the median of Set S? (1) x > 11 (2) x < 14
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The process of digital remastering is the method by which analog sound recordings are converted to digital files, edited to remove undesirable audio artifacts introduced during analog recording, and filtered to enhance the overall quality of the sound.
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Child development specialists have observed that adolescents who receive large weekly allowances tend to spend money on items considered frivolous by their parents whereas adolescents who receive small weekly allowances do not. Thus, in order to ensure that their children do not spend money on frivolous items, parents should not give their children large weekly allowances.Which of the following pieces of information would be most useful in evaluating the validity of the conclusion above?
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The information in the passage suggests that which of the following would most strongly indicate an imminent change in the business cycle?
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When the positive integer x is divided by 9, the remainder is 5. What is the remainder when 3x is divided by 9?
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If Nicole worked 20% more this week than she worked last week, how many hours did she work last week? (1) Nicole worked 36 hours this week. (2) Nicole worked 6 more hours this week than she worked last week.
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Every workday at dawn, the patriarch of one of the city’s five richest families leaves his mansion and walks to city hall.
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State X recently decided to cut state funding for the public library system in County X. To help counteract this cut in funding, the county library system has increased library late fees from $.10 per day to $.12 per day. Since the fee increase, library administrators have seen no decline in the number of overdue books. The director of the county library system concludes that the fee hike has helped to counteract the cut in state funding.Which of the following statements, if true, most strengthens the director’s claim?
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Which of the following best describes the structure of the passage?
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A baseball card decreased in value 20% in its first year and 10% in its second year. What was the total percent decrease of the card's value over the two years?
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How long did Justin spend driving from Town A to Town B to Town C? (1) The total distance that Justin drove was 200 miles. (2) Justin's average rate for the 100 miles from Town B to Town C was 50 miles per hour.
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The number of them carrying the Ebola virus will increase as more and more people consume tainted bushmeat, the meat of African wild animals, and come into contact with infected apes.
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Scientists have discovered a new species of butterfly that lives only in a small region of Central America and is active only at night. During the day, it rests in treetops, where its green color matches the foliage perfectly. Therefore, the scientists must have discovered the butterfly at night.The argument depends on which of the following assumptions?
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The tone of the passage suggests that the author regards the changes described in the passage as:
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