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A company determines its yearly profits by deducting its operating expenses from its revenue for that year. Company X manufactures only widgets and gadgets. Company X's profits for this year are significantly higher than those for last year, although the company's operating expenses remained the same and the company sold the same number of widgets and gadgets as it did last year.The statements above, if true, best support which of the following conclusions?
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Born and raised in Groningen, Netherlands, the life of Daniel Bernoulli, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 18th century and the father of modern hydrodynamics, was dedicated to pioneering work in astronomy and also mathematical physics.
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Which of the following statements regarding a high level of alpha-synuclein is supported by the passage?
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If Company X sold 6,000 newspapers last year, how many will it sell this year? (1) Two years ago, Company X sold 5,000 newspapers. (2) Three years ago, Company X sold 4,000 newspapers.
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What is the average of $$\frac{1}{2}, \frac{2}{5} and\frac{ 3}{10}$$?
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Is the positive integer x divisible by 6?(1) x is divisible by 12.(2) x is divisible by 9.
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Congress has passed a law that scales back the tax credits offered to purchasers of hybrid cars. Because of this, the number of hybrid cars sold each year, which has approximately doubled in each of the last five years, is likely to flatten in the next few years.Which of the following statements, if true, most weakens the conclusion that the number of hybrid cars sold annually is likely to flatten in the next few years?
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The capital gains tax, levied against profits earned on investments, have been being the subject of recent political debate.
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According to the passage, which of the following represents the chronology of a typical protein life in a healthy yeast cell?
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A department store put a shirt on sale at 20% off the original price. When it didn't sell, it was put into the clearance sale bin at an additional 20% off the sale price. What is the total percentage discount on the price of the shirt after the two price reductions?
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A certain company has budgeted $1,440 for entertainment expenses for the year, divided into 12 equal monthly allocations. If by the end of the third month, the total amount spent on entertainment was $300, how much was the company under budget or over budget?
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Bob works exactly 8 hours per day assembling widgets at a constant rate. How many widgets can he assemble in half of a workday?(1) Bob produces 20 widgets in a full workday.(2) Bob produces 50 widgets in 20 hours.
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Surveys consistently show that the best-selling ice cream flavor is vanilla, although those who prefer chocolate rarely order vanilla. Vanilla-flavored candy, then, probably sells better than chocolate-flavored candy.Which of the following is an assumption upon which the author of the argument relies?
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Since the mid-1990s, the central government of Botswana has been forcibly removing native Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve; the government justifies their actions by stating that it is too costly to provide such basic services like medical care and schooling to such a remote area.
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For what purpose does the author include the second sentence of the passage?
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A certain realtor earns a 6 percent commission on any home that he sells, and he must pay 20 percent of the that commission in taxes. If the realtor sells a home for $750,000, how much commission does he earn after taxes?
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A certain box contains only red balls and green balls. If one ball is randomly selected from the box, what is the probability that it is red?(1) Red balls comprise exactly two-thirds of all the balls in the box.(2) The probability of selecting a green ball from the box is$$\frac{ 1}{3}$$.
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In recent years, the Holdsville Transportation Authority (HTA) has noted consistent delays on its Holdsville-River Valley bus, which runs from downtown Holdsville to the suburb of River Valley. In order to decrease the commuting time from Holdsville to River Valley, the HTA recently eliminated the James Street stop on the Holdsville-River Valley line. However, data show that the average commuting time from Holdsville to River Valley has actually increased since the elimination of the stop.
Which of the following provides the best explanation for the increase in commuting time from Holdsville to River Valley?
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According to the Federal Trade Commission, the recent increase in the amount of irrigation systems sold by foreign conglomerates in the United States has resulted in more expensive prices for the American consumer.
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According to the passage, the combat depicted in All Quiet on the Western Front resembles the depiction of combat in all of the following EXCEPT
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