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Although offering a dynamic range simply absent on the harpsichord, the original fortepiano, invented in the early eighteenth century—indeed the name comes from the Italian forte ("loud") and piano ("soft")—the fortepiano would now sound dynamically limited compared to our modern grand pianos.
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If the average (arithmetic mean) of seven consecutive integers is k + 2, then the product of the greatest and least integer is
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In the diagram above, AC = AB, and angle DAB = angle DBC. What is the measure of angle BCD?Statement #1: angle BDC = 2*(angle DAB)Statement #2: AD = BD
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Unfairly criticized during his time, the Emperor Claudius expanded the Roman Empire to the east, constructed public works such as aqueducts, having passed laws for protecting the rights and freedoms of Jews throughout the Empire.
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On a certain multiple-choice test, 9 points are awarded for each correct answer, and 7 points are deducted for each incorrect or unanswered question. Sally received a total score of 0 points on the test. If the test has fewer than 30 questions, how many questions are on the test?
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Is positive integer n divisible by 4?(1)$$n^2 $$is divisible by 8(2)$$\sqrt{n}$$is an even integer
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The outspoken abolitionist senator Charles Sumner, after delivering a speech on the senate floor, was accosted by the Southerner Preston Brooks, who, outraged by Sumner’s words, bludgeoned the senator with a gutta-percha cane, which Brooks was able to do with impunity, due to a tradition holding that the laws of the United States did not obtain on the senate floor.
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$$5\sqrt{2}$$ percent of $${{1}\over\sqrt{200}}$$=
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Rachel drove the 120 miles from A to B at a constant speed. What was this speed?Statement #1: If she had driven 50% faster, her new time would have been $$\frac{2}{3}$$ of her original time.Statement #2: If she had driven 20 mph faster, she would have arrived an hour sooner.
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Winemaking during the Prohibition era, a period when the consumption and sale of alcoholic beverages was illegal, suffered for two main reasons: the few winemakers in operation were forced to use thick-skinned grapes, sacrificing quality but better suited to long distance transport, and many winemakers emigrated, taking with them the knowledge of how to create wine.
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If∠CFD=85° , then what is the value of x?Note: Figure not drawn to scale
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If x and y are integers and xy $$\neq$$ 0, what is the value of$$x^{-2y} \over{y^{2x}}$$?(1) x + y = 0(2) xy = $$\frac{y}{x}$$
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Beginning in the 1970s, when oil prices soared due to a decrease in the global supply with foreign automakers flooding the market, the automotive industry in the United States suffered numerous setbacks from which, despite periodically resurging, it has never fully recovered.
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If the average (arithmetic mean) of x, y and 15 is 9, and the average of x, 2y and 2 is 7, then y =
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If $$x^{a - b} = 1$$, what is the value of x ?(1) $$a \neq b$$(2) x > 0
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According to Kepler's Second Law of Planetary Motion, as a planet moves through its elliptical orbit, it changes its orbital speed as its distance from the Sun changes: in particular, the closer the planet is to the Sun, then it is moving its orbit that much faster.
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If $$9^{2x+5} = 27^{3x-10}$$, then x =
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Of all the things that Washington could have done in conducting the American Revolution, nevertheless the war against the British would not have succeeded without French intervention.
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In the diagram above, A is the center of the circle, angle BAD = 90°, and the area of triangle ABD is $$24\sqrt{3}$$. Point C is the intersection
of segment BD with the circle. What is thearea of the circle? Statement #1: AB = 12Statement #2: AD = CD
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In a certain school, there are 160 boys and 240 girls. If 15 percent of the boys are left-handed and 25 percent of the girls are left-handed, what percent of the school’s entire student population is left-handed?
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