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The passage suggests that the factor mentioned in highlight text complicates professors` attempts to construct introductory reading lists for courses in Asian American studies in which of the following ways?
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Trancorp currently transports all its goods to Burland Island by truck. The only bridge over the channel separating Burland from the mainland is congested, and trucks typically spend hours in traffic. Trains can reach the channel more quickly than trucks, and freight cars can be transported to Burland by barges that typically cross the channel in an hour. Therefore, to reduce shipping time, Trancorp plans to switch to trains and barges to transport goods to Burland.Which of the following would be most important to know in determining whether Trancorp's plan, if implemented, is likely to achieve its goal?
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Quasars, at billions of light-years from Earth the most distant observable objects in the universe, believed to be the cores of galaxies in an early stage of development.
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If r is a constant and $${a}_{n}$$ = rn for all positive integers n, for how many values of n is $${a}_{n} < 100$$ ?(1)$${a}_{50} = 500$$(2)$${a}_{100}+{a}_{105} = 2,050$$
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The passage implies that which of the following was true of introductory courses in Asian American studies a few decades ago?
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$${1}-(\frac{1}{2}-\frac{2}{3})=$$
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Some anthropologists study modern-day societies of foragers in an effort to learn about our ancient ancestors who were also foragers. A flaw in this strategy is that forager societies are extremely varied. Indeed, any forager society with which anthropologists are familiar has had considerable contact with modern, non-forager societies.Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the criticism made above of the anthropologists` strategy?
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In ancient Thailand, much of the local artisans' creative energy was expended for the creation of Buddha images and when they constructed and decorated the temples that enshrined them.
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If r is represented by the decimal 0.t5, what is the digit t?(1)$$r<\frac{1}{3}$$(2)$$r<\frac{1}{10}$$
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According to the passage, the existence of good one volume reference works about Asian Americans could result in
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$$\frac{0.3^5}{0.3^3}=$$
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Contrary to earlier predictions, demand for sugarcane has not increased in recent years. Yet, even though prices and production amounts have also been stable during the last three years, sugarcane growers last year increased their profits by more than 10 percent over the previous year`s level.Any of the following statements, if true about last year, helps to explain the rise in profits EXCEPT:
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If the two floors in a certain building are 9 feet apart, how many steps are there in a set of stairs that extends from the first floor to the second floor of the building?(1)Each step is $$\frac3 4$$ foot high.(2)Each step is 1 foot wide.
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Five fledgling sea eagles left their nests in western Scotland this summer, bringing to 34 the number of wild birds successfully raised since transplants from Norway began in 1975.
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In a horticultural experiment, 200 seeds were planted in plot I and 300 were planted in plot II. If 57 percent of the seeds in plot I germinated and 42 percent of the seeds in plot II germinated, what percent of the total number of planted seeds germinated?
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The passage suggests that combing and carding differ from weaving in that combing and carding were
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Which of the following most logically completes the argument below?Davison River farmers are currently deciding between planting winter wheat this fall or spring wheat next spring. Winter wheat and spring wheat are usually about equally profitable. Because of new government restrictions on the use of Davison River water for irrigation, per acre yields for winter wheat, though not for spring wheat, would be much lower than average. Therefore, planting spring wheat will be more profitable than planting winter wheat, since_____.
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In 1713, Alexander Pope began his translation of the Iliad, a work that, taking him seven years until completion, and that literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope's contemporary, pronounced the greatest translation in any language.
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In June 1989, what was the ratio of the number of sales transactions made by Salesperson X to the number of sales transactions made by Salesperson Y?(1) In June 1989, Salesperson X made 50 percent more sales transactions than Salesperson Y did in May 1989.(2) In June 1989, Salesperson Y made 25 percent more sales transactions than in May 1989.
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Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the explanation provided by the human capital theory for women`s concentration in certain occupations in seventeenth-century Florence?
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