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In the country of Veltria, the past two years` broad economic recession has included a business downturn in the clothing trade, where sales are down by about 7 percent as compared to two years ago. Clothing wholesalers have found, however, that the proportion of credit extended to retailers that was paid off on time fell sharply in the first year of the recession but returned to its prerecession level in the second year.Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain the change between the first and the second year of the recession in the proportion of credit not paid off on time?
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A store reported total sales of $385 million for February of this year. If the total sales for the same month last year was $320 million, approximately what was the percent increase in sales?
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Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil than they were last year.
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List I: 3, 6, 8, 19List II: x, 3, 6, 8, 19If the median of the numbers in list I above is equal to the median of the numbers in list II above, what is the value of x ?
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Which of the following characteristics of a country is most clearly an example of a factor that Duverger, as described in the passage, failed to consider in his study?
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Commentator: The theory of trade retaliation states that countries closed out of any of another country`s markets should close some of their own markets to the other country in order to pressure the other country to reopen its markets. If every country acted according to this theory, no country would trade with any other.The commentator`s argument relies on which of the following assumptions?
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On the number line above, p, q, r, s, and t are five consecutive even integers in increasing order. What is the average (arithmetic mean) of these five integers?(1)q + s = 24(2)The average (arithmetic mean) of q and r is 11.
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The recent surge in the number of airplane flights has clogged the nation's air-traffic control system, to lead to 55 percent more delays at airports, and prompts fears among some officials that safety is being compromised.
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If line k in the xy-plane has equation y = mx + b, where m and b are constants, what is the slope of k ?(1)k is parallel to the line with equation y = (1 - m)x + b + 1.(2)k intersects the line with equation y = 2x + 3 at the point (2,7).
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In a certain city, 60 percent of the registered voters are Democrats and the rest are Republicans. In a mayoral race, if 75 percent of the registered voters who are Democrats and 20 percent of the registered voters who are Republicans are expected to vote for Candidate A, what percent of the registered voters are expected to vote for Candidate A ?
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The author implies that Duverger`s actual findings are
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Studies in restaurants show that the tips left by customers who pay their bill in cash tend to be larger when the bill is presented on a tray that bears a credit card logo. Consumer psychologists hypothesize that simply seeing a credit-card logo makes many creditcard holders willing to spend more because it reminds them that their spending power exceeds the cash they have immediately available.Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the psychologists` interpretation of the studies?
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$$\frac {1}{2}+[(\frac{2}{3}\times\frac{3}{8})\div{4}]-\frac{9}{16}$$
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The passage implies that, in comparing four European countries, Duverger found that the voting rates of women and men were most different in the country in which women
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Is rst = 1 ?(1)rs= 1(2)st= 1
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Although parapsychology is often considered a pseudoscience, it is in fact a genuine scientific enterprise, for it uses scientific methods such as controlled experiments and statistical tests of clearly stated hypotheses to examine the questions it raises.The conclusion above is properly drawn if which of the following is assumed?
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The peaks of a mountain range, acting like rocks in a streambed, produce ripples in the air flowing over them; the resulting flow pattern, with crests and troughs that remain stationary although the air that forms them is moving rapidly, are known as "standing waves".
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One of the primary distinctions between our intelligence with that of other primates may lay not so much in any specific skill but in our ability to extend knowledge gained in one context to new and different ones.
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Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, and the approximate ratio, by mass, of hydrogen to oxygen is 2:16. Approximately how many grams of oxygen are there in 144 grams of water?
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The author implies that some behavioralist research involving the multinational study of women`s political participation that followed Duverger`s study did which of the following?
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