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According to the passage, a foreman in a United States auto company differed from a foreman in a Japanese auto company in that the foreman in the United States would
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If two of the four expressions x + y, x + 5y, x - y, and 5x - y are chosen at random, what is the probability that their product will be of the form of $$x^2 - (by)^2$$, where b is an integer?
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Is the hundredths digit of the decimal d greater than 5 ?(1) The tenths digit of 10d is 7.(2) The thousandths digit of $$\frac{d}{10}$$ is 7.
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Since 1990 the global economy has grown more than it did during the 10,000 years from the beginning of agriculture to 1950.
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Start-up companies financed by venture capitalists have a much lower failure rate than companies financed by other means. Source of financing, therefore, must be a more important causative factor in the success of a start-up company than are such factors as the personal characteristics of the entrepreneur, the quality of strategic planning, or the management structure of the company.Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?
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The author of the passage mentions the "OH! NO!" system primarily in order to
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What is the value of 2x + 2y ? (1) 3x + 5y = 60 (2) 5x + 3y = 68
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If $$(7^\frac{3}{4})^n=7$$, what is the value of n ?
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With no natural predators and expanses of green suburban neighborhoods that allow no hunting, wildlife officials estimate the New Jersey deer population to have grown to exceed 175,000.
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When people evade income taxes by not declaring taxable income, a vicious cycle results. Tax evasion forces lawmakers to raise income tax rates, which causes the tax burden on nonevading taxpayers to become heavier. This, in turn, encourages even more taxpayers to evade income taxes by hiding taxable income.The vicious cycle described above could not result unless which of the following were true?
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Whenever Martin has a restaurant bill with an amount between $10 and $99, he calculates the dollar amount of the tip as 2 times the tens digit of the amount of his bill. If the amount of Martin's most recent restaurant bill was between $10 and $99, was the tip calculated by Martin on this bill greater than 15 percent of the amount of the bill?(1)The amount of the bill was between $15 and $50.(2)The tip calculated by Martin was $8.
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It can be inferred that the author of the passage sees which of the following as the primary advantage to companies in implementing the "OH! NO!" system?
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Which of the following is equal to the average (arithmetic mean) of $$(x + 2)^2$$ and $$(x - 2)^2$$ ?
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Studies that have compared the different types of insects in coffee plantations and tropical forests have reported either finding a similar or a greater variety in plantations.
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Because postage rates are rising, Home Decorator magazine plans to maximize its profits by reducing by one-half the number of issues it publishes each year.The quality of articles, the number of articles published per year, and the subscription price will not change.Market research shows that neither subscribers nor advertisers will be lost if the magazine's plan is instituted.Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest evidence that the magazine's profits are likely to decline if the plan is instituted?
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Which of the following best expresses the central idea of the passage?
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For Manufacturer M, the cost C of producing x units of its product per month is given by C = kx + t, where C is in dollars and k and t are constants. Last month, if Manufacturer M produced 1,000 units of its product and sold all the units for k + 60 dollars each, what was Manufacturer M's gross profit on the 1,000 units? (1) Last month, Manufacturer M's revenue from the sale of the 1,000 units was $150,000. (2) Manufacturer M's cost of producing 500 units in a month is $45,000 less than its cost of producing 1,000 units in a month.
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If x < 0, then $$\sqrt{(-x|x|)}$$ is
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The two oil companies agreed to merge their refining and marketing operations in the Midwest and the West, forming a new company for controlling nearly fifteen percent of the nation's gasoline sales.
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When three Everett-owned Lightning-built airplanes crashed in the same month, the Everett company ordered three new Lightning-built airplanes as replacements. This decision surprised many in the airline industry because, ordinarily when a product is involved in accidents, users become reluctant to buy that product.Which of the following, if true, provides the best indication that the Everett company's decision was logically well supported?
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