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Author Archive - JeffGRE Question of the Day (December 14)Math Jennifer has 40% more stamps than Peter. However, if she gives 45 of her stamps to Peter, then Peter will have 10 % more stamps than Jennifer. How many stamps did Jennifer begin with? (A) 140 (B) 175 (C) 200 (D) 220 (E) 245 Correct Answer - E - (click and drag your mouse... GRE Question of the Day (December 13)Verbal The consumption of tobacco in the country has fallen drastically in the past one year. During the same period of time, the government has been running a sustained advertising campaign to educate citizens about the ill effects of chewing tobacco. Thus, the government’s advertising campaign... GRE Question of the Day (December 12)Math Attachment: triangle.jpg [ 17.41 KiB | Viewed 1759 times ] BD is parallel to AE. Quantity A Quantity B xz wy A) Quantity A is greater. B) Quantity B is greater. C) The two quantities are equal. D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. Correct Answer - C - (click and drag your mouse to see... GRE Question of the Day (December 11)Verbal The citizens met with their senator to express (i) _________, arguing that if tax rates (ii) ______ any further, taxes would become (iii) _________, allowing hard-working individuals to keep little of their well-earned income. Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii) (A) euphoria (D) economized (G) congruent (B) composure (E) escalated (H) confiscatory (C) apprehension (F) elaborated (I)... GRE Question of the Day (December 10)Math Attachment: half_circle.jpg [ 20.18 KiB | Viewed 1435 times ] Triangle ABC is inscribed in a semicircle centered at D. What is the area of triangle ABC ? A. 123√123 B. 63√63 C. 12 D. 123√123 E. 183√ Correct Answer - B - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation GRE Question of the Day (December 7)Math U.S. Aircraft, Vehicles, and Other Conveyances: 2000 Private Highway Vehicles: 2000 Public Transit Vehicles: 2000 Approximately what was the ratio of trucks to passenger cars? (A) 1 to 20 (B) 1 to 18 (C) 1 to 17 (D) 1 to 15 (E) 1 to 12 Correct Answer - D - (click and drag your mouse to see... GRE Question of the Day (December 6)Verbal The past decade has seen a statistically significant uptick in reports of the bacterial strains known as “super-bugs,” so called not because of enhanced virulence, but because of their resistance to many antimicrobial agents. In particular, researchers have become alarmed about NDM-1 (New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase),... GRE Question of the Day (December 5)Math In the figure above, what is x? enter your value Question Discussion & Explanation Correct Answer - 100 - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) GRE Question of the Day (December 4)Verbal One way in which companies can increase their productivity is by making use of telecommuting. Many office workers waste a lot of time in their cars or other modes of road transport every morning trying to reach office, and a lot of them spend their... GRE Question of the Day (December 3)Math In the figure above, ABCD is a square with sides equal to 1, AFC is an arc of a circle centered at B, and AEC is an arc of a circle centered at D. What is the area of rhombus AECF? A. 2 - 2√2 B. 2√2 - 1 C. 2√(2−2√)2(2−2) D. 2√2 E. 1... |