Math What is the area of triangle ABC shown above? A. 18 B. 20 C.  D.  E. 36 Correct Answer - D - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation GRE Question of the Day - Click to Subscribe via email

Verbal The massive influx of women cyclists—making up at least a third of the total market— was perhaps the most striking and profound social consequence of the mid-1890s cycling boom. Although the new, improved bicycle had appealed immediately to a few privileged women, its impact would...

Math Quantity A Quantity B Sum of first 7 positive integers 7 times the median of first 7 positive integers A)The quantity in Column A is greater. B)The quantity in Column 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...

Verbal What causes a helix in nature to appear with either a dextral (right-handed, or clockwise) twist or a sinistral (left-handed, or counterclockwise) twist is one of the most intriguing puzzles in the science of form. Most spiral-shaped snail species are predominantly dextral. But at one...

Math A construction company will produce identical metal supports in the shape of a right triangle with legs of length 3 feet and 4 feet. The three sides of each triangular support are to be constructed of metal stripping. If the company has a total of...

Math AGE DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYEES OF A BUSINESS Age Interval Number of Employees 15-24 17 25-34 24 35-44 26 45-54 21 55-64 18   Quantity A Quantity B The range of ages 20 oldest employees of the business 11 A)The quantity in Column A is greater. B)The quantity in Column B is greater. C)The two quantities are equal. D)The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. Correct...

Verbal Supernovas in the Milky Way are the likeliest source for most of the cosmic rays reaching Earth. However, calculations show that supernovas cannot produce ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs), which have energies exceeding 1018 electron volts. It would seem sensible to seek the source of these...

Math   The average (arithmetic mean) of 4 donations to a charity was $80. Two of the 4 donations were $90 and $60. Quantity A Quantity B The average of the other 2 donations $80 A)The quantity in Column A is greater. B)The quantity in Column B is greater. C)The two quantities are equal. D)The...

Verbal At night, schools of prey and predators are almost always spectacularly illuminated by the bioluminescence produced by the microscopic and larger plankton. The reason for the ubiquitous production of light by the microorganisms of the sea remains obscure and suggested explanations are controversial. It has...

Math The stiffness of a diving board is proportional to the cube of its thickness and inversely proportional to the cube of its length. If diving board A is twice as long as diving board B and has 8 times the stiffness of diving board B,...