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Author Archive - JeffGRE Question of the Day (February 7th)Math Quantity A Quantity B The perimeter of ∆ABC The circumference of the circle 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 - B - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question... GRE Question of the Day (February 4th)Math A two digit number and a three digit number is formed using digits: 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9. The digits are used only once in each of the number and the sum of these two numbers is 555. How many different combinations are possible?A.... GRE Question of the Day (February 2nd)Math \({a_1,a_2,a_3.... a_n,......}\)In the sequence above, each term after the first is equal to the average of the preceding term and the following term. Quantity A Quantity B \({a_{10} - a_8}\) \({a_5-a_3 }\) 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... GRE Question of the Day (January 31st)Math If a and b are nonzero integers, which of the following must be negative? A. \({(-a)^{-2b}}\) B. \({(-a)^{-3b}}\) C. \({-(a^{-2b})}\) D. \({-(a^{-3b})}\) E. None of these Correct Answer - C - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation GRE Question of the Day (January 28th)Math Machine X and machine Y are the only two machines used to fill bottles of Zap Cola for a certain shipment. X fills each bottle in the shipment with 584 milliliters of cola. Y fills each bottle in a shipment with 594 milliliters of cola.... GRE Question of the Day (January 27th)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 have... GRE Question of the Day (January 26th)Math A certain investment grows at an annual interest rate of 8%, compounded quarterly. Which of the following equations can be solved to find the number of years, x, that it would take for the investment to increase by a factor of 16?A. 16 = 1.02^(x/4)B.... GRE Question of the Day (January 25th)Verbal (i) ___________ is unlikely to gain a reputation for reliability; Garth's poorly disguised excuses, however, were improbably interpreted by his (ii)_________ , hypochondriac employer as a sign of great foresight and (iii)_________. Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii) (A) An embezzler (D) casuistic (G) insipidity (B) A malingerer (E) imposing (H) sagacity (C) A pilferer (F)... GRE Question of the Day (January 24th)Math A certain company has 200 employees, all of whom are either programmers or marketers. Among these, 20% of the programmers own pets, and 23% of the marketers own pets. Quantity A Quantity B the total number of employees who own pets 43 A) Quantity A is greater.B) Quandetermined fromr.C) The... GRE Question of the Day (January 21st)Math If an integer n is to be chosen at random from the integers 1 to 96, inclusive, what is the probability that n(n + 1)(n + 2) will be divisible by 8?A. 1/4B. 3/8C. 1/2D. 5/8E. 3/4 Correct Answer - D - (click and drag your... |