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Author Archive - JeffGRE Question of the Day (July 21st)Math Each of 100 balls has an integer value from 1 to 8, inclusive, painted on the surface. The number \({Nx}\) of balls representing integer x is defined by the formula \({Nx = 18 –(x – 4)^2}\).What is the interquartile range of the 100 integers?(A) 1.5(B) 2.0(C)... GRE Question of the Day (July 20th)Verbal The _______ group in the adjoining room made it difficult for students taking the mid-term examination to concentrate. Blank (i) (A) obstreperous (B) quiescent (C) rapacious (D) enervated (E) antagonistic Correct Answer - A - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation GRE Question of the Day (July 19th)Math The two lines are tangent to the circle. If \({AC = 10}\) and \({AB = 10 [square_root]3[/square_root]}\), what is the area of the circle?A) \({100 \pi}\)B) \({150 \pi}\)C) \({200 \pi}\)D) \({250 \pi}\)E) \({300 \pi}\) Correct Answer - E - (click and drag your mouse to see the... GRE Question of the Day (July 16th)Math \({\frac{{l}}{{m+n}}=\frac{{m}}{{n+l}}=\frac{{n}}{{l+m}}=k}\) , where k is a real number Quantity A Quantity B k \({\frac{{1}}{{3}}}\) 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 - A - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion... GRE Question of the Day (July 15th)Verbal It is a popular misconception that nuclear fusion power is free of radioactivity; in fact, the deuterium-tritium reaction that nuclear scientists are currently exploring with such zeal produces both alpha particles and neutrons. (The neutrons are used to produce tritium from a lithium blanket surrounding... GRE Question of the Day (July 14th)Math Each of the numbers x, y, w, and z (not necessarily distinct) can have any of the values 2, 3, 9, or 14. Quantity A Quantity B \({\frac{{x}}{{y}}}\) \({wz}\) 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... GRE Question of the Day (July 13th)Verbal Far from viewing Jefferson as a skeptical but enlightened intellectual, historians of the 1960s have portrayed him as (i) ___________ thinker, eager to fill the young with his political orthodoxy while censoring ideas he did not like. Blank (i) an adventurous a doctrinaire an eclectic a judicious a cynical Correct Answer -... GRE Question of the Day (July 12th)Math A bus from city M is traveling to city N at a constant speed while another bus is making the same journey in the opposite direction at the same constant speed. They meet in point P after driving for two hours. The following day the... GRE Question of the Day (July 9th)Math x is an even integer. Quantity A Quantity B The number of distinctprime factors of 4x The number of distinctprime factors of x 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... GRE Question of the Day (July 8th)Verbal Instead of relying on general tax revenue, as it now does, the government should rely more heavily on passenger fares to finance public bus and train service. In order for public transportation to be maintained without cutting service, users should pay all the operating costs... |