Math On the xy-coordinate plane, what is the area of a triangle with vertices at (-4, -3), (5, -3), and (-2, -7) ?(A) 4(B) 9(C) 12(D) 18(E) 36 Correct Answer - D  - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation

Verbal In the year 2000, olive oils made up just 40% of the liquid oils market, with standard oils taking 52% and speciality oils accounting for the remainder. But now, fueled by health concerns and a general move towards premium products, the tables have turned. Today,...

Math If \({(x + 2)^2 = 9}\) and \({(y + 3)^2 = 25}\), then what is the maximum value of \({\frac{{x}}{{y}}}\)?(A) 1/8(B) 1/2(C) 5/8(D) 5/2(E) 10/3   Correct Answer - C  - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation

Math Quantity A Quantity B [4+5√][4−5√][4+5][4−5] [−5√−4][5√−4][−5−4][5−4] 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 mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation

Verbal Able to coax a palpable sense of menace from the bucolic backwaters of her native Missouri, Micheaux adroitly shows us, in her latest book, that a surface of idyllic charm can (i) ______ a roiling underbelly of intrigue, corruption, and murder. Blank (i) (A) subsume (B) belie (C) counteracte (D)...

Math The table shows the number of pages in each of 5 textbooks. What is the greatest possible value of x for which the average (arithmetic mean) number of pages of the 5 textbooks is equal to the median number of pages of the 5 textbooks?enter...

Verbal In Europe, football, otherwise known as soccer, it the most popular sport by several orders of magnitude, whereas in America, fandom is fairly evenly __________ among a few different sports. Blank (i) (A) regarded (B) inspired (C) enjoyed (D) measured (E) apportioned   Correct Answer - E  - (click and drag your mouse...

Math The integer \({v}\) is greater than 1. If v is the square of an integer, which of the following numbers must also be the square of an integer?Indicate all such numbers.A) \({81v}\)B) \({25v + 10 [square_root]v[/square_root] + 1}\) C) \({4v^2 + 4 [square_root]v[/square_root] + 1}\)   Correct Answer...

Math In the xy-plane, line k is a line that does \({not}\) pass through the origin. Which of the following statements \({individually}\) provide(s) sufficient additional information to determine whether the slope of line k is negative?Indicate all such statements.A. The x-intercept of line k is twice the y-intercept of...

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...