Math To cover the floor of an entry hall, a 1′ * 12′ strip of carpet is cut into two pieces, shown as the shaded strips in the figure above, and each piece is connected to a third carpet piece as shown. If the 1′ strips...

Math Town A has a population of 160,000 and is growing at a rate of 20% annually. Town B has a population of 80,000 and is growing at a rate of 50% annually. Quantity A Quantity B The number of years until town B’s population is greater than that...

Verbal All languages that have exactly six basic color terms describe the same six colors—black, white, red, green, blue, and yellow—corresponding to the primary neural responses revealed in studies of human color perception. In addition, all languages that have only three basic color terms distinguish among...

Math   Trapezoid OPQR has one vertex at the origin. What is the area of OPQR ?A. \({\frac{{a^2}}{{4}}}\)B. \({\frac{{a^2}}{{2}}}\)C. \({\frac{{3a^2}}{{4}}}\)D. \({\frac{{3a^2}}{{2}}}\)E. \({2a^2}\)   Correct Answer - C  - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation

Verbal The very title of Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour trilogy suggests a robust and (i) _________tale, and the bare outline seems to fit, as the protagonist Guy Crouchback serves as a commando, trains as a paratrooper, and is dispatched to Yugoslavia to aid the partisans....

Math Square \({FGHJ}\) has sides of length x. Region \({FGJ}\) is a sector of the circle with center \({F}\). Quantity A Quantity B The area of the shaded region \({\frac{{x^2}}{{4}}}\) A. The quantity in Column A is greaterB. The quantity in Column B is greaterC. The two quantities are equalD. The...

Math If p and q are both positive integers such that \({\frac{{p}}{{9}} + \frac{{q}}{{10}}}\) is also an integer, then which one of the following numbers could p equal?(A) 3(B) 4(C) 9(D) 11(E) 19 Correct Answer - C  - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question...

Verbal Perhaps because his military training discouraged indirection, the National Incident Commander sought a __________ and open conversation with the Governor.❑ plain❑ profane❑ frank❑ brusque❑ pert❑ boisterous Correct Answer - A &C  - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation

Math If \({\frac{{b}}{{a+b}} = \frac{{7}}{{12}}}\), then what does \({\frac{{a}}{{b}}}\) equal ?A. \({\frac{{7}}{{19}}}\)B. \({\frac{{5}}{{12}}}\)C. \({\frac{{5}}{{7}}}\)D. \({\frac{{7}}{{5}}}\)E. \({\frac{{19}}{{12}}}\)   Correct Answer - C  - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation

Verbal That (i) _________ rhetoric is so easily (ii) _________ the language of patriotism is perhaps one of the greatest dangers of relying too heavily on the latter to bolster public morale. Blank (i) Blank (ii) (A) pacifist (D) phased in (B) obsequious (E) couched in (C) bellicose (F) implied by   Correct Answer - C...