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Author Archive - JeffGRE Question of the Day (February 23rd)Verbal Many find it strange that her writing is thought to be tortuous; her recent essays, although longer than most of her earlier essays are extremely (i) ____________ . Blank (i) (A) painstaking (B) tedious (C) insightful (D) sophisticated (E) clear Correct Answer - E - (click and drag your mouse to see... GRE Question of the Day (February 22nd)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... GRE Question of the Day (February 19th)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... GRE Question of the Day (February 18th)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... GRE Question of the Day (February 17th)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 GRE Question of the Day (February 16th)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.... GRE Question of the Day (February 15th)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... GRE Question of the Day (February 12th)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... GRE Question of the Day (February 11th)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 GRE Question of the Day (February 10th)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 |