Verbal Each year, fires in the United States cause $ 12 billion in property losses, insurance costs, fire-fighting expenses, and loss of worker productivity. These fire losses are seven times those in Japan on a per capita basis.Which of the following, if true, would be LEAST...

Math If the total amount of faculty salaries in 1980 was paid from tuition income, approximately how much of each student's tuition was used to pay faculty salaries?(A) $160(B) $1,100(C) $1,250(D) $2,600(E) $3,700   Correct Answer - D - (click and drag your mouse to see the...

Math \({a^3b^4c^7>0}\) Which of the following statements must be true? Indicate [u]all[/u] such statements. A. \({ab}\) is negative B. \({abc}\) is positive C. \({ac}\) is positive   Correct Answer - C - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation

Verbal In Anglo Saxon times, the monastic scribes made (i) ________ distinction between Latin texts and texts in the vernacular by assigning the former an Anglo-Caroline script and reserving the pointed insular script for texts in Old English. Two Answers a nice a subtle a pointless an obvious an unconventional a judgmental   Correct Answer...

Math \({6x + 2 = 4}\) \({3y + 1 = 2}\) Quantity A Quantity B x y 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...

Verbal Since the Hawaiian Islands have never been connected to other land masses, the great variety of plants in Hawaii must be a result of the long-distance dispersal of seeds, a process that requires both a method of transport and an equivalence between the ecology of...

Math If a certain company purchased its computer terminals for a total of $540,400 and each of the terminals was purchased for $350, how many terminals did the company purchase?(A) 1,624(B) 1,544(C) 1,434(D) 1,384(E) 1,264   Correct Answer - B - (click and drag your mouse to...

Math Andy earns $5 per hour.Susan earns $6 per hour. Quantity A Quantity B The amount Andy earns in \({6 \frac{{1}}{{2}}}\) hours The amount Susan earns in \({5 \frac{{1}}{{2}}}\) hours 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...

Verbal During the day in Lake Constance, the zooplankton D. hyaline departs for the depths where food is scarce and the water cold. D. galeata remains near the warm surface where food is abundant. Even though D. galeata grows and reproduces much faster, its population is...

Math Each employee of a certain company is in either Department X or Department Y, and there are more than twice as many employees in Department X as in Department Y. The average (arithmetic mean) salary is $25,000 for the employees in Department X and...