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Author Archive - JeffGRE Question of the Day (July 29)Math If x>0, which of the following is equal to 1.25 percent of x ? A \({\frac{{x}}{{80}}}\) B \({\frac{{x}}{{8}}}\) C \({\frac{{x}}{{4}}}\) D \({\frac{{5x}}{{8}}}\) E \({\frac{{3x}}{{4}}}\) Correct Answer - A - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation GRE Question of the Day (July 26)Math A student made a conjecture that for any integer n, the integer 4n+3 is a prime number. Which of the following values of n could be used to disprove the student’s conjecture?Indicate all such valuesA. 1B. 3C. 4D. 6E. 7 Correct Answer - B and... GRE Question of the Day (July 25)Verbal Philosophy, unlike most other subjects, does not try to extend our knowledge by discovering new information about the world. Instead it tries to deepen our understanding through (i)_________ what is already closest to us — the experiences, thoughts, concepts, and activities that make up our... GRE Question of the Day (July 24)Math w>1w>1 Quantity A Quantity B 7w - 4 2w + 5 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 - D - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question... GRE Question of the Day (July 23)Verbal Many critics of Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights see its second part as a counter-point that comments on, if it does not reverse, the first part, where a romantic reading receives more confirmation. Seeing the two parts as a whole is encouraged by the novel’s... GRE Question of the Day (July 22)Math Eight points are equally spaced on a circle. If 4 of the 8 points are to be chosen at random, what is the probability that a quadrilateral having the 4 points chosen as vertices will be a square? A \({\frac{{1}}{{70}}}\) B \({\frac{{1}}{{35}}}\) C \({\frac{{1}}{{7}}}\) D \({\frac{{1}}{{4}}}\) E \({\frac{{1}}{{2}}}\) Correct Answer... GRE Question of the Day (July 19)Math Line k lies in the xy-plane. The x-intercept of line k is -4, and line k passes through the midpoint of the line segment whose endpoints are and (2, 9), and (2, 0). What is the slope of line k ? Give your answer as... GRE Question of the Day (July 18)Verbal o other contemporary poet’s work has such a well-earned reputation for (i)_________, and there are few whose moral vision is so imperiously unsparing.Of late, however, the almost belligerent demands of his severe and densely forbidding poetry have taken an improbable turn. This new collection is... GRE Question of the Day (July 17)Math Quantity A Quantity B x2+1x2+1 2x−12x−1 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 - A - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation GRE Question of the Day (July 16)Verbal For hot desert locations with access to seawater, a new greenhouse design generates freshwater and cool air. Oriented to the prevailing wind, the front wall of perforated cardboard, moistened and cooled by a trickle of seawater pumped in, cools and moistens hot air blowing in.... |