Math Jaya can flip 40 pancakes per minute, whereas Sally works at half Jaya's rate. How many minutes will it take the two of them to flip 150 pancakes, if Sally flips the first 30 by herself and is then joined by jaya for the remainder? enter...

Verbal Matisse and Picasso; Picasso and Matisse. Throughout the twentieth century, this pairing has been touted as the quintessential artistic rivalry. In Matisse and Picasso, Yve-Alain Bois follows Hubert Damisch in proposing that the interaction between Picasso and Matisse should be seen as a dynamic game...

Math Frank is organizing a charity event in an effort to raise money to build a neigh­borhood park. The park will cost $1,200 to build. Each person attending the event will donate $300, less $20 for each person who attends the event. Thus, for example, if...

Verbal The evolution of intelligence among early large mammals of the grasslands was due in great measure to the interaction between two ecologically synchronized groups of these animals, the hunting carnivores and the herbivores that they hunted. The interaction resulting from the differences between predator and...

Math A steel bar 135 inches long will be cut into a number of 5-inch and 7-inch seg­ments, with no part of the original steel bar left over. Quantity A Quantity B The minimum possible number of 5-inch pieces 5 A) Quantity A is greater. B) Quantity B is greater. C) The two...

Math A drawer contains 6 brown socks and 4 black socks. What is the probability that the first two socks pulled from the drawer will be of the same color? A. 1313 B. 715715 C. 1212 D. 815815 E. 23 Correct Answer - B - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation  

Verbal The music of the late ’70s is often described as _________ , despite the notable exception of a few innovators in the budding punk and hip-hop scenes. A. derivative B. trite C. inspired D. visionary E. enigmatic F. cerebral Correct Answer - A, B - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion...

Math It takes h minutes to fill a hot tub with a hot water hose and c minutes to fill it with a cold water hose, where c is smaller than h. Quantity A Quantity B h2c+hh2c+h The number of minutes required to fill the hot tub using the hot water...

Verbal It is quite dangerous to _________ unnecessarily through the city these days, when explosions shake the buildings to their foundations without letup; it is best to conduct only essential errands, and to do so with haste. Blank (i) (A) bop (B) traipse (C) circumambulate (D) sidle (E) reconnoiter Correct Answer - B - (click and...

Math Jake rides his bike for the first 2323 of the distance from home to school, traveling at 10 miles per hour. He then walks the remaining 1313 of the distance at 3 miles per hour. If his total trip takes 40 minutes, how many miles is it from Jake's...