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<p>The author of the passage mentions which of the following as one disadvantage of the "more practical" definition of innovation, as mentioned in the highlighted text?p>
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<p>A survey of private schools shows that there are now one teacher for every eight students, twice as many than there were five years ago.p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">Even though Japan’s gross domestic product hardly increased over the past decade, prudent fiscal policies have allowed the country to keep unemployment rates stable.p>
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<p>At a large company, the probabilities of success of three distinct new product launches are independently , , and , respectively. What is the probability that exactly two of the launches succeed?p>
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<p>The author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about using ice cores as paleo-proxies?p>
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<p>According to the passage, which of the following contributed to Marshall McLuhan's success?p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">After the devastating earthquake of 1999, the government of Menolia continued rehabilitation efforts on behalf of affected victims, providing food and water supplies, helping rebuild damaged buildings, and the establishment of a charity fund for the citizens' future welfare.p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">If efforts to decrease the cost of tuition for higher education are successful, much more students will enter college in the next decade than entered during the 1970s and 1980s, a period during which college enrollments reached an all-time high.p>
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<p>Like the 7th century poets who exalted the virtues of their rulers, so press officers of the 21st century try to glorify the deeds of today’s political leaders.p>
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<p>If  ,  , and  are positive integers such that is a factor of , and is a multiple of , which of the following is NOT necessarily an integer?p>
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<p>Professor: in one method of international conflict resolution, a nation that perceives itself to have been wronged by another nation should demand that conditions be met by the wrongdoing nation before negotiations between both parties can begin. If all countries behaved according to this method, countries in conflict would never succeed in beginning negotiations.p>
<p>The professor's argument relies on which of the following assumptions?p>
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<p>If  and  , which of the following must be true?p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">August is typically the weakest month for purchases of heavy jackets, but purchases this August, even when compared with purchases in past Augusts, constituted an exceptionally low percentage of all garment purchases.p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">In 1790, Edmund Burke published Reflections on the Revolution in France, criticizing in a pamphlet that the French people have abstract and impractical impulses concerning the revolution.p>
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<p>Which of the following most logically completes the passage?p>
<p>Lumber companies produce about the same amount of wood every year and charge a premium for their product when construction is in its peak season, but they have to charge less during periods when the construction industry is experiencing a lull. Thus, in periods when little new construction is happening, companies keep a portion of their product in factory warehouses, hoping to sell for a better price at a later point. The rate of construction this year was the highest in a decade. Nevertheless, it is possible that a part of the most recent production run will be warehoused, because _______.p>
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<p>A proposed rule requires the installation of guardrails on all traffic bridges in the state of Willericka. However, an engineer argued that because traffic accidents on bridges account for only 2 percent of all traffic accidents in Willericka, guardrails would do little to reduce the number of traffic injuries.p>
<p>Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the engineer’s argument?p>
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<p>Which of the following most logically completes the argument below?p>
<p>Traditional treatments that fight cancer through the application of radiation and destructive chemicals pose a significant problem: how to destroy the cancer without losing the patient. For some individuals, enhanced genetic screening methods may reveal predisposition to the disease. Preventative treatment loses effectiveness upon the appearance of cancer cells. Therefore, genetic screenings will be especially effective for patients who _______.p>
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<p>Which of the following would serve as the best example of the mortgages created by the new regulations described in ?p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">The varieties of semi-precious gemstones considered chalcedony are composed of silica and feature fine intergrowths of quartz and moganite, which themselves consist of silica and are distinguished only by their crystal structures.p>
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<p>The passage suggests that many Latin Americans looked on European and North American revolutions in which of the following ways?p>
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