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<p>Which of the following best describes the function of the last sentence of the passage?p>
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<p>Which of the following most logically completes the argument?p>
<p>Nitrogen, an essential nutrient that all plants use to make protein, occurs naturally in the soil and can be supplemented with fertilizer. Even though the corn and tomato plants in Sunshine Farm received the same amount of nitrogen fertilizer, the tomato plants did not produce fruit, while the corn plants thrived. This fact, however, does not mean that the tomato plants’ soil was deficient, because _______.p>
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Information presented in the passage suggests that, compared with seismic activity at the epicenter of a shallow event, seismic activity at the epicenter of a deep event is characterized by
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<p>The circle with center C shown above is tangent to both axes and has an area of A. What is the distance from O to C, in terms of A?p>
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<p>Which of the following best describes the purpose of the second paragraph of the passage?p>
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<p>The passage mentions which of the following as a possible consequence of companies' outsourcing of production factories?p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">The primary purpose of the passage is top>
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<p>In the 1990s, Australian vineyards, innovators in marketing and in product development, stormed the market with wines both accessible to the palate and psychology of young wine drinkers, and they did so without sacrificing the country's reputation to create vintages of high quality.p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">Research conducted by the University of California has discovered that about 1 in 8 women develop depression at some point in their lives and that women are doubly likely to struggle with chronic depression as men are.p>
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<p>If  and  are two consecutive even integers such that  and  , then which of the following describes the range of possible values for ?p>
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<p>Which of the following most logically completes the argument?p>
<p>Loans extended from banks to individuals can allow individuals to take well-measured financial risks or pay off existing debts that carry higher interest rates. However, more aggressive banks extend freely to individuals loans that are too large for those individuals to foreseeably pay back, causing other problems. Therefore, the creation of a new department to monitor and restrict banks would benefit public well-being, since _______________.p>
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<p>The rate of smoking, globally, is higher now than ever before. In fact, 20% more people smoke today than did 20 years ago. In the nation of Ebano, 20% of people smoke; in Paisi, 25%. And in the last twenty years, the number of people who smoke increased by 13% in Kitton and 27% in Kappa.p>
<p>Which of the following conclusions can most properly be drawn from the information above?p>
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<p>For similar homes and comparable residents, home insurance for theft has always cost more in Andover than in Wrightsville. Police studies, however, show that homes owned by Andover residents are, on average, slightly less likely to be robbed than homes in Wrightsville. Clearly, therefore, insurance companies are making a greater profit on home theft insurance in Andover than in Wrightsville.p>
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<p>Trail mix R contains 10% nuts, trail mix S contains 20% nuts, and trail mix T contains 18% nuts. If  grams of trail mix R,  grams of trail mix S, and  grams of trail mix T are combined to give  grams of trail mix that contain 15% nuts, what is in terms of and ?p>
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<p>Between 2000 and 2010, the number of bass in the Mississippi River and its tributaries experienced a catastrophic decline. There is little evidence that pollution or disease was the cause, so it is likely that there was an increase in the number of bass killed by other means. Typically, recreational fishermen in the region prefer to pursue several varieties of river trout, but a state law passed in 2001 banned the catching of trout in the area. Thus, it is likely that recreational fishing was the immediate cause of the decline of the bass population.p>
<p>Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?p>
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<p>Day Sales Outstanding (DSO) is a measure of how many days a company is left waiting on payment for services rendered. The construction industry faces especially high rates of late payment, with an average DSO of about 80 days. Such late payments make it extremely difficult for construction companies to manage their cash flow.p>
<p>Which of the following plans, if feasible, would best allow a company to address the problem of late payments?p>
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<p>High school principal: Many students will complete and hand in assigned homework, even if doing so isn’t compulsory. Some will do more than assigned because they recognize it is an effective means of studying. Our school could therefore increase the amount of homework completed by students if we make doing so optional and present it as an alternative method of studying.p>
<p>Teacher: This plan is likely to fail. A significant number of students will decide that all homework is optional and use the opportunity to spend less time overall on academics.p>
<p>Which of the following, if true, would best support the principal’s plan, in light of the teacher’s concern?p>
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<p>Hypnerotomachia Poliphili is a romance published in 1499 that, though the author was originally anonymous, has been attributed to Francesco Colonna. Some academics, however, doubt that Colonna is the author because, as a Dominican monk, he would not have the skill or experience to produce such a work. One academic has recently made the assertion that the attribution is correct, citing as evidence Colonna’s proximity to the text’s publisher, Aldus Manutius, and the wealth of other complex Renaissance works of literature confirmed to be written and compiled by talented members of the clergy. In light of this argument, it is clear that it is indeed possible that a member of a monastic order may have produced such a text.p>
<p>Which of the following, if true, would most support the academic’s recent hypothesis concerning the authorship of Hypnerotomachia Poliphili?p>
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<p>A bookstore in Hadleyville experienced a drop in sales in the week following a controversial political statement by the owner. The bookstore also received many complaints about the owner’s statement. The bookstore, however, says that the negative reactions to the statement had nothing to do with its loss of customers.p>
<p>Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the bookstore’s position?p>
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<p>Although the records of French playwright Molière’s early works are incomplete, we know that as a young man Molière worked with a traveling theater, La Troupe de Molière, from 1645 to 1658. Records from the time show that the troupe’s extensive repertoire included only three plays written by Molière himself: The Bungler, The Flying Doctor, and The Doctor in Love. Of these, the last seems likely to have been the first to have been truly successful—and most likely the one that that made Molière famous as a playwright, since the king of France became their patron after the troupe performed it for him upon their arrival in Paris.p>
<p>Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?p>
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