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Making things even more difficult has been general market inactivity lately, if not paralysis, which has provided little in the way of pricing guidance.
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The traditional treatment of strep infections has been a seven-day course of antibiotics, either penicillin or erythromycin. However, since many patients stop taking those drugs within three days, reinfection is common in cases where those drugs are prescribed. A new antibiotic requires only a three-day course of treatment. Therefore, reinfection will probably be less common in cases where the new antibiotic is prescribed than in cases where either penicillin or erythromycin is prescribed.Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
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From 1980 to 1989, total consumption of fish in the country of Jurania increased by 4.5 percent, and total consumption of poultry products there increased by 9.0 percent. During the same period, the population of Jurania increased by 6 percent, in part due to immigration to Jurania from other countries in the region.If the statements above are true, which of the following must also be true on the basis of them?
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Fact: Asthma, a bronchial condition, is much less common ailment than hay fever, an allergic inflammation of the nasal passages.Fact: Over 95 percent of people who have asthma also suffer from hay fever.If the information given as facts above is true, which of the following must also be true?
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For similar cars and drivers, automobile insurance for collision damage has always cost more in Greatport than in Fairmont. Police studies, however, show that cars owned by Greatport residents are, on average, slightly less likely to be involved in a collision than cars in Fairmont. Clearly, therefore, insurance companies are making a greater profit on collision-damage insurance in Greatport than in Fairmont.Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
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Which if the following, if true, most logically completes the argument?Aroca County's public schools are supported primarily by taxes on property. The county plans to eliminate the property tax and support schools with a new three percent sales tax on all retail items sold in the county. Three percent of current retail sales is less than the amount collected through property taxes, but implementation of the plan would not necessarily reduce the amount of money going to Aroca County public schools, because ______.
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Macrophages are cells that play a role in the response of the immune system of mice and other mammals to invasive organisms such as bacteria. Unlike other mice, mice that are genetically incapable of making these particular cells do not show elevated levels of nitrates when infected with bacteria.The statements above, if true, provide the most support for which of the following conclusions?
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Which of the following most logically completes the argument?A new drug, taken twice daily for one month, is an effective treatment for a certain disease. The drug now most commonly prescribed for the disease occasionally has serious side effects such as seizures; in field tests, the new drug's side effects, though no worse than mild nausea, turned out to be much more frequent. Nevertheless, the new drug is clearly preferable as a treatment, since _____.
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If it is assumed that 60 percent of those who receive a questionnaire by mail will respond and 300 responses are needed, what is the minimum number of questionnaires that should be mailed?
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If $$ k^2 = m^2,$$ which of the following must be true?
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If 2x + y = 7 and x + 2y = 5, then $$\frac{x+y}{3}=$$
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 The graph above shows the height of the tide, in feet, above or below a baseline. Which of the following is closest to the difference, in feet, between the heights of the highest and lowest tides on July 13 at Bay Cove?
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 In the figure above, what is the ratio of the measure of angle B to the measure of angle A?
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 The dial shown above is divided into equal-sized intervals. At which of the following letters will the pointer stop if it is rotated clockwise from S through 1,174 intervals?
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In the xy-coordinate plane, which of the following points must lie on the line kx + 3y = 6 for every possible value of k?
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A recent census revealed the age distribution of the residents of Town Y, shown in the graph. Since the census was performed, no resident has moved into or away from Town Y and there have been no recorded births or deaths. Based on the given information, use the drop-down menus to most accurately complete the following statements.The census indicates that times as many residents were children or teenagers as were seniors.If, at the time of the census, there were 540 more people aged 0-39 than people aged 40 or greater, then the population of Town Y at the time of the census was .
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In Country X, a building is in Category A if it has a roof height of at least 350 meters. In the graph, each of the 22 Category A buildings is represented by two points arranged vertically: one representing the comparison of the height of the building's roof to the number of floors (red circles), the other representing the comparison of the height of the building's roof to the mean height per floor (black squares).Based on the information, use the drop-down menus to most accurately complete the following statements about Category A buildings in Country X. The building with the greatest mean height per floor has a roof height between meters.There is a correlation between the number of floors and the mean height per floor.
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The graph shows the estimated year-end population for the 3 most populous territories in Nation X in 5 selected years. The estimated year-end population of Nation X was 17,000,000 in 1990 and 22,500,000 in 2010. For each drop-down menu, selected the option that creates the most accurate statement based on the information provided.The increase in the estimated year-end population of Territory C from 1990 to 2010 accounts for approximately % of the increase in the estimated year-end population of Nation X over the same period.In 2010, the estimated total year-end population of the 3 territories was of the estimated year-end population of Nation X.
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A literature department at a small university in an English-speaking country is organizing a two-day festival in which it will highlight the works of ten writers who have been the subjects of recent scholarly work by the faculty. Five writers will be featured each day. To reflect the department's strengths, the majority of writers scheduled for one of the days will be writers whose primary writing language is not English. On the other day of the festival, at least four of the writers will be women. Neither day should have more than two writers from the same country. Departmental members have already agreed on a schedule for eight of the writers. That schedule showing names, along with each writer's primary writing language and country of origin, is shown. Day 1:Achebe (male, English, Nigeria)Weil (female, French, France)Gavalda (female, French, France)Barrett Browning (female, English, UKDay 2:Rowling (female, English, UK)Austen (female, English, UK)Ocantos (male, Spanish, Argentina)Lu Xun (male, Chinese, ChinSelect a writer who could be added to the schedule for either day. Then select a writer who could be added to the schedule for neither day. Make only two selections, one in each column.
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Loan X has a principal of $10,000x and a yearly simple interest rate of 4%. Loan Y has a principal of $10,000y and a yearly simple interest rate of 8%. Loans X and Y will be consolidated from loan Z with a principal of $(10,000x + 10,000y) and a yearly simple interest rate of r%, where r= (4x+8y)/(x+y). In the table, select a value for x and value for y corresponding to a yearly simple interest rate of 5% for the consolidated loan. Make only two selections, one in each column.
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