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Angel food cake, a cholesterol-free cake, solves the problem of how to bake a cake for a health-conscious family.
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The local orchestra, which used to perform everything from Bach and Handel to Bartok, appears to have reduced its repertoire to only baroque music.
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A study made by a psychologist shows that spending too much time in front of a computer causes insomnia. Two groups of adults took part in this study. During the study the first group spent 3 hours or less per day working on a computer; the second group spent 6 hours or more working on a computer. A greater proportion of the second group had trouble falling asleep during the period of the study than members from the first group.Which of the following, if true of the adults in the study, most challenges the psychologist's conclusion?
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The Hale Burton Oil Pipeline Construction Corporation has had a bad quarter. Rather than lay off workers to cut costs, however, it will simply defer salaries for 30 days and hold them in a mutual fund to pick up interest to cover expenses. By doing this the company and its employees will avoid the negative consequences often associated with earning shortfalls.Which of the following, if true, is the best criticism of the corporation,Aos plan?
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The Flerenchian government decided to limit the import of chocolate from the four countries which export the greatest amount of chocolate to Flerenchia. An analyst hired by the government maintains that in the near future this will cause a large increase in domestic sales of chocolate produced in Flerenchia.Which of the following, if true, would most likely render this prediction inaccurate?
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Which of the following best completes the passage below?>Since an experienced, top-rated race car driver is now constantly losing a race he once won before he acquired a certain race car, he plans to junk the race car he is currently using and replace it with a better model. The improved and new race car model is more likely to improve the race car driver's performance than any other factor because
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In the Piedmont Elementary School for Gifted Children, Jonathan is better than 75% of the students in his physics class. Homer is in the top ten. Alexander is not in the top 10%, but he is better than 33% of all the students in the class. Aristotle is better than 90% of the students.If the information above is true, which of the following must also be true?
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Automobile manufacturers defend their substitution of steel frames in cars with cheaper plastic components by claiming that consumer demand is ruled by a desire for light cars with crumple zones rather than as a result of corporate profit motives. However, if this trend were true, then carbon reinforced tubing, which is lighter than steel and stronger, would be available as an option. It is not.Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the argument against the automobile manufacturer's claim?
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Among those automobile mechanics who own their own garages and completed a qualifying course at Main Street Technical School, 35% earn above $80,000 a year. Among those who own their own garages but did not complete the qualifying course at Main Street Technical School, only 10% earn above $80,000 a year. These figures indicate the importance of technical education in getting a higher salary.The argument above depends on which of the following assumptions about the people mentioned in the statistics?
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10.8 grams of a certain chemical make only 9 percent of the total yield of a chemical reaction. If a lab technician observes 13.5 grams of this chemical, what percent of the total yield does it make?
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Each new driving offense results in increasing penalty points per offense on a driver's "rap sheet". A driver gets one point for the first offense, and the incremental increase in penalty points for each new offense is 2 points. If the maximum number of offense points before the revocation of the license is 100, what is the maximum number of offenses a driver can make and continue to drive legally?
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An investor bought shares of stock for $75 per share and later sold his shares for $30. What was the percent change in the share price?
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A number of eggs dyed various colors were hidden for an egg hunt. How many eggs in total were hidden?(1) The number of red eggs hidden is the square of an integer, while the total number of eggs hidden is 24 times that integer.(2) Exactly 143 of the eggs hidden were not red.
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Positive integer n leaves a remainder of 4 after division by 6 and a remainder of 3 after division by 5. If n is greater than 30, what is the remainder that n leaves after division by 30?
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In a rectangular coordinate system, point A has coordinates (d, d), where d > 0. Point A and the origin form the endpoints of a diameter of circle C. What fraction of the area of circle C lies within the first quadrant?
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The smallest prime factor of 899 is x. Which of the following is true of x?
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The three-digit positive integer n can be written as ABC, in which A, B, and C stand for the unknown digits of n. What is the remainder when n is divided by 37?(1)$$A+\frac{B}{10}+\frac{C}{100}=B+\frac{C}{10}+\frac{A}{100}$$
(2)$$A+\frac{B}{10}+\frac{C}{100}=C+\frac{A}{10}+\frac{B}{100}$$
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In the Mundane Goblet competition, 6 teams compete in a "round robin" format: that is, each team plays every other team exactly once. A team gets 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie (a draw), and 0 points for a loss. What is the difference between the maximum total points and the minimum total points that can be gained by all teams (added together) in the Mundane Goblet competition?
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A total of j dollars is given to Abby, Bill, and Carla and divided equally among them. Then Abby gives Bill k dollars, Bill gives Carla 2k dollars, and Carla gives Abby 3k dollars. Afterwards, Abby has exactly half of all the dollars given to the three people. In terms of k, how much money was given originally to Abby, Bill, and Carla?
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Every trading day, the price of CF Corp stock either goes up by $1 or goes down by $1 with equal likelihood. At the end of 5 trading days, what is the probability that the price of CF Corp stock is up byexactly $3 from its initial price?
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