Many traffic planners saw the sizable spike in gasoline consumption in July not as a sign that drivers were facing longer commutes and driving more, rather a sign of relief by drivers that they could easily afford to take long vacation trips.

Carnivorous plants can survive in what would normally be ecologically poor conditions because they possess prey-capturing traps which brought them enough nutrients to survive.

According to the passage, both explanation A and explanation B have been developed to describe how

Which of the following equations represents the line shown in the figure above?

If lines and are parallel to each other, is the slope of line negative?

(1) line passes through the point

(2) line passes through the point

Given the natural vulnerability of physical storage devices, archaeological societies are attempting to use cloud computing as a replacement for the electronic disks and tapes on which they presently store research.

The table above gives information about the current age values, in months, of 141 children that were born at Hospital over the past three years. If represents the median current age, in months, of the children born at Hospital over the past three years, then which of the following must be true?

The table above gives information about the current ages, in years, of the 967 students who currently attend College . If represents the median age of the students at College , then which of the following must be true?

According to the chart above, which of the following is closest to the median, in dollars, of the annual average household income from 2000 through 2008, inclusive?

The table above indicates the results after 200 people were surveyed on their feelings about two different kinds of vegetables: broccoli and brussel sprouts. The choices for their responses were either: "like", "dislike", or "unsure". How many people surveyed "liked" both vegetables?

(1) 90 people did not respond "like" for either vegetable

(2) 25 people "dislike" both vegetables

The circle graph above represents the total amount of items sold at Store , broken down into six categories of different types of items they sell. If the center of the circle is and Store sells a total of 5,800 items, how many items are in category ?

(1)

(2) Combining all categories, except for , accounts for in the graph.

The circle graph above represents the total amount of tax money that Town received in 2016. Town then allocated its tax money to six different departments: , , , , , and . If the center of the circle graph is and residents paid a total of $8,600,000 in taxes to Town in 2016, how much of that money did department receive?

(1) Department received $3,010,000, 5% more than double the percentage of Town 's tax money that Department received.

(2)

As of 2007, only half of the farmers promised relief under the State Disaster Relief Plan had been granted any funds; at least as much as a million others had not received any governmental support whatsoever.

A quantity of substance weighing 2.83 milligrams, rounded to the nearest hundredth of milligram, was sold according to the latest market price per milligram. The sale totaled $18.66, rounded to the nearest cent. The actual price used in this sale, in dollars per milligram, must have been between

Which of the points on the number line above, , , , , or , has the second least absolute value?

Tyra mows lawns at a constant rate. She can mow 3 lawns in 2 hours. Ming also mows lawns at a constant rate. How much less time would it take Tyra and Ming working together to mow 3 lawns?

(1) Both Tyra and Ming mow lawns at the same rate.

(2) It takes Tyra twice as long to mow a lawn as it takes Tyra and Ming working together to mow a lawn.

Which of the following most logically completes the argument?

Aarne is an old Finnish artwork whose painter and exact date of composition are unknown. However, the painting portrays a riot thought to have taken place sometime between 1563 and 1567, and in the background of the scene stands a public building known to have been destroyed in 1565. Thus the riot depicted in the painting must have actually taken place between 1563 and 1565, assuming that _______.

Government official: Before 1972, the first four digits of a person’s Social Security Number (SSN), known as the area number, corresponded to the location where the SSN was assigned. Each Social Security office has its own unique code. Therefore, whenever two people have SSNs with the same first four digits, and the SSNs were issued before 1972, they must have received their SSNs from the same office.

Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the official’s argument?

The author’s determination that “the benefits [of patient data collection and analysis] far outweigh the risks” () would be most weakened if which of the following were recognized to be true?

The amount of time it takes for Gansett Company to put together its wooden coat racks has decreased as it has installed robots on the assembly line. Given the comparative slowness of its human workers, Gansett Company may be forced to lay off most of its employees, which would be disastrous for the local economy.

Which of the following plans, if feasible, would allow Gansett Company to retain most of its workers without losing money?