Points A, B, C, and D are equally spaced on line segment AD, as shown. If $$\frac{1}{3}$$ of segment AB, all of segment BC, and $$\frac{2}{5}$$of segment CD were removed, what fraction of segment AD would remain?
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The variables x and y are related by a linear equation. If y increases by 4 whenever x increases by 1, which of the following equations could represent the relationship between x and y?
Indicate all such equations.
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If a and b are positive and a+2b=$$\frac{16-b^{2}}{a}$$, what is the value of $$(a+b)^{3}$$ ?
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In 2014 the price of one share of a certain stock increased by 20 percent from January 1 to February 1 decreased by n percent from February 1 to March 1, and increased by 25 percent from March 1 to April 1. If the price of one share of the stock increased by 5 percent from January 1 to April I in 2014, what is the value of n?
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An artist will arrange 5 identical plastic apples in wooden bowls-one made of maple, one of oak, and one of pine. How many different arrangements are possible such that each bowl will contain at least one apple?
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The author of the passage mentions "most astronomers" primarily in order to
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The passage implies which of the following about "other studies"?
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The author's mention of the fact that the ethnographic print texts "existed well before Silko was born" serves primarily to
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The author's response to Gunn Allen's claim regarding the Laguna stories Silko used in Ceremory is best summarized by which of the following?
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It can be inferred that the author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about the “preexisting ethnographic print texts" mentioned?
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Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain the apparent discrepancy?
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The passage suggests which of the following about Chopin?
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The author would most likely agree with which of the following statements about Berlioz and Liszt?
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In the context where it occurs, the mention of "outright warfare" primarily serves to
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Which of the following can be inferred from the passage regarding European merchants who engaged in long-distance trading in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?
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Sea turtles _____________ sponges on Caribbean reefs; however, the percentage of sponge reef cover is climbing due to human predation of turtles.
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While the retired policy maker's latest book will not convince his most strident critics, less (i)_______ readers will find his advice to be (ii)_______.
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Experience suggests that (i)______and market (ii)_______are by no means (iii)_______for corporations: executives at well-performing companies possess a keen business sense, but also tend to have oversized personalities.
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Ultimately, the young idealists (i)_______the society they so fervently desired to reform: in their frustration, they reacted to the immediate situation by removing themselves from the postwar social and political arena, where the future of their country was being decided. In doing so, they (ii)_______the salutary effects their rebellion should have (iii)______.
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George Eliot's biographer can be highly inventive, but, at the same time, somewhat(i)_______ in her approach to Eliot. She will hoist an alluring psychological flag concerning Eliot and then scrupulously take it down again, because the evidence will not serve to(ii)_______ it. But she takes it down only after it has taken an entirely (iii)_______flutter in the breeze.
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