A={$$7, 8, 9, 10, 11$$}
B={$$25, 26, 27, 28$$}
If a number $$x$$ is selected from set $$A$$ and a number $$y$$ is selected from set $$B$$, then $$x+y$$ can have how many different possible values?
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How many 3-digit integers have an odd hundreds digit, an even tens digit, and a units digit that is different from the other two digits?
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Boxes $$A, B$$, and $$C$$ each contain colored pencils. Box $$A$$ contains $$7$$ pencils, $$3$$ of which are red. Box $$B$$ contains $$6$$ pencils, $$4$$ of which are red. Box $$C$$ contains $$7$$ pencils, $$4$$ of which are red. One pencil is to be selected at random from each box. What is the probability that at least $$1$$ of the $$3$$ pencils selected will be red?
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A bag contains 13 blue pens and 3 red pens. Two pens are to be randomly selected from the bag, one at a time and without replacement. What is the probability that both of the pens selected will be blue?
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The figure shows a circle with center $$O$$ . If the measure of angle $$ORP$$ is 21.5 degrees, what is the measure of angle $$PQR$$ ?
(Note: The measure of an angle inscribed in a circle is equal to half the measure of the central angle that subtends the same arc.)
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One of the reasons why so many rodent species live in rocky habitat is because it is______: it contains plenty of crevices and cavities in which animals can nest, seek shelter, and find shade.
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When the columnist wrote about controversial issues, her own position was not always (i) _____________her analysis of the arguments being put forth on either side. If she (ii) _____________ the reasoning of proponents of one side, that did not mean that she rejected their position.
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Poets in the United States usually speak with more (i) _____________ for authentic experience than for the imagination. They cultivate strategies to make themselves sound (ii) _____________, as if poems were eyewitness accounts and not (iii) _____________.
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Maintaining a tolerant attitude toward pseudoscience might be considered _____________, but it could be argued that such a disposition lowers our defenses against more dangerous delusions that are based on similar confusions and fallacies.
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Humans can have (i) _____________tastes: crab brains and squeezable cheese are delicacies to many people, even as others find them repulsive. The preference for sweet and abhorrence of bitter is (ii) _____________, however.
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At public appearances the leader was remarkably taciturn, typically making _____________ observations before turning the floor over to a colleague.
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Theses defended by contemporary philosophers under the banner of metaphysics typically_____________ the claims of science, that is, they cannot be borne out by experiment as the claims of science are expected to be.
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In medieval China, the Confucian emphasis on rites as an outward manifestation of virtue explains Chinese bureaucrats'_____________ the accurate performance of tributary rituals by foreigners at the imperial court.
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The fierce drought that is gripping the area-and imminent rationing and steep water price increases-is_____________ the area's deep economic divide, as wealthy communities guzzle water while poorer communities nearby conserve by necessity.
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Much as our taste for sugar and fat served us well in a world of scarce nutrition but has become _____________ in a world of plenty, where we satisfy it to the point of obesity, our memories can work against us in our contemporary information age.
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Most of the bank-efficiency literature suggests that bank mergers culminating in larger, more complex organizations (i)_____________ significant economies of scale or scope that are (ii) _____________ to consumers. Indeed, some of this literature suggests diseconomies, which would lead to higher loan rates or lower deposit rates for consumers.
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There is a clear trend away from automobile ownership and solo driving among young people. One view holds that these young people will (i)_____________ as they age, but Willson argues that the trend is (ii)_____________ one. As a result, car-free lifestyles will become more (iii)_____________ .
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The journalist seems to have _____________ attitude about truth and falsehood, as exhibited, for example, in a disdain for fact-checking and a repeated failure to correct errors in articles once they are pointed out.
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While lunar geology may appear to be a relatively _____________ area of planetary science, it is important to realize that the Moon's surface and interior retain records that shed light on the histories of all terrestrial planets.
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Since the deficit predicament is fundamentally a long-term problem, the legislature's _____________ short-term approaches has actually compounded the difficulty in each succeeding year, eroding the state's credit rating in the process.
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