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(#M40151724) GRE QUESTION Property Tax Keep an EYE

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Steve’s property tax is $140 less than Patricia’s property tax. If Steve’s prop-
erty tax is $1,960, then Steve’s property tax is what percent less than Patricia’s property tax, to the nearest 0.1 percent?
(A) 6.7%
(B) 7.1%
(C) 7.5%
(D) 7.9%
(E) 8.3%

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(#M40151723) GRE QUESTION In the xy-plane Keep an EYE

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In the xy-plane, points R and S have coordinates (2, 1) and (4, 7)respectively. If
point P is the midpoint of line segment RS, what are the coordinates of point P?
(A) (-1, -3)
(B) (1,- 4)
(C) (1, -3)
(D) (2,- 4)
(E) (3,- 4)

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(#M40151656) GRE QUESTION Integers Keep an EYE

If an integer is divisible by both 8 and 15, then the integer also must be divisible by which of the following?
(A) 16
(B) 24
(C) 32
(D) 36
(E) 45

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(#M40151653) GRE QUESTION Income and Expenses Keep an EYE

Each month, a certain manufacturing company’s total expenses are equal to a fixed monthly expense plus a variable expense that is directly proportional to the number of units produced by the company during that month. If the company’s total expenses for a month in which it produces 20,000 units are $570,000, and the total expenses for a month in which it produces 25,000 units are $705,000, what is the company’s fixed monthly expense?
(A) $27,000
(B) $30,000
(C) $67,500
(D) $109,800
(E) $135,000

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(#M40151714) GRE QUESTION Integer Keep an EYE

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If the integer a is a multiple of 6, the integer b is a multiple of 3, and a>b>0, then which of the following integers must be a^2 – b^2 multiple of?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
E. 12

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(#M40151704) GRE QUESTION Annual percent change in US$ Keep an EYE

ANNUAL PERCENT CHANGE IN DOLLAR AMOUNT OF SALES AT FIVE RETAIL STORES FROM 2006 TO 2008)
Store --- Percent 2006-7 --- Percent 2007 8
P ------------- 10 ---------------------- –10
Q ------------ –20 --------------------- 9
R ------------- 5 ----------------------- 12
S ------------- –7 ----------------------- –15
T ------------- 17 ----------------------- –8

Question 1
At Store T, the dollar amount of sales for 2007 was what percent of the dollar amount of sales for 2008? Give your answer to the nearest 0.1 percent.

Question 2
If the dollar amount of sales at Store P was $800,000 for 2006, what was the dollar amount of sales at that store for 2008 ? a $727,200 b $792,000 c $800,000 d $880,000 e $968,000

Question 3
Based on the information given, which of the following statements must be true? Indicate all such statements.
(a) For 2008 the dollar amount of sales at Store R was greater than that at each of the other four stores.
(b) The dollar amount of sales at Store S for 2008 was 22 percent less than that for 2006.
(c) The dollar amount of sales at Store R for 2008 was more than 17 percent greater than that for 2006.

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(#M40151694) GRE QUESTION Fill in the blank Keep an EYE

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If one could don magic spectacles—with lenses that make the murky depths of the ocean become transparent—and look back several centuries to an age before widespread abuse of the oceans began, even the most (i)…………… observer would quickly discover that fish were formerly much more abundant. Likewise, many now-depleted species of marine mammals would appear (ii)………. . But without such special glasses, the differences between past and present oceans are indeed hard to (iii)……….. .
Blank (i)
(A) casual
(B) prescient
(C) clearheaded
Blank (ii)
(D) threatened
(E) plentiful
(F) unfamiliar
Blank (iii)
(G) ignore
(H) discern
(I) dismiss

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(#M40151691) GRE QUESTION Question based on passage Keep an EYE

Question is based on this passage.
Last year, Mayor Stephens established a special law-enforcement task force with the avowed mission of eradicating corruption in city government. The mayor’s handpicked task force has now begun prosecuting a dozen city officials. Since all of these officials were appointed by Mayor Bixby, Mayor Stephens’ predecessor and longtime political foe, it is clear that those being prosecuted have been targeted because of their political affiliations.

Question38
Which of the following, if true, most weakens the editorial’s argument?
(A) Complaints of official corruption in city government have decreased since the anticorruption task force began operating.
(B) Former mayor Bixby did not publicly oppose Mayor Stephens’ establishment of the anticorruption task force.
(C) Almost all of the officials who have served in city government for any length of time are appointees of Mayor Bixby.
(D) All of the members of the anticorruption task force had other jobs in city government before the task force was formed.
(E) During the last mayoral election campaign, then–Mayor Bixby hotly disputed the current mayor’s claim that there was widespread corruption in city government.

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(#M40151690) GRE QUESTION Fit the meaning of the sentence Keep an EYE

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The slower-learning monkeys searched …………….. but unintelligently: although they worked closely together, they checked only the most obvious hiding places.
(A) competitively
(B) impulsively
(C) cooperatively
(D) deviously
(E) craftily
(F) harmoniously

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(#M40151688) GRE QUESTION Fit the meaning of the sentence Keep an EYE

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In medieval philosophy every physical phenomenon is presumed to have some determinate cause, leaving no place for in the explanation of particular events.
(A) happenstance
(B) chance
(C) error
(D) experience
(E) context
(F) miscalculation

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