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• Question 361:

  

  As shown in the diagram, Diagonal Drive, which is straight and level, connects A and B. While Diagonal Drive is closed for repairs, drivers starting at A must take a detour and travel 3 miles due south, then 8 miles due west, and finally due south to arrive at B. How many miles long is Diagonal Drive from ,4 to Bl

  (1)

  Before Diagonal Drive was closed, driving on it from A to 5 at an average speed of 30 miles per hour took 20 minutes.

  (2)

  The total distance drivers drive south on the detour is 4 miles less than the length of Diagonal Drive between A and B.

  A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
  B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
  C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
  D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
  E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
  C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.

• Question 362:

  The sum of the first n positive integers is given by

  

  What is the sum of the first 100 positive odd integers?

  A. 10,100
  B. 10,000
  C. 9,950
  D. 9,900
  E. 5,050
  B. 10,000

• Question 363:

  CORRECT TEXT

  

  A scientist collected eight samples (Samples 1-8) from various surfaces in a laboratory to test for the presence of defferent types of bacteria For each of the samples, the graph shows the relative abundance of each of three types of bacteria (Bacteria X, Y, and Z) detected in the sample, as a percentage of all Bacteria X, Y, and Z detected In the sample.

  Select the options from each drop-down menu that create the most accurate statement based on the information provided.

  A. check the explanation
  B. PlaceHolder
  A. check the explanation

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  Explanation/Reference:

  

• Question 364:

  It can be inferred from the passage that Sorenson and Audia's argument differs in part from the economic explanations mentioned in the highlighted text in that Sorenson and Audia claim that

  A. lower failure rates in an industry are not necessarily a result of better performance
  B. geographic concentration of production is a result of higher founding rates
  C. access to scarce resources is less important for the success of a new organization than is proximity to consumers
  D. structurally equivalent organizations compete with one another for consumers In the same market
  E. certain geographical regions offer intrinsic advantages that can benefit a particular industry economically
  B. geographic concentration of production is a result of higher founding rates

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Organizations that produce similar goods tend to concentrate in the same geographic area (geographic concentration of production). Economic explanations of such industrial agglomeration explicitly emphasize better performance, and implicitly emphasize lower failure rates, as the key processes contributing to this geographic concentration. Sometimes Industries benefit economically from situating themselves in particular locations that offer intrinsic advantages such as access to scarce raw materials or proximity to consumers. In other cases, regardless of the particular location, the colocation of structurally equivalent organizations--those that operate in the same markets--may itself yield advantages such as common labor markets and knowledge spillovers. Sorenson and Audia point out that these explanations Ignore the fact that structurally equivalent organizations also compete with one another for vital resources, and colocation would be expected to increase such competition. Organizational ecology studies support this expectation by showing that organizations apparently compete more intensely within local population boundaries. Sorenson and Audia propose instead that what maintains geographic concentration is entrepreneurial opportunity, which leads to higher founding rates. Dense local concentrations of structurally equivalent organizations increase the pool of potential entrepreneurs in a region. Beginning entrepreneurs need exposure to existing organizations in the industry to acquire knowledge of the business, ties to scarce resources, and self-confidence. The existing geographic concentration of production constrains access to these resources, so that new founding's tend to reinforce geographic concentration.

• Question 365:

  HOTSPOT

  Each of the 75 employees at @ certain company works in exactly one of the company's 3 departments (Departments X, Y, and Z). Exactly 20% of the employees work in Department X, and 10 fewer employees work in DepartmentY than work in Department Z.

  Based on the information provided, select for Departinent Yand Department Zthe numbers of employees who work in Department Y and Department Z. Make only two selections, one in each column.

  Hot Area:

  

  

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  Explanation/Reference:

• Question 366:

  For a consumer product such as a television, careful pricing is a very important aspect of marketing, since pricing an item even slightly too high or too low can seriously reduce profits. By contrast, voter approval of government projects that benefit the public does not vary with small differences in estimates of their projected cost.

  The statements above, if true, best support which of the following as a conclusion?

  A. Most people are well informed about the prices of consumer products.
  B. The demand for projects that benefit the public is more closely tied to standard measures of the condition of the national economy than is the demand for consumer products.
  C. Anyone wishing to increase or decrease voter support for projects that benefit the public should not focus on small cost differences.
  D. Many people place higher priority on funding projects that benefit the public than on buying consumer products for their households.
  E. The purchase of consumer products such as televisions can be postponed more easily than can expenditures for projects that benefit the public.
  C. Anyone wishing to increase or decrease voter support for projects that benefit the public should not focus on small cost differences.

• Question 367:

  In the xy-plane, circle C is centered at the origin and has radius 1, and line k has equation y= x. Which of the following are the coordinates of a point that lies on circle C and line k?

  

  A. Option A
  B. Option B
  C. Option C
  D. Option D
  E. Option E
  C. Option C

• Question 368:

  

  A. Option A
  B. Option B
  C. Option C
  D. Option D
  E. Option E
  C. Option C

• Question 369:

  Automobile manufacturers improved the miles-per-gallon performance of their cars 60 percent between 1973 and 1988, but this trend now seems to be reversing: as 1996 year when the cars going into junkyards were getting better gas mileage than the ones rolling off dealers' lots.

  A. as 1996 was the first year when the cars going into junkyards were getting
  B. as 1996 was the first year that the cars that had gone into junkyards got
  C. with 1996 as the first year that the cars going into junkyards got
  D. 1996 was the first year when the cars that had gone into junkyards were getting
  E. 1996 was the first year in which the cars going into junkyards got
  E. 1996 was the first year in which the cars going into junkyards got

• Question 370:

  In good times, an auction is the obvious choice for colectors wanting to sell a work of art, but A did just a few short months ago.

  A. to, fewer collectors are putting their holdings up for auction as
  B. to, less of them are putting their holdings up for auction than
  C. to, collectors aren't putting their holdings up for auction, and there are fewer than
  D. to do so, fewer of them put up their holdings for auction as they
  E. to put their holdings up for auction, they don't, and fewer are doing so now than
  B. to, less of them are putting their holdings up for auction than