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a plumber works for $80 an hour plus a service fee how much is a service fee if the plumbers bill for a 3-hour job is $288
$48
a consultant charges $30 per hour for corporate clients and $60 per hour for private individuals how much will The consultant earn if she works 5 hours for a private client and 20 hours for a corporate client
$900
he slipped back into his once familiar vernacular he slipped back into his one familiar vernacular
everyday speech
it would be cost prohibitive to try to connect the stations by fiber optic technology
exorbitant
where are the reproductive organs located in angiosperms
flowers
which of the following terms is used to describe an organism's tendency to maintain its ideal internal state relative to properties such as temperature and pH
homeostasis
a computer's microprocessor is actually
integrated circuit
when current reaches in ammeter in a circuit the current
is increased
carbon-14 is an example of an
isotope
which of the following is a true statement about an electron
it inhibits some properties of waves
The discussion was dominated by three erudite participants
learned
course sandpaper is identified by a
low grid number
spite most nearly means
malice
The ability of material to resist current flow is measured in
ohms
which of the following allows silication industries to transmit the greatest volume of data at the fastest speed copper wire optical fiber wireless router aluminum wire
optic fiber
remnant most nearly means a
part left over
Incisive
penetrating
which which of the following blood components is responsible for forming a clot at a wound site
platelets
what is a measurement unit for the pressure of a liquid
pounds per square inch
which of the following is greatest
9 / 11
if one and a half inches equals 15 mi on a map scale how many miles would 3 and 1/2 in equal on the same scale
90
which of the following expressions is equivalent to 5x - 4 - 8x + 10
-3x+6
Simplify 3x(-x2-x-1)
-3x3-x2-3x
a person walked the dog 2/3 of a mile on Thursday and 5/7 of a mile on Friday what total number of miles did the person walk the dog
1 8/21
The life of a watch battery is typically 3 years if a watch is battery is 18 months old what portion of its life remains
1/2
solve -22 + 33 solve -22 + 33
11
if 1 m is 1.1 yards 100 m equals
110
a car's odometer reads 12,386 if the driver takes the car to and from work for 3 days and each trip is 32 mi on one way what will the odometer read at the end of the third day
12,578
1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 =
12/13
if x = 2 what is the value of 8x - x
14
a beam has a maximum strength of 3,000 psi a 500 lb weight is added to the center of the beam and creates an additional stress of a thousand psi to the beam how much more weight can the beam take at its center before it reaches its breaking point
1500 lb
a coffee pot in an office holds eight cups there are six people in the office and each person drinks two cups a day what is the fewest number of pots of coffee needed each day
2
simplify 160 / 240
2/3
a car is moving at an initial velocity of 5 mm/s and then accelerates unformedly to 10 millimeters per second squared what is the car's velocity after 2 seconds
20m/s
what is 250.025 rounded to the nearest hundredth
250.03
in a relay race Patricia runs for 2 minutes 33 seconds Marshall runs for 1 minute 20 seconds and Carl ran for 58 seconds how many seconds did it take for the three girls to run the relay race
291
a 12 lb weight attached to a spring stretches the spring by 2 inches how many inches will the spring stretch if the 12 lb weight is replaced with an 18 lb weight
3 in
a family had 4,248 to spend during a vacation and had 755 remaining when the vacation ended how much money did the family spend during the vacation
3,493
in art gallery sold 10 prints for 285 each and three sculptures for $350 each what was the difference in value between the total sales of Prince and the total sales of sculptures
390
which of the following is an expression for the sum of 3 * a number and -7 is equal to 9
3x + -7 = 9
simplify 32 /7
4 4/7
an object moves on a frictionless plane at a velocity of 2 mm per second if no external forces act on the object what is the object's velocity after 10 seconds
4m/s
a jeweler had a sale on rings marked for two for the price of one if the jeweler normally sells the rings for $50 and they cost him $20 each his profit on the sale of two rings will be
50$
a friend gives a neighbor 13 2/3 ft of twine from a brand new spool leaving 38th 2/5 ft of twine on the spool how many total feet of twine were originally on the spool
51 1/15
a race event had $472 runners four of the runners arrived at the start by car and the rest in buses on average how many runners arrived in each bus
52
a number of 911 calls made on a Sunday in April was $1,070 on the following Wednesday the number of calls was $1,005 what was the difference in the number of calls
65
The hold on a drill bit is tightened by turning a
Chuck key
glean most nearly means
Gather
two men wanted to do a musical version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet set in the pretty streets of New York in their edition of the story The conflict would be between two neighboring gangs rather than the families portrayed in Shakespeare's play Leonardo brinstein and Jerome Robbins had talked about it and worked on it since 1949 but Robin's first call Brent Stein with the idea Brian Stein's musical can can died had interpreted the shows development in 1956 but the following year they fail finally saw their creation was that story of open on Broadway in New York was that story began the pre-New York opening in Washington DC was a triumph and went on to become a classic according to the passage which of the following best describes the creation of what size story from beginning to end
Robin's phone call opening in Washington DC candid interruption opening in New York
a clicking or popping sound is heard from the front of a vehicle when turning The sound is not heard when driving straight ahead which of the following is the most likely cause of the sound
Warren constant velocity joint
a hand vacuum pump can be used to test
a MAP sensor
The graph shows changes over time in a population of bacteria added to a test tube of growth medium what activity characterizes the growth cycle during phase two
a bacteria are weakening due to the accumulation of waste product be bacteria are increasing in metabolic activity through not dividing C bacteria are dying off rapidly from lack of nutrients in space d bacteria are dividing regularly by binary fission
which of these is an example of electrostatic discharge
a lightning bolt strikes a tall building
backfill normally refers to a mixture of
a mixture of stone and earth
The specialized bird feet shown in the illustration are a result of natural selection in our examples of
adaptations
Ann Bradstreet considered one of the first poets to write English verse in the American colonies was born in England in 1612 to a well connected Korean family at the time when few women were formerly educated she had private tutors and access to an extensive library at the age of 18 she and her husband Simmons Bradstreet Sao to New York to escape religious prosecution The journey was our Jewish and life in the Massachusetts Bay colony was difficult due to the lack of food and primitive living conditions over the years and Bradstreet had a children contracted numerous illnesses and survived a fire remarkably she found time to compose verses in 1650 a collection of her poems was printed in England to popular acclaim well there is no surviving portrait of Pratt Street and her grave is unmarked she lives on through her lyrics which of the following phrases are best characterized the tone of this passage
admiring of Anne broad Street accomplishments
One of a group of talented and sometimes ruthless entrepreneurs Andrew Carnegie is Scottish immigrant worked his way up from modest beginnings to become one of the richest people in the 19th century America in 1873 he organized his own steel company in Pittsburgh and it's soon dominated the industry in 1901 he sold his holdings in the company for 480 million to banker JP Morgan Carnegie believed that the wealthy are merely trustees of their money and are obligated to use the resources for the benefit of society convinced that the best way to improve the lives of others was providing them with access to knowledge Carnegie found thousands of public libraries by the time of his death in 1919 he had given away most of his fortune to support a variety of plethropic causes which of the following phrases best categorizes the tone of this passage
admiring of Carnegie for donating a large part of his wealth
after hearing reports on the dangers of Mercury vapor from silver fillings many people have decided to have their feelings replaced with a non-metal material well leechers why researchers know that Mercury levels are slightly higher in people with silver fillings there then in people without silver fillings it would take at least 100 fillings to reach an unsafe level of mercury The passage implies that people with normal numbers of silver fillings
are not at risk for Mercury vapor
The Greyhounds willowy body is conductive to high speed running
athletic
which of the followings that you statement regarding air pressure and temperature when moving from sea level to the highest mountain top
both air pressure and average temperatures increase
international falls Minnesota a city on the US and Canadian border earned the legal right to call itself the icebox of the nation after battling the ski town of Frazier Colorado for the title after learning that Frazier had been using the slogan which their own town had claimed since 1948 international falls officials headed for the US patent and trademark offices and successfully obtained the registration certification or certificate The legal victory is about more than simple bragging rights international falls uses the icebox moniker to market itself as the country's best location for cold weather testing projects The passage implies that the ice box of the nation slogan
brings both dollars and recognition to international falls
Laden most nearly means
burdened
The main characteristics that distinguish a suspension bridge from other types of bridges it's that it uses
cables to carry the load
similar to how snow falls from above on a winter's day Marine snow falls from the ocean sunless surface waters to animals at the deepest depths of the world's oceans Marine snow is composed of organic materials such as decaying plants and animal matter and of inorganic material such as sand or soot national oceanic and atmospherical administration scientists have studied the composition of the Marine snowflakes and found them to have high carbon content without the light necessary for the organisms that use photosynthesis to produce their own food The oceans bottom dwelling scavengers eagerly devour the carbon rich material from above for their substance provided flags do not break apart or are not consumed by organisms at a shallow's death based on the passage marine snow is good source for creatures at or near the oceans for because the organisms
can only consume small particles of food
which force do washing machines finally use to remove water from wet clothes
centrifical
which of the following saws would most efficiently cut a 2x4x10 board to length
circular
which of the following is part of an ignition system
coil
which of the following components is found in a simple electromagnet
coil of wire
which of the following describes an object with low electrical resistance
conductor
a switch starts or stops the flow of electrical current in a circuit by means of its
contacts
he went to assial the budget plan
criticize
The trickster is a character in many folktales who is considered clever lescobus gluttonous vein and deceptive most tricks or tails are humorous although some are not often tricksters are under dogs who make up in brains what they lack in brawn usually any good that results from a trickster's action is inadverted according to the paragraph this trickster is always
cunning
invariably most nearly means
customarily
what is the source of heat for a typical automotive heating system
engine coolant
which of the following system includes a connecting rod
engine mechanical
adorn most nearly means
decorate
staunch most nearly means
determined
schism most nearly means
division
after conquering his rivals the king of the state of kin established China's first empire in 221 BC and took the title of first emperor or Quinn shin-hung to centralized power qin shin-hun divided the country into Providence administered by prudently selected ministers to prevent dissent this distant he confiscated all weapons belonging to private citizens he then moved thousands of nobles to the capital where he could keep them under observation to unify the country he standardized the Chinese script waits and measures and coinage to avert Northern barbarians incursions he used conscripts labors to construct the Great Wall moreover in order to signs criticism he executed scholars and burned most of the classic Chinese texts fearful being assassinated clingshung died while searching for an elixir of immortality and his dynasty quickly this degraded The passage implies that the regime of qingshung was
productive by tyrannical
what are the names of the substances involved in a chemical reaction
reactants and products
a closed circuit when a short power cord is replaced with a long power cord which of the following increases
resistance
in response to concerns at many universities that professors spend too much time publishing and not enough time educating their students some schools are establishing rules that set strict limits on the amount of material that a full-time professor may publish over a certain time period this policy will come back to the schools because of professors prestige within the large academic community is often directly related to the significance of a professor's published work as a result many excellent prospects prospective candidates will opt not to accept full-time physicians which in turn will lead to a certage of high quality full-time professors at these universities based on the passage the author's main point is
restrictions on publishing by professors will likely have a negative effect on universities
which part of television is the output device
screen
are you going to continue to rant or move on
seethe
which of the following is the pH of a natural solution
seven
which of the following processes occurs when a substance changes faces from a solid directly to a vapor
sublimation
The science of classification is called
taxidermy
when an outlet is grounded it is connected to
the Earth
which of the following converts the kinetic energy of a moving fluid to mechanical energy
turbine
The multiple positions on a wire stripper are required for a
various gauge wires
in 1885 St Paul Minnesota was one of the fastest growing urban centers in the United States and had become the nation's third largest city despite its popularity a news reporter from New York called the St Paul another Siberia unfit for human habitation in the winter determined to counter this impression of their city community leaders created a Winter festival to celebrate winter and show that it's residents in hibernate during the cold winter months The following year the inaugural Saint Paul Winter carnival included parades skiing and a giant snow slide snow and ice sculptures and the main attraction of the event in ice Castle since the that first year there hasn't been an ice castle because of the cost but in 2004 in ice castle was built that covered 5 acres and reached eight stories high The locals like to think of the carnival as the coolest celebration on earth The passage implies that the winter carnival
was created to influence public opinion
which of the following saws should be used to cut concrete paint patio pavers to size
wet
which of the following is used to change a circular saw blade
wrench
