Algebra
x = 8
x + 3y=26
The solution to the given system of equations is (x,y). What is the value of y?
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In the figure, two lines intersect at a point. Angle 1 and angle 2 are vertical angles. The measure of angle 1 is 72°. What is the measure of angle 2.
a) 72°
b) 108°
c) 144°
d) 288°
a) 72°
The following text is from Betty Smith's 1943 novel. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Francie, a young girl, visits the library often.
Francie thought that all the books in the world were in that library and she had a plan about reading all the books in the world. She was reading a book a day in alphabetical order and not skipping the dry ones. She remembered that the first author had been Abbott. She had been reading a book a day for a long time now and she was still in the B's. Already she had read about bees and buffaloes, Bermuda vacations and Byzantine architecture. For all her enthusiasm, she had to admit that some of the B's had been hard going. But Francie was a reader.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
a) To illustrate Francie's enjoyment of an unusual topic
b) To explain why Francie prefers reading over other activities
c) To portray Francie's determination to meet a goal
d) To describe a book that Francie greatly admires
c) To portray Francie's determination to meet a goal
Though not closely related, the hedgehog tenrecs of Madagascar share basic _____ true hedgehogs, including protective spines, pointed snouts, and small body size-traits the two groups of mammals independently developed in response to equivalent roles in their respective habitats.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
a) examples of
b) concerns about
c) indications of
d) similarities with
d) similarities with
f(x) = 14 + 4 x
The function f represents the total cost, in dollars, of attending an arcade when x games are played. How many games can be played for a total cost of $58?
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This figure shows the lengths, in inches, of two sides of a right triangle. What is the area of the triangle, in square inches?
15/2 or 7.5
The people of medieval Europe have traditionally been seen as uninterested in cleanliness and hygiene, but modern research has shown that this is largely a myth. According to historian Eleanor Janega, most medieval towns in Europe had at least one public bathhouse, which often offered both full-immersion baths and—more affordably-steam baths. While such amenities were available mainly to town dwellers, regular bathing in rivers and streams or daily sponge baths at home were common practices throughout medieval Europe.
Which choice best describes the function of the italicized portion?
a) It asserts that in medieval Europe steam baths were more popular in rural areas than in urban ones.
b) It describes a limitation of earlier historians' studies of medieval European bathing habits.
c) It concedes that not all people in medieval Europe had access to public bathhouses.
d) It explains why Janega decided to study the popularity of public bathhouses in medieval Europe.
c) It concedes that not all people in medieval Europe had access to public bathhouses.
Louise Bennett (1919-2006), also known as "Miss Lou," was an influential Jamaican poet and folklorist. Her innovative poems _____ the use of Jamaican Creole (a spoken language) in literature.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
a) popularized;
b) popularized,
c) popularized
d) popularized:
c) popularized
The relationship between two variables, x and y, is linear. For every increase in the value of x by 1, the value of y increases by 8. When the value of x is 2, the value of y is 18. Which equation represents this relationship?
a) y=2x+18
b) y= 2x+8
c) y=8x+2
d) y=3x+26
c) y=8x+2
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Even with the widespread adoption of personal computers, many authors still choose to write and revise their novels by hand and only then transcribe the final version on a computer. It may be tempting to speculate about how a novel written this way would be affected if it had been exclusively typed instead, but each novel is a unique entity resulting from a specific set of circumstances. Therefore,
Which choice most logically completes the text?
a) in order to increase their efficiency, authors who currently write their novels largely by hand should instead work only on a computer.
b) authors who do most of their drafting and revising by hand likely have more success than those who work entirely on a computer.
c) novels written by hand take less time to produce, on average, than novels written on a computer do.
d) there is no way to reasonably evaluate how a work would be different if it had been written by other means.
d) there is no way to reasonably evaluate how a work would be different if it had been written by other means.
____ the long-standing trend of overemphasizing teenagers and young adults in research on social media use, scholars have recently begun to expand their focus to include the fastest-growing cohort of social media users: senior citizens.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
a) Exacerbating
b) Redressing
c) Epitomizing
d) Precluding
b) Redressing