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Harper's Pencils manufactures and sells the same pencils as Johnson's Supply. Employee wages account for forty percent of the cost of manufacturing pencils at both factories. Harper's is seeking a competitive edge over Johnson's supply. Therefore, to promote this end, Harper's should lower employee wages.

Q:Which of the following, if true, seriously weakens the argument above?

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Because they make a small number of specialty artist's pencils, pencil manufacturers cannot receive volume discounts on raw materials

Lowering wages would reduce the quality of employee work and this reduced quality would leadto lowered sales

Harper's Pencils has taken away twenty percent of Johnson's Supply business over the last year

Johnson's Supply pays its employees, on average, ten percent more than does Harper's Pencils

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144

169

100

64

3-7 =

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-7

7

-4

4

Shockwave lithotripsy can be used to remove painful kidney stones. In contrast to surgery - the invasive procedure customarily used, extracorpreal shockwave lithotripsy poses little risk to patients. Thus, to guarantee patient safety in the attempt treat kidney stones, extracorpreal shockwave lithotripsy should replace kidney stone surgery in all cases.

Q:Which of the following, if true, would most support the recommendation above?

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Kidney surgery can be used to treat other ailments of the kidneys other than kidney stones.

Extracorpreal shockwave lithotripsy was designed primarily in order to diagnose kidney stones.

Kidney surgery can reveal more information about the cause of a stone than an extracorpreal shockwave lithotripsy can.

An extracorpreal shockwave lithotripsy is just as likely as kidney surgery to successfully remove a kidney stone

If 2x - 3 = 15, what is the value of (2x - 3)² ?

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81

227

±225

225

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

z

Column B

y

The average (arithmetic mean) of x and y is greater than the average of x and z..

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A

B

C

D

If 5 is subtracted from a certain number, the result is 7 less than twice the number. What is the number ?

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2

1/2

5

6

Direction:In the following type of question,each consists of two quantities,one in column A and one in column B.You must compare two quantities and on the answer sheet fill in.

A.If the quantity in column A is greater.

B.If the quantity in column B is greater.

C.If the two quantities are equal.

D.If the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Notes:Sometimes,in certain question,information concerning one or both the quantities to be compared is centered above the two columns.A symbol that in both columns represents the same thing in column A as it does in column B.

Column A

3√5 -√125+ √20

Column B

0

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A

B

C

D

A man bought 20 used laptops at $200 each, 9 at $300 each, and 6 at $100 each. Find the average price per laptops

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$250.55

$208.57

$400.50

$380

In an vitro study, 160 white cats were injected with saltx. 160 other white cats were injected with placebo. In two weeks, 39% of the white cats, who were injected with SaltX showed symtoms of Kay fever? Hence, it can be concluded that Kay fever is caused by some elements similar to the elements in SaltX.Q:Which of the following would most strengthen the argument above?

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Some of the elements in SaltX are extracted from the root of a certain polsonous herb of Hunzaroot of a certain poisonous herb of Hunza

The blood test of the victims of Kay fever revealed the presence of a toxic element in their blood, normally found in salt X

Almost all the white cats died within two days after the first symptom appeared

Normally the rate of Kay fever among white cats is less than 0.01%

Within two weeks, about 40% of the white cats, who were injected with placebo, also contracted Kay fever

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6

49

8

Not possible

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