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• Question 361:

  The length of the longest thin rigid rod that can fit inside a right circular cylindrical can is 25 inches. If the can has depth 20 inches, which of the following is closest to the volume of the can in cubic inches?

  

  A. Option A

  B. Option B

  C. Option C

  D. Option D

  E. Option E

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 362:

  Eric bought 7 T-shirts, each at the retail price of $6.91. If he paid a 6% sales tax on the total of the retail prices of the 7 T-shirts, what was the total amount, including tax, he paid for the T-shirts?

  A. $7.32

  B. $48.37

  C. $48.43

  D. $48.79

  E. $51.27

  Correct Answer: E

• Question 363:

  Matt and Michelle are at the northwest corner of their school's football field, which is a rectangle 300 ft long and 160 ft wide. Matt walks in a straight line directly to the southeast corner of the field. If Michelle walks 180 ft down the west side of the field and then walks in a straight line directly to the southeast corner of the field, how many feet farther, to the nearest 10 ft, will Michelle walk than Matt?

  B. 40

  C. 80

  D. 120

  E. 140

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 364:

  If the closing price of stock X on the first trading day last year was $10, was the closing price of stack X at least $5 on each of the trading days last year?

  (1)

  Last year, the highest closing price of stock X was twice the lowest closing price of stock X.

  (2)

  The highest closing price of stock X last year was $16.

  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.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 365:

  The average (arithmetic mean) of a list of 5 numbers is 50. The sum of 2 numbers in the list is 70 and the sum of 2 other numbers in the list is 110. What is the remaining number in the list?

  A. 70

  B. 90

  C. 95

  D. 130

  E. 140

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 366:

  ABC has sides whose lengths, in centimeters, are x, y, and z. If x < y < z, is ABC a right triangle?

  

  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.

  Correct Answer: E

• Question 367:

  A certain truck averages 10 miles per gallon when driven in the city and 25 miles per gallon when driven on the highway. According to these rates, which of the following is closest to the number of miles per gallon that the truck averages when it is driven 20 miles in the city and 30 miles on the highway?

  A. 16

  B. 18

  C. 20

  D. 23

  E. 25

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 368:

  

  (1)

  x is an even integer. (2)* Is greater than 0.

  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.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 369:

  An employee of Store Z purchased an item at Store Z. The item was on sale at -? off its list price and the employee also received an employee discount of i-*%. If no taxes were Involved, what net percent discount did the employee receive off the list price of the Item?

  (1)

  The employee paid $181.25 less for the item than its list price.

  (2)

  The employee discount was applied before the sale discount was applied.

  A.

  Statement (1) ALONE Is sufficient, but statement (2) atone Is not sufficient.

  B.

  Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) atone is not sufficient.

  C.

  BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NETTHER statement ALONE is sufficient.

  D.

  EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.

  E.

  Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

  Correct Answer: E

• Question 370:

  Many companies today are making new product development a central element of their competitive strategy. Because the potential benefits of successful product innovation are great--prolonged growth, superior financial returns, and strong investor interest-many companies offer employees incentives such as promotions and bonuses for developing new products, incentives not offered for innovations in other areas of the business, firms' priorities can also be shaped by their measurement systems, since these systems can directly measure returns from new products more immediately than they can measure returns from investments in such areas as organizational restructuring or innovations in marketing.

  But the organizational culture of such companies can hurt them in the marketplace because a narrow focus on product development can ultimately detract from a firm's performance. For instance, a company's ability to profit from new products can be severely hampered if it has neglected other functions and business processes. If a company develops a superior new product but is unable to distribute and promote t rapidly, competitors with better distribution systems may copy the product and introduce It into the market before the innovator can profit from its innovation. In contrast, effective distribution, marketing, and accounting systems-that is, strong overall business systems -can act as entry barriers, deterring would-be competitors from entering a particular.

  The passage suggests which of the following about companies' investment in the development of new products?

  A. Heavy investment in the development of new products is a less risky business practice than most business leaders believe.

  B. Companies might invest less heavily in the development of new products if company executives felt equally able to measure the results of investments in all areas of business innovation.

  C. Companies are most likely to focus their investment on the development of new products if they perceive competitors to lack strong overall business systems.

  D. While investment in the development of new products can bring greater returns to companies than can investment in other areas of a business, the benefits are usually short- lived.

  E. It is generally more expensive for companies to invest in the development of new products than to invest in such things as organizational restructuring or the development of new marketing practices.

  Correct Answer: E