183. car a can go 25 miles/gallon of gasoline, while car b can go 11.9 miles/gallon of gasoline. if both cars are driven 12,000 miles, how many more gallons of gasoline will car b consume than will car a? (rounded to the unit digit) 参考答案:528.40 思路: 这道题可能有陷阱,我12代替11.9算得出520——一个很有诱惑力的答案。
184. a company increases its costs/labor charges from $50/hour to $60/hour and enhances its parts charges by 8%. a certain job requires 1.5 hours of labor charges and parts charges, and the parts charges before change were $125/hour. what percent will the total charges for this job increase? 参考答案:1/8 思路:
185. among the 600 attendees of a conference, 250 are republicans and 100 vegetarians. how many of the republicans are vegetarians? 1) 300 are neither republicans nor vegetarians 2) 200 republicans are not vegetarians 参考答案:B 思路: 最近很多题目都是这种思路,换汤不换药。
186. the average salary for company a is $3500, and the average salary for company b is $4500. how many people are in company a? 1) the average salary for company a and company b is $4200 2) there are totally 500 employees in a and b. 参考答案:C 思路:
189. there are 500 marbles in a jar. 200 are red, 100 are blue, and 200 are green. if two marbles, one at a time without placements, are taken from the jar. What’s the possibility that both marbles are red? 参考答案:C200,2/C500,2 思路: