The price of a quart of milk was increased by 20%. How many quarts of milk can be purchased for the amount of money that used to buy 30 quarts of milk?
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Last year Leo bought two paintings. This year he sold them for $2,000 each. On one, he made a 25% profit, and on the other he had a 25% loss. What was his net loss or profit?
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If c and d are odd positive integers, which of the following could be odd? Indicate all such expressions.
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Let P and Q be points which are two inches apart, and let A be the area, in square inches, of a circle which passes through P and Q. Which of the following is the set of all possible values of A.
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If the total surface area of a cube is 864, what is the volume of the cube?
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Rather than allowing these dramatic exchanges between her characters to develop fully, Ms. Norman unfortunately tends to _____ the discussions involving two women.
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Refusing to let the enemy see how deeply shaken he was by his capture, the prisoner kept his face _____.
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Anyone who has ever stepped in sticky hot tar on a summer day knows that melted tar is a highly _____ substance.
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Seemingly solid at first, Napoleon`s 1807 alliance with Russia quickly proved _____: it disintegrated altogether in 1812.
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Far from viewing consumption as a romantic, even glamorous disease, an affliction of emotionally enhanced or refined beings, Sontag, steadfastly refusing to idealize the disease, observed that the _____ attaching to consumption eventually diminished as science clarified the cause of the illness, and as treatment became first possible and then routine.
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Although he was generally considered an extremely (i)_____ individual, his testimony at the trial revealed that he had been very (ii)_____ .
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Disappointed in love, Miss Emily became _____: she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.
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Surprisingly, to those who view the ocean floor as a uniformly (i)_____ waste, each vent in the floor, where the sea water is heated by the earth`s interior magma, has been found to be an island-like (ii) _____ with its own distinctive fauna.
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The negotiating team had not expected such _____ from the striking workers, who firmly resisted any hint of a compromise.
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Infuriated by what he considered blatantly (i) _____ attacks in the press, the candidate delivered a lengthy (ii) _____ against biased reporting.
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In giving advice to his son, old Polonius expressed himself only in _____; every bit of counsel he gave was a truism.
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Despite her autocratic father`s efforts to maintain his control over her, Elizabeth Barrett, concealing a rebellious spirit behind _____ exterior, played obedient daughter and successfully managed to elope with her fellow poet, Robert Browning.
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Doubting her ability to write English correctly, the modest young Japanese student felt some _____ about replying to the first letter she received from her American pen pal.
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The cigar smoker went into a bitter _____, forcefully denouncing the antismoking forces that had succeeded in banning smoking from most planes and restaurants.
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Eager to set off on their ski trip, the boys packed up their gear and climbed into the van with _____.
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