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GMAT Question of the Day (August 18)

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Math

A regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle. If the radius of the circle is 1, what is the length of the side of the hexagon? (A hexagon is a six-sided polygon).

A. \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}
B. 2\sqrt{3}
C. 1
D. \sqrt{2}
E. \sqrt{3}

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - C - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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Verbal

For Ralph Waldo Emerson, transcendentalism was his professed ideal over a century before the contemporary American environmental movement was launched with Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, and he outlined his beliefs in his essay, “Nature,” arguing that man does not fully accept nature’s beauty and all that it has to offer.

A. was launched with Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, and he outlined his beliefs in his essay, “Nature,” arguing that man does not fully accept nature’s beauty and all that it has to offer.

B. launched itself with Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, and outlined his beliefs in his essay, “Nature,” which argued that man does not fully accept nature’s beauty and all that it offers.

C. launched with Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring; he outlined his beliefs in his essay, “Nature,” which argued that man does not fully accept nature’s beauty and all that it has to offer.

D. launched Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring; Emerson outlined his beliefs in his essay, “Nature,” arguing that man does not fully accept nature’s beauty and all that it has to offer.

E. was launched with Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring; in it he outlined his beliefs in this essay, “Nature,” arguing that man does not fully accept nature’s beauty and all that it offers.

Question Discussion & Explanation

Correct Answer - C - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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