Question of the Day (December 13)

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If a positive integer $n$ has exactly two positive factors what is the value of $n$ ?

(1) $\frac{n}{2}$ is one of the factors of $n$ .

(2) The lowest common multiple of $n$ and $n + 10$ is an even number.

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

Verbal

Which of the following best completes the passage below?

At a recent conference on environmental threats to the North Sea, most participating countries favored uniform controls on the quality of effluents, whether or not specific environmental damage could be attributed to a particular source of effluent. What must, of course, be shown, in order to avoid excessively restrictive controls, is that _______.

(A) any uniform controls that are adopted are likely to be implemented without delay
(B) any substance to be made subject to controls can actually cause environmental damage
(C) the countries favoring uniform controls are those generating the largest quantities of effluents
(D) all of any given pollutant that is to be controlled actually reaches the North Sea at present
(E) environmental damage already inflicted on the North Sea is reversible

Question Discussion & Explanation

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

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