Math
The equation has equal roots, and one of the roots of the equation
is 3. What is the value of b?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Correct Answer - D - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)
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Verbal
Psychologist: Though popularized by the media and even some ill-informed scientists, photographic memory is a myth. Most of the top competitors at this summer’s national memory championship have brains that are neurologically indistinguishable from those of the general population and cognitive abilities that are seldom more than a standard deviation above average.
Which of the following would LEAST strengthen the argument above?
The competitors at this summer’s championship are typical of the segment of the population thought to have photographic memory.
People with photographic memories would have brains that are neurologically distinguishable from those of the general population.
Photographic memory requires cognitive abilities more than a standard deviation above average.
Photographic memory was initially proposed by a scientist whose theories of mind have since been widely discredited.
Photographic memory, if it exists, would be a requirement even to qualify for a national memory competition.
Correct Answer - D - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)
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