After his death, a farmer left all of his land to his three children. Alfred received 20% more acres of land than James and 25% more than Stephen. If James received 3,600 acres, how many acres did Stephen get?<\/p>\n
A. 2400
\nB. 3456
\nC. 3600
\nD. 3750
\nE. 4320<\/p>\n
Question Discussion & Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n Correct Answer<\/strong>\u00a0-\u00a0B<\/span>\u00a0-\u00a0(click and drag your mouse to see the answer)<\/p>\n Roland: The alarming fact is that 90 percent of the people in this country now report that they know someone who is unemployed.<\/p>\n Sharon: But a normal, moderate level of unemployment is 5 percent, with 1 out of 20 workers unemployed. So at any given time if a person knows approximately 50 workers, 1 or more will very likely be unemployed.<\/p>\n Sharon's argument relies on the assumption that<\/p>\n (A) normal levels of unemployment are rarely exceeded Question Discussion & Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n Correct Answer<\/strong>\u00a0-\u00a0B<\/span>\u00a0-\u00a0(click and drag your mouse to see the answer)<\/p>\n
\nVerbal<\/h2>\n
\n(B) unemployment is not normally concentrated in geographically isolated segments of the population
\n(C) the number of people who each know someone who is unemployed is always higher than 90% of the population
\n(D) Roland is not consciously distorting the statistics he presents
\n(E) knowledge that a personal acquaintance is unemployed generates more fear of losing one's job than does knowledge of unemployment statistics<\/p>\nBonus RC Question of the Day<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n