The realistic landscapes and portraits exhibited in the art museum stood in sharp contrast to the abstract paintings being sold on the street corner. Looking at those blobs of paint and geometric figures, I was tempted to ask the artist, "What is it?"

(A) not tied to anything practical or concrete (B) meaningful (C) literal (D) easily understood

(a) How does Roosevelt link his assertion that this speech occurs at an unprecedented moment to his later claim that this speech "is unique in our history"? (b) What language does Roosevelt use to emphasize the unique circumstances surrounding the speech?

Josephine has six chemistry books, three history books, and eight statistics books. She wants to choose one book of each type to study. In how many ways can she choose the three books?

Write a paper on traveling salesman problems. Include a brief history of the problems. Also include advances made toward reducing the computational time of determining the optimal solution as well as advances made toward determining better approximate solutions.

An art show offers different sized prints of the same painting. The original print measures 24 centimeters by 30 centimeters. A printer enlarges the original by a scale factor of 1.5, and then enlarges the second image by a scale factor of 3. What are the dimensions of the largest print? Are both of the enlarged prints similar to the original?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is often cited as a key metric for business activity. The average is a mathematical formula that uses the stock prices of thirty companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ) system.

C. Research the history of the DJIA and note some interesting facts. When did the Dow begin? What was the first value? What was the lowest value? The following is an example of a website that may be helpful: http://www.dow-jones-djia.com/history-of-dow-jones-industrial-average-index/.

Jerome is buying paint for a mural. The total cost of the paints can be modeled by the following function $f(p)=6.99 p$. He has a coupon for $5.95 off his purchase at the art supply store, so the final cost of his purchase can be modeled by$g(p)=6.99 p-5.95$. Describes the translation of$f(p)$that results in$g(p)$.

Read the description of the following theater, art, and music students. Use the context of the sentence to decide whether to use mejor / mejores or peor / peores. Complete the sentences with your choice.

El director de la obra es muy antipatico y grita mucho. ¡Es el ______ director del mundo!

In each of the sentences in the following paragraph, cross out each nonstandard expression. Above it write the word or word group that is correct according to the rules of formal, standard English.

Example [1] Olga follows her brother $\cancel{\text{everywheres}}$ (everywhere).

Beside sports, Olga is interested in music and art.

On the same web page, you can find the earnings history for $3$M. How close have analysts been to estimating $3$M’s earnings? In other words, what has the “surprise” been in $3$M’s earnings?

Match the terms with the definitions. Some terms may not be used.

a. capacity

b. character

c. cosigner

d. credit bureau

e. credit history

f. credit report

g. creditworthy

h. subscribers

__ A determination that you are a good credit risk

While the intact skeleton of an elk and unspoiled butter were, in fact, found in the bogs, “millions of years” and “bottomless” may be exaggerations. What do you think Heaney is saying about Ireland — and about history — in this mixture of artifacts and fiction?

Correct the run-ons below. There may be more than one way to fix each run-on. If a sentence is not a run-on, write Correct.

After the war, she took courses at a cooking school in Paris there she met two chefs with whom she wrote the book Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

A large clinical trial of the effect of diet on breast cancer assigned women at random to either a normal diet or a low-fat diet. To check that the random assignment did produce comparable groups, we can compare the two groups at the start of the study. Ask if there is a family history of breast cancer: 3396 of the 19,541 women in the low-fat group and 4929 of the 29,294 women in the control group said "Yes." If the random assignment worked well, there should not be a significant difference in the proportions with a family history of breast cancer. How significant is the observed difference?