1. | Consider a square with side of length a, and an an isosceles right triangle with one side of length a and hypotenuse of length b. What is the sum of the areas of the square and the triangle? |
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2. | If a / b = - 4 / 5, then b3 / a3 is equal to |
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3. | Mr. Kennedy bought 500 shares of ABC Inc. in 1996 at a price of $ 7 for each share. He sold all these shares yesterday for 50% more than he paid for them. If he has to pay a tax of 40% on the gain, how many dollars does he pay as tax? |
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4. | If x is negative and (x - 2)2 = 81, then x2 is equal to |
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