Five racing drivers, Alan, Bob, Chris, Don, and Eugene, enter into a contest that consists of 6 races.
The results of all six races are listed below:
Bob always finishes ahead of Chris. Alan finishes either first or last. Eugene finishes either first or last.
There are no ties in any race. Every driver finishes each race. In each race, two points are awarded for
a fifth place finish, four points for fourth, six points for third, eight points for second, and ten points
for first. If Eugene's total for the six races is 36 points, which of the following must be true?
An English school teacher requested from her students that they try and write children's stories that
are relevant to their every day lives; the idea would be to give their stories a quality of “real-life”.
One of the students decided to base her story upon one of the fictional characters from her favorite
novel. Of the following criteria listed below, which would make the most logical sense as criticism
against the student's choice for her children's story?
The raisin business in America was born by accident. It happened in 1873 in the San Joaquin Valley of
California. Many farmers raised grapes in this valley. That year, just before the grape harvest, there
was a heat wave. It was one of the worst heat waves ever known. It was so hot the grapes dried on
the vines. When they were picked, California had its first raisin crop. People were surprised to find
how good raisins were. Everybody wanted more. So the San Joaquin farmers went into the raisin
business. Today, of course, they do not let the grapes dry on the vines. They treat them with much
more care. In late August the grapes start to ripen. They are tested often for sweetness. The growers
wait until the sugar content is twenty-one percent. Then they know the grapes are ripe enough to be
picked. Skilled workers come to the vineyards. They pick the bunches of grapes by hand. The workers
fill their flat pans with grapes. They gently empty the pans onto squares of paper. These squares lie
between the long rows of vines. They sit in the sun. Here the grapes stay while the sun does its work.
It may take two weeks or longer. The grapes are first dried on one side. When they have reached the
right color, they are turned to dry on the other side. The grapes are dried until only fifteen percent of
the moisture is left. Then they have turned into raisins. The raisins are rolled up in the paper on
which they have dried. Trucks take them from the fields. They are poured into big boxes called
sweatboxes. Each box holds one hundred and sixty pounds of raisins. Here, any raisins that are a bit
too dry take moisture from those that have a bit too much. After a while they are all just moist
enough. The big boxes are trucked next to the packaging plant. They are emptied onto a conveyor
belt that shakes the raisins gently. This knocks them from their stems. A blast of air whisks the stems
away. The water bath is next. Then the plump brown raisins have a last inspection. They are again
checked for moisture and sugar. Then they go on a belt to packing machines. Here they are poured
into packages, which are automatically weighed and sealed. The raisins are now ready for market.
What is the main idea of this passage?