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1. Given the equation 10/x = y and y = 5, what is x?
a) 10.     b) 5.     c) 2.     d) 1/2.     e) 50.

c) 2.

2. There are 60 arcminutes in a degree. How many arcminutes are there in 0.1 degrees?
a) 600.     b) 10.     c) 6.     d) 0.6.     e) 0.1.    

c) 6.

3. There are 3 X 10⁷ seconds in a year. How many seconds are there in a billion (10⁹) years?
a) 3 X 10⁶³ seconds.
b) 3 X 10^-2 seconds.
c) 3 X 10² seconds.
d) 3 X 10^-16 seconds.
e) 3 X 10¹⁶ seconds.

e) 3 X 10¹⁶ seconds.

4. If F = G/R², and R = 3 and F = 2, what is G?
a) 6.
b) 1/6.
c) 9/2.
d) 3/2.
e) 18.

e) 18.

5. If F = G/R², and G remains constant while R increases by a factor of 3, what happens to F?
a) It increases by a factor of 3.
b) It increases by a factor of 9.
c) It decreases by a factor of 3.
d) It decreases by a factor of 9.
e) It remains the same.

d) It decreases by a factor of 9.

6. If Y = 30 A², and A increases by a factor of 10, how much does Y change?
a) It increases by a factor of 10.
b) It increases by a factor of 100.
c) It decreases by a factor of 100.
d) It decreases by a factor of 10.
e) It remains constant.

b) It increases by a factor of 100.

7. If R = 30/D, and R = 5, what is D?
a) 150.
b) 1/150.
c) 5.
d) 6.
e) 25.

d) 6.