A bank offers a cash advance credit card at an interest rate of 24%, and no payments required for 3 years. What amount is closest to what you will owe if you borrow $3000 now and make no payments? A) $4000 B.) $5000 C). $6000 Answer: The amount owing increases by 24% each year. The …
Two comets, Alpha and Beta have periodic orbits with periods of exactly 76 years and 48 years respectively. When both comets appear in the same year, they are said to be in conjunction. How many years are between successive conjunctions? Answer: Alpha returns in multiples of 76 years and Beta in multiples of 48 years. …
Waxing eloquent on group membership, comedian Julius “Groucho” Marx famously said, “I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.” In spite of his assertion, Groucho belonged to a variety of in-groups. As one of 5 brothers born in Manhattan to Jewish parents of German and French extraction, his …
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Autopsies on prominent humans enabled the investigation of intelligence relative to brain size. Though some highly intelligent people were found to have possessed significantly larger than average brains, there were many who did not. Gauss, regarded by historians of mathematics as one of the three greatest mathematicians of all time, weighed in at what has …
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The greatest downside to knowing your IQ on a standardized IQ test is that it may cause you to put a ceiling on your personal expectations We must remember that an IQ test is a brief snapshot of some of your cognitive skills– a snapshot that has a reasonably large margin of error. Scoring 110 …
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A work of art, music, mathematics, or literature can be judged as a “work of genius” only if it has someone to appreciate its value. A symphony of Beethoven might be described as a work of genius by members of a large community, but it might not be considered a work of genius if it …
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This question was asked by a visitor to our space on Quora. The answer depends upon the age at which you embark on increasing your IQ and your IQ when you undertake the improvement. The answer to the first part is “the younger the better.” When we are young, our brains are much more susceptible …
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Many people who live in Europe and Asia can speak two or more languages. For example, more the 80% of Swedes can speak English as well as Swedish. This means that people of average IQ are capable of speaking more than one language with a reasonable degree of fluency. Of course, those who speak 4 …
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Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer best captured the difference between high intelligence and genius in his famous quote: Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see. Newton, Einstein, and Tesla are considered geniuses or “brilliant” because they combined high intelligence with creativity and insight to hit targets …
The quickest way to determine whether your IQ is above average is to have an IQ test administered by a certified psychometrician. If you’re a student in high school or university, you may be able to to schedule a test through the guidance department or a university student organization. Otherwise, you can go on line …
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