Sentence completion and math questions help!

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<p>I need help with these:</p>

<p>1) Civil rights activist F L Hamer’s statement “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired” was an intentional … that illustrated Hamer’s … about the plight of African Americans in the 1960s.</p>

<p>(A) redundancy . . frustration
(B) euphemism . . despair
(C) irony . . exultation
(D) aspersion . . despondency
(E) paradox . . optimism</p>

<p>2) The sum of the areas of the 3 circles is pi. The radius of circle II is 1/2 the radius of circle I, and the radius of circle III is 1/3 the radius of circle I. What is the radius of circle I?</p>

<p>(A) 6/11
(B) 4/7
(C) 6/7
(D) 7/6
(E) 9/4</p>

<p>Thanks in advance</p>

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<p>For 1. It is A because redundancy means repeating the same thing. Frustration works because he says I am sick and tired. I can’t really help you on the math. Sorry!</p>

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<p>PiR1^2 + PiR2^2 + PiR3^2 = Pi</p>

<p>PiR1^2 + Pi(.5R1)^2 + Pi((1/3)R1)^2 = Pi</p>

<p>Now solve algebraically for R1:</p>

<p>Square stuff:
PiR1^2 + Pi(1/4)R1^2 + Pi(1/9)R1^2 = Pi</p>

<p>Divide both sides by Pi.
R1^2 + (1/4)R1^2 + (1/9)R1^2 = 1</p>

<p>Factor out R1^2:
R1^2(1 + (1/4) + (1/9)) = 1</p>

<p>Dividing 1 by the sum of all those numbers and taking the square root shows that the answer is sqrt(36/49) or 6/7.</p>

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<p>Why can’t the first one be B?</p>

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<p>^^^
“sick and tired” is not a euphemism (i.e. another more benign way of saying) for “sick and tired”. It is a descriptive way of saying “going in a circle without results” or “dealing with bureaucracy as by being sent from one clerk to another in a government office”: in other words, a course of action that leads to frustration.</p>

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<p>The words don’t fit for B. A is the better choice since redundancy works perfectly because the sentence repeats sick and tired two times.</p>

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<p>Nvm, fogcity explained what a euphemism is so B clearly doesn’t work.</p>

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<p>ok, i understand. thanks</p>