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<p>I chose E directly:(. What is the problem with E?</p>

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<p>I think whereas is also OK. How about you?</p>

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<p>Why the answer is B? India is a kind of democracy?</p>

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<p>What is the difference between nepotism and cronyism?</p>

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<p>Thanks a million for your help.</p>

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<p>First question… Square the equation on both the sides. It removes the roots.
so you’ll get x-a=x+b. X goes off to give you a+b=0 (C)</p>

<p>2nd answer is E ‘compared with’. Whereas would’ve been fine if the sentence was “nearly 50 percent IS produced by Brazil” which is not the case. E makes the most sense.</p>

<p>3rd is B. Yes India is a Democracy.</p>

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cronyism - the practice of favoring one’s close friends, esp. in political appointments.
Nepotism - favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics</p>

<p>Theres not much difference between the 2 words but you can notice that cronyism is favoritism shown to friends while nepotism is shown to family. Since in the question, he appointed his friend to the post, Cronyism is the right answer.</p>

<p>Hope it helps :-)</p>

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<p>Thanks. It indeed helps.</p>

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<p>I remember the vocab section, why couldn’t you just look them up at dictionary.com? </p>

<p>But yeah, for the math question, square them to get x-a=x=b. So -a=b. Add A to get B+A=0.</p>

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<p>I looked up my dictionary and found nothing helpful. :(</p>