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Stacie has a bag of solid colored jellybeans. Each jellybean is orange, purple, or pink. If she randomly selects a jellybean from the bag, the probability that the jellybean is orange is , and the probability that it is purple is . If there are 72 jellybeans in the bag, how many pink jellybeans are in the bag?

(A)16

(B) 24

(C) 32

(D) 40

(E) 48

When adding fractions, a useful first step is to find the least common denominator (LCD) of the fractions. What is the LCD for these fractions?

(F) 3 · 5 · 7 · 11 (G) 3² · 5² · 7 · 11 (H) 3² · 5² · · 11³ (J) 3² · 5² · 7 · 11³ (K) 3³ · 5³ · 7 · 11⁴

Correct Answer: J

In the figure below, where ABC ~ XYZ, lengths are given in inches and the perimeter of ABC is 576 inches. What is the length, in inches, of ?

(Note: The symbol ~ means "is similar to.")

（A） （B） 144 （C） （D） 192 （E） 240

Correct Answer: D

Which of the following could be the equation of a line that passes through the points (-2,-7) and (2,17) in the standard (x,y) coordinate plane?

(F) 3x - 2y = 8 (G) 6x - y = -5 (H) 5x - 2y = 7 (J) 9x - 2y = -16 (K) x + y = 6

Correct Answer: G