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Mgmat: Prada

Italian fashion house Prada, which has been among the most highly regarded clothing and accessory manufacturers, surprised many insiders in moving its sneaker production overseas to Vietnam in 2007 A.Italian fashion house Prada, which has been among the most highly regarded clothing and accessory m...

by shubhamkumar

Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:03 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Mgmat: Prada
Replies: 7
Views: 2527

Found more for those of you (like me) who are confused with the usage of would.
source mgmat
http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/man ... t2191.html

by shubhamkumar

Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:35 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 700-800 SC
Replies: 3
Views: 3728

Solution: The Line segment y=4/3x-100 will intersect the x axis on (75,0) and Y axis on (0,-100).SO this line segment will lie in the 4th Quadrant(though this has nothing to do with the soln) The shortest distance will be the perpendicular drawn on the line segment from the origin. Since the slope o...

by shubhamkumar

Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:41 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Kaplan: Smallest Distance on a co-ordinate plane
Replies: 4
Views: 2200

Kaplan: Smallest Distance on a co-ordinate plane

The equation of line n is y = 4/3x – 100. What is the smallest possible distance in the xy-plane from the point with coordinates (0, 0) to any point on line n?

A.48
B.50
C.60
D.75
E.100

OA: C

by shubhamkumar

Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:26 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Kaplan: Smallest Distance on a co-ordinate plane
Replies: 4
Views: 2200

Soln:

Let ABC= 100A+10B+C
BCA= 100B+10C+A
CAB= 100C+10A+B
Sum of the integers in the List= 111(A+B+C)
Factors of 111=1,3,37 and 111
Sum of these Factors = 152

by shubhamkumar

Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:19 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Kaplan: Sum of integers
Replies: 2
Views: 1365

Kaplan: Sum of integers

List L: ABC, BCA, CAB In list L above, there are 3 positive integers, where each of A, B, and C is a different nonzero digit. Which of the following is the sum of all the positive integers that MUST be factors of the sum of the integers in list L? A.47 B.114 C.152 D.161 E.488 OA: C This one is excel...

by shubhamkumar

Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:12 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Kaplan: Sum of integers
Replies: 2
Views: 1365

Do not ASSUME anything. When you saying what if even the use of defibrillators requires training you are assuming its possibility BUT NOT happening of same thing has same weightage. Since both are possible we cannot assume anything. For D, following is not mentioned in the argument. I think D is th...

by shubhamkumar

Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:51 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Kaplan:CPR
Replies: 13
Views: 2549

Kaplan:Probability

A jury pool consists of 6 men and w women. If 2 jurors are selected from the pool at random, is the probability that 2 men will be selected higher than the probability that 1 man and 1 woman will be selected?

(1) w> 3

(2) w < 6

OA: A

by shubhamkumar

Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:25 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Kaplan:Probability
Replies: 7
Views: 2008

Kaplan: Similar right angle Triangles

In the diagram above, /_PQR is a right angle,and QS is perpendicular to PR . If PS has a length of 25 and SR has a length of 4, what is the area of Traingle PQR ?
A.125
B.145
C.240
D.290
E.It cannot be determined

OA: B

by shubhamkumar

Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:47 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Kaplan: Similar right angle Triangles
Replies: 5
Views: 1996

Kaplan: Properties of a Square

Which of the following must be true if the square root of X is a positive integer?

I. X has an even number of distinct factors.

II. X has an odd number of distinct factors.

III. The sum of X’s distinct factors is odd.

A.I only
B.II only
C.I and III
D.II and III
E.I, II, and III

OA: D

by shubhamkumar

Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:29 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Kaplan: Properties of a Square
Replies: 3
Views: 1635

Can someone explain why using A will be incorrect.Isn't the sentence below gramatically correct?

The selection of paintings was based less on the curator's desire to be definitive and more on her personal preferences

by shubhamkumar

Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:25 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: curator
Replies: 10
Views: 2037

Kaplan:FeLV

In tests for Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV), a serious disease of domestic cats, a false positive result indicates that a cat has FeLV, when in fact, it does not; a false negative result indicates that a cat does not have FeLV when, in fact, it does. To detect FeLV most accurately, veterinarians shoul...

by shubhamkumar

Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:21 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Kaplan:FeLV
Replies: 3
Views: 1274

Garstang's theory is that Jericho was abandoned in the 15th century BC, while Kenyon says that Jericho was abandoned long before that. We're looking for something that supports Garstang. A--we don't particularly care when the walls were constructed B--if there is pottery dating to the 15th century ...

by shubhamkumar

Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:51 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Kaplan: John Garstang's theory
Replies: 4
Views: 2687

I find it hard to understand why the answer is B.... because after inflation adjustment, if the taxable income increases, then so is the tax paid ... thus the ratio of tax paid to that of the income will change... not sure about definite decrease... Also the option B does not explain the increased ...

by shubhamkumar

Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:34 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Federal Tax Question
Replies: 7
Views: 2346

Kaplan: John Garstang's theory

An ongoing archeological controversy surrounds the question of the date of the abandonment of the old city of Jericho. In the 1930s the site was excavated by the archaeologist John Garstang, who discovered the remains of a network of collapsed walls, which he dated at about 1400 BC, the time he beli...

by shubhamkumar

Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:03 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Kaplan: John Garstang's theory
Replies: 4
Views: 2687