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Although appearing less appetizing than most of their round and red supermarket cousins, heirloom tomatoes, grown from seeds saved during the previous year --they are often green and striped, or have plenty of bumps and bruises--heirlooms are more flavorful and thus in increasing demand. A Although...
- by avik.ch
Thu Oct 04, 2012 1:05 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Tomatoes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3200
Case:2 premise - only 5.5% of American colleges grant the majority of their degrees in the liberal arts Assumption:1 All colleges should grant the majority of their degrees in the liberal arts Assumption:2 Most post-secondary scientific, engineering, and vocational training does not involve as much...
- by avik.ch
Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:38 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Education
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1987
I am not sure how you are getting b=0 ?? Can you please elaborate !!everything's eventual wrote:
Statement 2) says c = 36 = 3^2 * 2^2
Equating both sides we get (5^4)^b = 2
Then we get b = 0 and 2) should be sufficient.
- by avik.ch
Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:59 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: The value of B ?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1432
- by avik.ch
Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:57 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: The value of B ?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1432
The value of B ?
If 3^a4^b = c, what is the value of b?
(1) 5a = 25
(2) c = 36
OA = C
I think the second statement is sufficient.
Source : Kaplan
- by avik.ch
Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:04 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: The value of B ?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1432
Hei,BTG expert,i have some budget problem and i cant go for "knewton,veritas or manhattan"course as it is too expensive.i heard lot about "e-gmat SC"through this forum .and now quite determine that i will purchase it.But my weakest section is CR. how is about "e-gmat CR&quo...
- by avik.ch
Sat Sep 15, 2012 3:03 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: "E-GAMT CR"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1831
Obviously, Manhattan GMAT.amjadshanu wrote:Hello there,
I am contemplating to buy one of the test series but I am not able to take a pick between Manhattan and Grockit. Could the experienced members suggest on the basis of their experience/exposure ?
- by avik.ch
Sat Sep 15, 2012 1:21 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Which Practice Test
- Replies: 4
- Views: 956
- by avik.ch
Sat Sep 15, 2012 1:12 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Irrigation
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1546
That taxes CAN be collected without a reduction in penalties does mean that they CAN'T be collected IN OTHER WAYS. Thus, when D is negated, it still entirely possible that THE OTHER WAY proposed by the state officials -- the incentive of reduced penalties -- will persuade delinquent corporations to...
- by avik.ch
Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:53 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Taxes
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1957
gerund doesn't have a progressing aspect. it always serves as a noun. dogs are being bred for looks. being bred is not a gerund here. X is eating Y. y is being eaten by x. (it is a passive verb) Ing verbs do imply time sequence in whatever forms it may be - be it a participle or a gerund. It imply ...
- by avik.ch
Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:16 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Experts, please explain! BEING
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14871
You have to first understand how preposition + relative pronoun is derived, then I think these two questions will be a easy one. clause 1 - The students play in the park. clause 2 - Government ordered the renovation of the park. combine both the clause : government ordered the renovation of the park...
- by avik.ch
Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:01 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Use of BY WHICH
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6009
Does parallelism apply in this sentence ?? And is generally used in sentences as connectors and maintain parallelism. But here, 2 statements in different time frames are discussed and hence they cannot be parallel. Experts, advice. Correct me if I'm wrong. Parallelism do not demand tense to be cons...
- by avik.ch
Sun Aug 26, 2012 11:10 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 'was' and 'is'
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1359
Like John McPhee's works, Ann Beattie painstakingly assembles in her works an interesting and complete world out of hundreds of tiny details about a seemingly uninteresting subject. (A) Like John McPhee's works, Ann Beattie painstakingly assembles in her works (B) Like John McPhee, Ann Beattie's wo...
- by avik.ch
Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:49 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Like John McPhee's works
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1555
Hi, Not a particular GMAT. But is it ok to interchange "most" and "some" in inference CR questions? For example, if the stimulus contains the following sentence : " MANY/MOST universities grant scholarship awards to their students " and the options contains the followi...
- by avik.ch
Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:21 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Use of "most" , "some" in CR questions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1115
Can someone please help me with some text in this text or some examples. This is an ongoing confusion in the modifiers. Thanks! a gerund is a noun - they are noun as they take up the noun slot in the sentence i.e subject, object... Swimming is fun. Subject is a noun slot and hence the ing form of t...
- by avik.ch
Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:34 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: present participle vs gerund
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1414