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When two events occur the past you have to use past perfect tense for the first event.
Here john is poor, he won the lottery later.
Before john won the lottery, he had been (past perfect first event) a poor farmer.
- by aplavakarthik
Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:13 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Use of Past Perfect Tense
- Replies: 7
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Rate my AWA
Recent technological improvements in electronic mail (E-mail) will resolve existing corporate communication problems. Vast quantities of information about products, services, and market transactions as well as most basic business communications, can be electronically exchanged, quickly and at a rel...
- by aplavakarthik
Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:47 am- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Rate my AWA
- Replies: 1
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parallelism
Just as a student trying to understand life among Greek warriors might study the epic poems of Homer, in the same way students trying to understand courtly life in Elizabethan England might well study plays by Shakespeare. (A) in the same way students trying to understand courtly life in Elizebathan...
- by aplavakarthik
Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:24 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: parallelism
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1233
I think it is E because the singular Subject believe takes the Singular Verb 'is', so a, b, d are out. Now b/w C and E because of change of words in C I go with E
- by aplavakarthik
Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:58 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Master GMAT SC
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1474
5280/y gives u the number of revolutions the tire make per mile.
multiplied by x gives u the total no of revolutions done per hour.
(5280/y)*x
IMO A
- by aplavakarthik
Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:00 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Tricky problem
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3070
7 when multiplied by 7 follows a sequence to the end which repeats.
7=7
7^2=49
7^3=343
7^4=2041
7^5=7
so 7,9,3,1 keeps on repeating. given x is a positive integer. let it be 1 7^15 will end with 3 and +3 will give u a 6 to last. so 1 will be the remainder.
- by aplavakarthik
Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:54 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Number Properties
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1063
at the time the buses cross each other, the time is the same s1-speed of bus1; s2 speed of bus2. total distance is d t(s1+s2)=d ---1 total time taken by bus a is t+5 hrs. Therefore, s1=d/t+5. Similarly, total time taken by bus B is t+3.2 hrs s2=d/t+3.2 Substitute the values of s1 and s2 in the firs...
- by aplavakarthik
Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:54 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: speed distance--very hard
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2216
r v missing anything in the question? it say jus c took 5 more hours from the meet point and D took 3.12 hours from the meet point. One thing for sure is they are not travelling at same speed( if they did start at the same time). so the time it took for C will be different from the time it took for ...
- by aplavakarthik
Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:23 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: speed distance--very hard
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2216
Joshua and Jose work at an auto repair center with 4 other workers. For a survey on health care insurance, 2 of the 6 workers will be randomly chosen to be interviewed. What is the probability that Joshua and Jose will both be chosen? a)1/15 b)1/12 c)1/9 d)1/6 e)1/3 P(first person selected is Joshu...
- by aplavakarthik
Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:17 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Joshua and Jose
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2676
total marbles 5(3red+2blue)
selecting 2 from 5 is 5c2=10
for favorable now selecting 2 red from 3 is 3c2=3
probability =favorable/total=3/10
- by aplavakarthik
Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:03 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability
- Replies: 2
- Views: 977
the meter should show the reading 9 after travelling 9km right, but it ll show 10 as the digit 9 is missing. the repetition sequence ll be 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0(9 is missing). did u get it cans?
- by aplavakarthik
Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:22 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Numbers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1713
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Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:09 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Numbers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1713
- by aplavakarthik
Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:57 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Rate time and distance
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1714
I am really sorry mate for ur score. u can improve a lot in math. u can pull it upto 49 atleast. verbal may be another 5 . and u know it all depends on the score u r targeting at. An error log should for sure help you, try to find ur weak areas n start from scratch on them. Verbal I really cant advi...
- by aplavakarthik
Fri Sep 16, 2011 12:10 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: plz suggest experts
- Replies: 1
- Views: 944
RCs u have to get adjusted to them. U have to take around 3 min for a short one and 4 min for a long one to read and make some notes n 1 min for each question. may u can check these videos might help you. http://www.gmatprepnow.com/module/gmat-reading-comprehension# . One more thing for any question...
- by aplavakarthik
Fri Sep 16, 2011 12:05 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Question about time management IN the test
- Replies: 1
- Views: 924