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1) Since 3 members sold the 6 tickets , therefore the worst case would be when all sells the same number of tickets i.e, 2. SO Sufficient 2) Since no 2 members sold the same number of tickets , therefore even if I take one member sold 0 tickets so the numbers would be 0 ,1 and 2. So Sufficient. Henc...
- by mukgera
Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:12 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Tickets
- Replies: 2
- Views: 889
IMO E. "greatly beloved by generations past and present." Should be using had been here as past and present both are involved. Hi friends, Below is a question I'm finding difficulty in answering. Please help. The author Herman Melville and the poet Walt Whitman are icons of American litera...
- by mukgera
Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:36 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: That or which?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1490
Hi Pemdas, I am still not able to grasp the logic behind D as OA.Can yoy please explain a bit further about the logic here. Thanks in advance. very tricky one initially i've narrowed the answer choices to B and E, but then OA is D what may pause in approaching this CR is that at one hand we are sugg...
- by mukgera
Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:46 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: small orchard
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1794
My bad :) I suppose mukgera u r highly confused... Please check the solution... I am replying to a post.. Please read carefully.. What I had posted earlier is to prove a scenario in which x is +ve and y is -ve and still we are getting x - y =1 and xy < 0 which according to ur post is not possible. w...
- by mukgera
Sun Oct 16, 2011 1:22 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: *** Confused *** Is the product xy negative
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2101
What I had posted earlier is to prove a scenario in which x is +ve and y is -ve and still we are getting x - y =1 and xy < 0 which according to ur post is not possible. what you considered : 1. x and y --> +ve 2. x and y --> -ve 3. either x or y is 0 and the other is 1 / -1 You said that x - y = 1 o...
- by mukgera
Sun Oct 16, 2011 1:13 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: *** Confused *** Is the product xy negative
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2101
Hi neeraj, if we have x = 0.5 and y = -0.5 then x - y =1 , You didn't considered this scenario in 2). It is not mentioned in the problem that x and y are Integers!! Hope this helps. Please can someone shed light on the answer for this DS question. Is the product xy negative? (1) x^2 – x < 0 (2) (x...
- by mukgera
Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:58 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: *** Confused *** Is the product xy negative
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2101
Hi Pemdas, How did you assum 0 < x <2 , this is only one part of the solution to first equation , How can you ignore the other one. Regards Mukesh to be precise with combined statements (1&2) we know that x is positive as such 0<x<2, hence 0<y+1<2 and -1<y<1 SO we are legitimate in setting xy wi...
- by mukgera
Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:48 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: *** Confused *** Is the product xy negative
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2101
if a = side of the cube A) 6 * a * a = 54 ---> a = 3 --> Volume = a * a * a --> sufficient B) Greatest possible distance = root(3) * a = root(3) * 3 ---> a = 3 --> sufficient IMO D What is the volume of a certain cube? (1) The sum of the areas of the faces of the cube is 54. (2) The greatest possibl...
- by mukgera
Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:02 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: volume of a certain cube
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2647
Completely agree with shankar..IMO D.
shankar.ashwin wrote:20 * (No of members) + 25 * (No of non men) = 5500
(1) 20M = 25N + 500 (2 eqns/2 unknows - Suff)
(2) M + N = 250 (Again 2 eqns/ 2 unknows - Suff)
D IMO
- by mukgera
Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:58 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Registration fee
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1293
I think D is the correct choice..as both A) and B) are sufficient!! If a grocery shopper received $0.25 off the original price of a certain product by using a coupon, what was the original price of the product? (1) The shopper received a 20 percent discount by using the coupon. (2) The original pric...
- by mukgera
Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:56 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: % paid, received
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1098
- by mukgera
Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:49 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Integer check
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1688
Solving this question from more of a algebraic perspective: A) x^2 - x < 0 ---> Not enough B) (x-4) / (y-3) = 1 So x-4 = y-3 --> y = x-1 ----> Not enough Combining A) and B) put the value of x-1 as y in A) x^2 - x < 0 ---> x(x-1) < 0 ---> xy < 0 ---> Enough So IMO C Please can someone shed light on ...
- by mukgera
Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:44 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: *** Confused *** Is the product xy negative
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2101
IMO C
GmatKiss wrote:What was Casey’s total score for eighteen holes of golf?
(1) Casey’s score for the first nine holes was 13 less than his score for the last nine holes.
(2) Twice Casey’s score for the last nine holes was 58 more than his score for the first nine holes.
OA after sometime
- by mukgera
Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:34 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Casey’s total score
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1807
I think 2) would be answer..because of parallelism issue with 1) Please correct me If I am wrong!! complete the sentence : Some analyst expects automakers___________________________ 1) to be more conservative than they have been in setting dividends. 2) to set dividends more conservatively than they...
- by mukgera
Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:06 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT Prep SC Confusion
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1551
- by mukgera
Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:03 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: american daughters
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1404