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Use of 'which'
Hi experts please help clarify Geologists once thought that the molten rock known as lava was an underground remnant of Earth's earliest days, sporadically erupting through volcanoes, but they now know that it is continuously created by the heat of the radioactivity deep inside the planet. A. was an...
- by Tarun Khanna
Fri Nov 18, 2011 5:04 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Use of 'which'
- Replies: 0
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SD Ques
Hi
in the below ques, the OA is B....Can someone explain what is the basic underlying principle based on which the answer is B?
Is the range of a few numbers greater than $500?
(1) The median is $1,000 (2) Standard deviation is $500
thanks
tarun
- by Tarun Khanna
Wed Nov 02, 2011 10:17 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: SD Ques
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1097
can someone explain from 3x61x12!x13! how can we deduce that 61 is the greatest prime factor...what about 13!x12!....we need not multiply this and check?? 61 is the greatest prime factor of 183 but how have we deduced that it is the greatest prime factor of 3x61x12!x13! ?? what am i missing here ?? ...
- by Tarun Khanna
Fri Oct 28, 2011 12:50 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Prime factorization
- Replies: 38
- Views: 19466
AWESOME Pete...Thanks a ton :-) I am also struggling alot with coordinate geometry, mixtures and alligations, Probability and P&C...Any suggestions how to improve or any strategies or any suggested concept reading on these? I score 48-49 in the quant section and with these topics correct mayb i ...
- by Tarun Khanna
Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:51 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Symmetry.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2222
Hey thanks GMAT Math Pro...Thanks alot
One more thing...are there any other pair of numbers apart from -0.5 and 0.5 or this is the only pair...
Rgds
Tarun
- by Tarun Khanna
Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:08 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Symmetry.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2222
hi
plz explain why answer is not D because i took examples taking into consideration statement 1 and always got a NO which means the points are not symmetric...can u give an example whereby using statement 1 points A and B can be symmetric about 0..
thanks
tarun
- by Tarun Khanna
Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:07 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Symmetry.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2222
Hi Grad0511 Don't get disappointed. You need to work hard towards it. I agree with Brent. See what is your target score and plan accordingly. There are millions of cases where students like you scored 400 odd on practice tests and improved dramatically by practising and scored 600+. Ensure that you ...
- by Tarun Khanna
Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:19 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Very disappointed : (
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1049
Hi cavaliar...my ans is wrong...my ans is 22 but the correct ans is 20...have a look at post by cans and then my reply to itcavaliar wrote:ur ans is correct
cheers
- by Tarun Khanna
Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:27 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: problem solving ques
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1436
A: 4 + (x-4)/2 = (x+4)/2 remaining = (x-4)/2 Bob: 4+ 1/3 [(x-4)/2 -4] = 4 + (x-12)/6 remaining = (x-12)/3 = 32 thus x-12 = 32*3 or Bob: 4 + 32*3/6 = 22 hey thnx cans...you subtracted 4 here what i have highlighted in red Bob:4+ 1/3 [(x-4)/2 -4 ] because B also got 4 dollars first and we need to cal...
- by Tarun Khanna
Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:25 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: problem solving ques
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1436
problem solving ques
brent had posted this long ago and the ques is A sum of money is to be divided among Ann, Bob and Chloe. First, Ann receives $4 plus one-half of what remains. Next, Bob receives $4 plus one-third of what remains. Finally, Chloe receives the remaining $32. How much money did Bob receive? A) 20 B) 22 ...
- by Tarun Khanna
Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:32 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: problem solving ques
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1436
*The Beauty and Complexity of English Language*
*The Beauty and Complexity of English Language* Professor Ernest Brennecke of Columbia is credited with inventing a sentence that can be made to have eight different meanings by placing ONE WORD in all possible positions in the sentence: "I hit him in the eye yesterday." The word is "...
- by Tarun Khanna
Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:40 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: *The Beauty and Complexity of English Language*
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1010
Hi akhilsuhag
thanks for your post....had studied from mgmat guides....with rc and cr i understand the passage and the question stem, but once i start answering it, i am just unable to pick the right answer....alwas get tricked into picking the wrong answer
rgds
tarun
- by Tarun Khanna
Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:55 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Struggling with the verbal section...Verbal experts plz help
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1183
Struggling with the verbal section...Verbal experts plz help
Hi
I am struggling with the verbal section on the GMAT. Took GMAT twice scored 610-(Q49 V25) in the first test and 630 (Q48 V28) in the second test. How do I improve my verbal score? I studied from Manhattan strategy guides for SC RC and CR
plz help need to write GMAT again in 2 months
Thanks
Tarun
- by Tarun Khanna
Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:05 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Struggling with the verbal section...Verbal experts plz help
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1183
Hi bcdilley
From your first test in which you scored 27 in verbal, you scored an amazing 44 in verbal in your final attempt....I am also struggling a lot with my verbal section....How did you manage to go from 27 to 44?
Thanks
Tarun
- by Tarun Khanna
Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:40 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: 540 to 740; Our greatest glory is not in never failing
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8668