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- by tdkk123
Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:27 am- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Help required
- Replies: 3
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Argument essay question
HI, i woud like to know if it is okay to give examples in the argument essay to better illustrate my point. I have read that personal examples are a strict no no but what about a general example to support the flaw I am bringing out?
- by tdkk123
Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:06 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Argument essay question
- Replies: 1
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Help required
HI, when i am referring to the author's view in my essay, is 'authors view' or author's view' correct? Sorry i know this might be a silly question but since ill be using this word in my essay a couple of times, I want to get it right
- by tdkk123
Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:54 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Help required
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1184
Earthquakes
In most earthquakes the Earth’s crust cracks like porcelain. Stress builds up until a fracture forms at a depth of a few kilometers and the crust slips to relieve the stress. Some earthquakes, however, take place hundreds of kilometers down in the Earth’s mantle, where high pressure makes rock s...
- by tdkk123
Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:49 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: Earthquakes
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6020
Inference question
In corporate purchasing, competitive scrutiny is typically limited to suppliers of items that are directly related to end products. With “indirect� purchases (such as computers, advertising, and legal services), which are not directly related to production, corporations often favor “supplier p...
- by tdkk123
Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:39 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: Inference question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2056
- by tdkk123
Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:40 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Water conservation techniques
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2278
Water conservation techniques
Brochure: Help conserve our city’s water supply. By converting the landscaping in your yard to a water-conserving landscape, you can greatly reduce your outdoor water use. A water-conserving landscape is natural and attractive, and it also saves you money. Criticism: For most people with yards, th...
- by tdkk123
Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:25 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Water conservation techniques
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2278
Circular probability
Randomly, six people A, B, C, D, E, and F sit around a circular table. What is the probability that A is in middle of B and F, B is in the middle of A and C, C is in the middle of B and D, D is in the middle of C and E, E is in the middle of D and F, F is in the middle of A and E? OA [spoiler]1/60[/...
- by tdkk123
Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:10 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Circular probability
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2796
- by tdkk123
Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:00 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Airplanes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1161
- by tdkk123
Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:58 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Difficult CR
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1977
Airplanes
The only airline providing service for our town announces that because the service is unprofitable, it will discontinue this service next year. Town officials have urged the community to use the airline’s service more frequently so that the airline will change its decision. There is no reason to c...
- by tdkk123
Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:31 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Airplanes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1161
Difficult CR
Most land-dwelling vertebrates have rotating limbs terminating in digits, a characteristic useful for land movement. Biologists who assume that this characteristic evolved only after animals abandoned aquatic environments must consider the Acanthostega, a newly discovered ancestor of all land verteb...
- by tdkk123
Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:16 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Difficult CR
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1977
Prime numbers
If n is a positive integer and is not the square of any integer, is it a prime number?
(1) Among the factors of n, only n is greater than √n
(2) among the factors of n, only 1 is less than √n
OA D
Totally stumped!! Can someone explain?
- by tdkk123
Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:50 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Prime numbers
- Replies: 4
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- by tdkk123
Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:27 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Quadratic eq
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2090
Factors
How many prime factors does x have?
(1) X is factor of 7200
(2) 180 is factor of x
OA C
How do you combine both statements?
- by tdkk123
Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:25 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Factors
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1366