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by gaurav_gaur

Sat Aug 23, 2014 7:27 am
Forum: The Application Process
Topic: Low GMAT score advice needed
Replies: 5
Views: 2208

Low GMAT score advice needed

Hi All, Do I stand a chance with below profile I recently gave my GMAT and scored 640. Indian IT male Work Exp: 6.5+ Years Post MBA: Looking to boost up my profile and enhance my career choices. Looking for Management Information Systems or General management Target Schools: University of Texas, Aus...

by gaurav_gaur

Wed Aug 20, 2014 5:33 pm
Forum: The Application Process
Topic: Low GMAT score advice needed
Replies: 5
Views: 2208

1) x > 3^12 - 3^4 i.e. x > 3^4*(3^8-1).......(a) if I look back at the question it states that is x > 3^10 i.e. x > 3^4 * 3^6.......(b) By comparing the 2 inequalities a and b, I can infer that if (3^8-1) > 3^6 then x > 3^10. Simply by looking at the equation i can say that 3^8 is any day greater th...

by gaurav_gaur

Sun Apr 28, 2013 6:04 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Is x > 3^10 ?
Replies: 7
Views: 1751

Need to find the number of people who are using product Y 1)65% people replied only product X the statement is not sufficient as there are number of unknowns like how many people are using both the products or how many are using only Y. So the statement is not correct. 2)10% people used both the pro...

by gaurav_gaur

Sun Apr 28, 2013 1:12 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: A data company recently conducted a survey
Replies: 4
Views: 1288
by gaurav_gaur

Sat Apr 27, 2013 11:18 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Positive Interger
Replies: 6
Views: 1093

Hi Seamaster, The question does not seems correct to me. If a positive integer k is a factor of 32 then it should be having 3 positive prime factors i.e. 2,3 and 7. Secondly if 32 is a factor of k then least number that satisfy the criteria is 672 which has more than 6 factors. Can anyone please let...

by gaurav_gaur

Sat Apr 27, 2013 6:37 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Positive Interger
Replies: 6
Views: 1093

Hi Powxoper, You can refer to the 'Self Study' section of BTG and opt for any of the study plan. BTG has detailed about all the kind of study material available. Secondly I would suggest that you should analyse your errors thoroughly. This will help you a lot. Perhaps you can refer to the below link...

by gaurav_gaur

Fri Apr 26, 2013 7:25 pm
Forum: GMAT Verbal & Essays
Topic: Can I boost up my GMAT Score 540 --> 700 ?
Replies: 6
Views: 6190

The question is to find out if Tammy has at least 100 friends. My initial analysis is more the number of people common between the 2 groups fewer will be Tammy's friend. 1) Among Tammy's friends, for every 9 friends who speak both English and Spanish, there are 2 who speak neither English nor Spanis...

by gaurav_gaur

Thu Apr 25, 2013 6:12 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Tammy's friends
Replies: 3
Views: 1289

Hi Essaysnark,
Thanks for the reply that was really helpful. I apologies for the wrong url, please find below the correct link:

http://www.economist.com/blogs/easterna ... politics-0

Cheers,
GG

by gaurav_gaur

Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:38 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: an article on 'The Economist'
Replies: 3
Views: 1139

The answer is 'b'. 1) For an integer to be divisible by 30, it should be divisible by 10. Thus it should have units digit as 0. 2) in order to achieve units digit as 0 for q*q should have unit digit as 5. 3) 5 as a unit digit is only possible for the squares which are multiple of 5 for ex: 5*5=25, 1...

by gaurav_gaur

Mon Apr 22, 2013 5:45 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: For some integer q, q^2 - 5
Replies: 2
Views: 1584

I think the question is not complete.

Cheers,
GG

by gaurav_gaur

Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:00 am
Forum: The 60-Day GMAT Study Guide
Topic: if x:y=7:11 and xx+z)=6:10 then z=?
Replies: 1
Views: 1023

an article on 'The Economist'

Hi All, Today I was reading an article on 'The Economist' which discussed about recent blast in US. The article's first line was: " THE Tsarnaev family , like many families from Chechnya, were part of a diaspora that had scattered all over the globe: Turkey, Syria, Poland, and Austria, and, app...

by gaurav_gaur

Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:34 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: an article on 'The Economist'
Replies: 3
Views: 1139