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Remember:
if p/q = r/s then
p+r/q+s = p/q = r/s
p-r/q-s = p/q = r/s
ps = qr
From statement(1): m/y = x/r -- insufficient we cannot find value of m/r
From statement(2): (m+x)/(r+y) = x/y
=> my+xy = xr+xy
=> my = xr
=> m/r = x/y -- sufficient
Hence ans B
- by prachipareekh
Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:08 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: GMAT Prep Question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4640
According to Ronald: If interest rates do not drop housing prices should not increase According to Mark: When interest rates dropped, housing prices did not increase Thus Mark's and Ronald's statements are in a way converse of each other Thus Mark's interpretation of Ronald's argument = If rates dro...
- by prachipareekh
Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:55 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: CR 1000 Test 2 q 17
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2694
IMO B - right comparison - .... . that of compared with comparably... - that here refers to average price A, C - incorrect - wrong comparison - comparing average price to cars and trucks D - incorrect - wrong comparison - comparing models to automobile company E - incorrect - wrong comparison - con...
- by prachipareekh
Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:34 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Tricky SC
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3771
Must be D
A - incorrect - redundancy... although..however. Use of past perfect tense is wrong too in this choice.
- by prachipareekh
Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:17 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMATPrep26
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2141
IMO D
From statement 1)--- The tenth digit of 10d is 7
=> 10d = 0.7x
=> d = 0.07x
=> hundredth digit is 7
Hence sufficient
From statement 2)--- d/10 = 0.007x
=> d = 0.07x
=> hundredth digit is 7
Hence sufficient
- by prachipareekh
Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:34 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Find the number - D
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1643
ABCD is a rhombus.
=>AB=AC=AD => are all radii.
=>ABC is an equilateral triangle.
Thus 2x = angle A = 60
=> x = 30
Hence B
- by prachipareekh
Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:13 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: set 4 - #10
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1298
12. IMO - B
A - incorrect - provides no evidence that the mathematical model will help to evaluate weather forecasts
C, E - incorrect - Out of scope
D - incorrect - Forcasts being correct does not imply proper evaluation
- by prachipareekh
Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:51 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: CR 500
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2684
IMO E It's a chicken and egg problem - a deadlock situation, where one cannot move without the consent of another. X and Y are nominees. X must know who is Y before giving consent. Similarly Y must know who is X before giving such consent. Thus no one can give consent because no one knows who is th...
- by prachipareekh
Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:27 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: CR 500
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5054
2nd Ques
D - incorrect - wrong tense became - Make use of present tense -> 1. to state facts 2. to discuss one's own ideas 3. to discuss the ideas expressed by an author in a given work
- by prachipareekh
Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:56 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Gmat prep question
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6434
For 1st question E - maintaining parallelism - ... in which X and in which Y and in which Z A - incorrect - violating parallelism - ... in which X, and Y, and Z. B - incorrect - violating parallelism - ... in which X, where Y, and where Z . C - incorrect - violating parallelism - ... in which X, for...
- by prachipareekh
Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:29 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Gmat prep question
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6434
It is A Premise : It is hard to fire Civil Service Employees . Conclusion : This explains in large part why the government is so inefficient. Assumption : The total number of civil service employees in the goverment is large/more III. Most government workers are Civil Service employees - this is ju...
- by prachipareekh
Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:03 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: 1000 CR : Terst - B (Q no. : 15)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8798
IMO C is much better than D D has modifier problem - history and biology wrongly modifying the student . IMO C can be less preferred due to 2 reasons (not great though - it's like unnecessarily trying to find a flaw in the sentence) 1. One history class is shorter than one class in history 2. It is ...
- by prachipareekh
Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:22 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Kaplan 800 question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2974
A is the best choice - correct idiom - X is depicted as Y in films (depict X as Y) B, E - incorrect - unidiomatic C - incorrect - passive and misplaced modifier - coyotes are depicted - "in films" wrongly suggests that hills are in the films and not the depictions D - incorrect - ...if......
- by prachipareekh
Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:54 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 1000 SC #80
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12252
Best option is E - here as is acting as an adverb and it means for instance
A, D - incorrect - violates subject verb agreement - each.....broadcasts
B - incorrect - awkward
C - incorrect - wrongly suggests that all networks were working together
- by prachipareekh
Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:14 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 1000 SC #83
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5655
Ans must be D - best out of given 5 options According to my analysis -- They in D --- is not ambiguous.... A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but a majority of the international journalists surveyed think that they will be (made - el...
- by prachipareekh
Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:19 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Pronoun question in question # 13 (1000 SC)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12460