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Ambigious _ Question_Veritas Prep
Torrance and Harriet run a race along a long, straight path. Torrance runs at a constant speed of 2 miles per hour; Harriet runs at a speed of 8 miles per hour, but whenever Harriet leads Torrance by at least 1 mile, she stops and does not run again until she has fallen 2 miles behind. If both start...
- by prabsahi
Thu Oct 05, 2017 12:09 am- Forum: GMAT Math
- Topic: Ambigious _ Question_Veritas Prep
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Why E and not D?Please Explain D: the rate is...more than half Half of WHAT? Eliminate D. Hi Mitch, Apart from the reasons you mentioned... Is my reasoning correct? Here failing is a VERBing modifier and it modifies American Businesses. Words such as ALTHOUGH,WHILE,EVENTHOUGH are conjunctions and s...
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Mon Aug 07, 2017 7:02 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Prallelism and subordinating conjunctions
- Replies: 5
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Hi,
I have one little doubt with option C.
''it'' Reference---isn't it ambiguous..Can't it refer to either radio or telephone.
Please help!!
- by prabsahi
Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:24 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Marconi's Conception
- Replies: 14
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How may times vs how many times more
Two circular road signs are to be painted yellow. If the radius of the larger sign is twice that of the smaller sign, how many times more paint is needed to paint the larger sign (assuming that a given amount of paint covers the same area on both signs)? A. 2 B. 3 C. pi D. 4 E. 3pi/2 OA:D Larger cir...
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Thu Jun 22, 2017 7:15 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: How may times vs how many times more
- Replies: 2
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Most of the purported health benefits of tea comes from antioxidants--compounds also found in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C that inhibit the formation of plaque along the body's blood vessels. A) comes from antioxidants--compounds also found in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C that...
- by prabsahi
Wed Apr 26, 2017 7:20 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT prep1--Most of the purported health benefits
- Replies: 4
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Unlike the short flights of the shuttle and earlier spacecraft, which carried sufficient power in fuel cells and batteries , a permanently orbiting space station will have to generate its own electricity. A. the short flights of the shuttle and earlier spacecraft, which carried sufficient power in ...
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Mon Apr 17, 2017 6:46 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: unlike the short flights
- Replies: 7
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Currently 26 billion barrels a year, world consumption of oil is rising at a rate of 2 percent annually. A. world consumption of oil is rising at a rate of B. the world is consuming oil at an increasing rate of C. the world’s oil is being consumed at the increasing rate of D. the rise in the rate...
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Mon Apr 17, 2017 4:15 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Currently 26 billion barrels
- Replies: 14
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GMAT prep1--Most of the purported health benefits
Most of the purported health benefits of tea comes from antioxidants--compounds also found in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C that inhibit the formation of plaque along the body's blood vessels. A) comes from antioxidants--compounds also found in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C that ...
- by prabsahi
Mon Apr 17, 2017 3:44 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT prep1--Most of the purported health benefits
- Replies: 4
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Please help me clarify the below point. Isn't EARNED --in option E used as a VERB and not VERB-ed modifier. Reason--It makes sense with the subject of preceding clause. If so then it doesnt modify the speed records and because it would require a dedicated subject. Confused please help. A DIRECT OBJ...
- by prabsahi
Thu Mar 30, 2017 4:27 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Rhetorical Construction; Diction
- Replies: 11
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OG13-Q47--In 1713, Alexander Pope began his translation of
In 1713, Alexander Pope began his translation of the Iliad, a work that, taking him seven years until completion, and that literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced the greatest translation in any language. A. his translation of the Iliad, a work that, taking him seven years ...
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Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:21 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG13-Q47--In 1713, Alexander Pope began his translation of
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Hello, This is from OG. 13. I am not clear with explanation for the correct answer. Can you please help? D35) By 1940, the pilot Jacqueline Cochran held seventeen official national and international speed records, and she earned them at a time when aviation was still so new for many of the planes s...
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Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:13 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Rhetorical Construction; Diction
- Replies: 11
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Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of--OG13-Q25
Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge over the past twenty years about the brain and its development from birth to adulthood, are now drawing solid conclusions about how the human brain grows and how babies acquire language. (A) Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of knowledge ...
- by prabsahi
Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:43 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Neuroscientists, having amassed a wealth of--OG13-Q25
- Replies: 3
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Hi, I am still not clear with one aspect of this problem To me 10 by 6 strikes as length =10 and breadth =6 Why do we have to consider 6 as the radius? Is it because we are folding this piece of paper to be cylinder and so this entire breadth becomes as the circumference in of the cases. Please clar...
- by prabsahi
Wed Nov 02, 2016 3:33 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Cylinders
- Replies: 10
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SC-OG13-Q78 A proposal has been made to trim the horns from
A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses to discourage poachers; the question is whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are trimmed. (A) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns ar...
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Mon Sep 19, 2016 10:27 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC-OG13-Q78 A proposal has been made to trim the horns from
- Replies: 1
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Mon Sep 19, 2016 8:45 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: His studies of ice-polished rocks in his Alpine homeland,
- Replies: 6
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