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I hope that the answer is C, per Ajith. I translate what is given to the following: -The first statement says that the dividend is paid once a year. -The second statement says that the dividend is 25% of the share. Seems to me we can then calculate how much is earned from dividend. What is the OA?
- by ohwell
Sun Jun 13, 2010 7:24 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: DS Q4
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2203
Ok, maybe it is A after all. Let's just say that S0laris made me look into this problem deeper. I still do not agree with all his points, however. I have my test tomorrow, so I am on top of this one. I started by looking at the difference between "where once" and "while once" The...
- by ohwell
Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:02 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: United Mine Workers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1497
E is parallel. Make sure you know what needs to be parallel.
others suggest reducing and still others are calling
- by ohwell
Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:38 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Piracy
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1758
I would have selected D. Yes, the acquiescence happened before, but it is pretty clear from the sentence already, and I think therefore it does not need to be emphasized anymore. I also think it is ok to use the prepostional construction in D, especially when the subject is a live animated thing, he...
- by ohwell
Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:56 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: United Mine Workers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1497
Good discussion. I will add the following: "a noun preceding a gerund must be in the possessive case if the noun is the doer of the action described by the gerund" btw - this did not come from me - but I am following it :-) Here, "burning" is a gerund and "human beings"...
- by ohwell
Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:11 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The World Wildlife fund (possesive!)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3810
OA is C, according to the version of the test I have. I also first thought it was A, but looking at it again, in A, that whole part of the sentence following the comma makes a non-essential phrase. In C you can clearly see the difference between that part that is not essential and that part that is ...
- by ohwell
Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:48 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Paper based
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7744
The part I stumbled on in this question is that nowhere does it say that the prime numbers need to be unique. I guess it can be somewhat inferred, but I was thinking what if all the prime numbers are all the same, who knows what p can ever be?
- by ohwell
Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:16 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Primes: If p is a prime number greater than 2, what is the v
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13212
Nevermind my previous comment. I get it now. I just put "fundamentally important areas" between brackets and the remaining construction is "such as", the proper construction to introduce examples, which is what happens here. Like is always wrong when used for examples.
- by ohwell
Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:43 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Prep 1
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1389
- by ohwell
Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:00 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: circular permutation
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4429
circular permutation
Find the number of ways in which five persons can sit around a circular table, when two of the persons insist on sitting next to each other?
I went as far as drawing all the combinations and I reached at 10, but the answer is aparantly 12. Can anyone explain?
- by ohwell
Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:59 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: circular permutation
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4429
The answer is E, also because I have the answer. I followed the same route as pepeprepa, however, pepeprepa's conclusion is not correct. First of all because 7/15 is not > 1/2 but less than 1/2. I actually think that the maximum number of men can be three and thus there would be seven women. But the...
- by ohwell
Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:00 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: probability
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4181
I am all for KISS, now worries there mate...I think in this case we are all getting a bit too excited, as it takes far more time to respond to these questions from others and to respond again like this. While I am not entirely understanding the way you approached it, my approach really did not take ...
- by ohwell
Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:31 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Combinatorics: If a code word is defined to be a sequence of
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14166
codesnooker is right on, but if anyone is interested in a little bit of calculations... The question is about permutations. In how many ways can we create a 4 character code and a 5 character code. The formula for permutation (P) is: P(n,k)= n!/(n-k)! (and if anyone is interested in any relationship...
- by ohwell
Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:04 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Combinatorics: If a code word is defined to be a sequence of
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14166
I did not have any question, I was just checking the answer of Cornell2005 and I noticed the minor error that I tried to correct. Thanks cramya for looking out for me though 
- by ohwell
Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:32 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: manhattan gmat combinatorics
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4909
Something does not appear to be correct to me. 4C4 is not 24, 4C4 = 1. Seems to me we need to use permutations here. The remaining 4 mobsters can be arranged in 4 different ways over those remaining 4 open positions in 4! = 24 ways. Rest seems ok...
- by ohwell
Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:10 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: manhattan gmat combinatorics
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4909