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http://s17.postimg.org/p3ewc3zbv/line.jpg Points P, R, M and S lie on the number line shown. The coordinate of R is 0. The distance between P and R is 1/3 the distance between P and S. If M is the midpoint of line segment PS, what is the coordinate of P? (1) The coordinate of M is 1.5 (2) The coord...
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Tue Oct 20, 2015 7:49 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Points P, R, M and S lie on the number line shown.
- Replies: 6
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Hi Verbal Experts, Although I got this one, few clarifications STILL required. 1. Other than the STRENGTHENER as in the OA what else could be POSSIBLE STRENGTHENERS in this CR ? 2. In the OA, it seems to me that the psychologists' hypothesis holds good as the OA provides an OPPOSITE/REVERSE causati...
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Tue Sep 15, 2015 1:19 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Q.95 GMAT OG 13th Edition
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3521
<A simple explanation for ruling out option C>
C limits the scope of assumption by using only controlled experiments and statistical tests to prove genuine science.These may be just 2 of the many examples of scientific methods.
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Tue Sep 15, 2015 1:07 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Find the assumption..Need serious help......
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3743
Hi Mitch, Can you please explain why D is incorrect D: For the past three years, Zachary, Inc. has produced only men's clothing. Passage: For each of the past two years, major department stores have reported a nearly 50% increase in their revenue generated from the sale of men's clothing manufactur...
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Wed Sep 09, 2015 8:12 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Manahattan Q : Why is E wrong?
- Replies: 5
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The total number of pairs that can be formed from 10 people = 10C2 = 45. If all of these pairs shake hands, each person in the room will shake hands with EVERY OTHER PERSON in the room. The result will be 9 HANDSHAKES PER PERSON. /quote] Hi Mick How do 45 pairs contribute to 9 handshakes/person. Pl...
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Sun Aug 30, 2015 11:28 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: total number of handshakes
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3023
According to the National Science Foundation, in 2003 there were 198,113 female science and engineering graduate students, almost 42% of the graduate students in those fields, twice as much as 1981 . A)twice as much as 1981 B)twice as many as 1981 C)double the figure for 1981 D)double what it was i...
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Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:49 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: National Science Foundation
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1598
Any help/guidance on how to approach the following would be appreciated. In casual conversation, people experience little psychological discomfort in admitting that they have some particular character flaw if and only if they consider trivial the flaw to which they admit. Therefore, if in casual co...
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Thu Aug 20, 2015 8:30 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Necessary Assumption
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2194
Please explain why B is incorrect. If I negate B i.e. to say that seals ate otters or competed with them for food,I can very well prove an alternate reason for the decline of otter population. Although this argument is faulty when compared with the premise that seal population is also declining.Yet ...
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Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:52 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Between 1980 and 2000 the sea otter population
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9086
Hi Marty
Don't you feel that this is more of a direct detail question rather than an inference one? The inference questions are usually more subtle and indirect in nature.
Regards
Ahmed
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Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:35 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Nursing schools cannot attract a greater number of able....
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3268
GMAT's stand on the issue of pronoun ambiguity is not as clear as it is for other grammatical errors. For this reason, unless the pronoun ambiguity is absolutely clear, it is suggested to arrive at the correct answer by using more obvious errors first and then use the pronoun ambiguity error on an ...
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Wed Aug 05, 2015 8:09 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Pharaoh at Giza
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10588