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OMG! THANK YOU! Haha! You are right, I was answering the ratio of total defective to total sold! I spent 20 minutes trying to understand what I was doing wrong before posting! :) Hello! This seems like such an easy problem, but somehow, I am completely missing the caveat! I am getting an answer of 2...
- by nk18967
Thu Sep 01, 2016 7:53 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: PS 5 # 19
- Replies: 8
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Hello! This seems like such an easy problem, but somehow, I am completely missing the caveat! I am getting an answer of 25% which is clearly wrong! What am I doing wrong? I have attached the chart I am working off of attached here. Is it something to do with the 'mistakenly labeled rejected' bit? Or...
- by nk18967
Thu Sep 01, 2016 7:37 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: PS 5 # 19
- Replies: 8
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C: that there were 17 stars Here, the usage of were seems to imply that the 17 nearby stars no longer exist. Since the intended meaning is that the 17 nearby stars DO still exist, eliminate C. The correct answer is A . Hi Mitch, How do we know/ how can we tell what exactly the intended meaning is? ...
- by nk18967
Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:33 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: astronomers had/have discovered 17 nearby stars
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8340
Hello! (D) Although Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s success was later overshadowed by that of her husband, among her contemporaries she was considered the better poet. I eliminated this choice solely based on the missing antecedent for she - since Elizabeth Barrett Browning's can't be a person, it is...
- by nk18967
Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:55 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Although she was considered among her contemporaries to be
- Replies: 23
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Thanks Marty and David. So subtle- Picking up on the different between growth and maturity. I missed that. Also, the %age decline in histidine explanation was awesome- I could have thought about that a little more, since maybe the decline was only 1%- in case then, E does nothing. David, could you p...
- by nk18967
Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:37 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: OG2016 CR 100
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1830
OG2016 CR 100
A certain cultivated herb is one of a group of closely related plants that thrive in soil with high concentrations of metals that are toxic to most other plants. Agronomists studying the herb have discovered that it produces large amounts of histidine, an amino acid that, in test-tube solutions, ren...
- by nk18967
Wed Aug 03, 2016 4:25 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: OG2016 CR 100
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1830
Then do the questions very carefully, pretty much ALWAYS going back to the passages to make sure that what you think you read is actually what the passage says. If the question asks about something the passage states, go back and figure out what the passage states, as opposed to what you might thin...
- by nk18967
Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:41 pm- Forum: The GMAT Avengers Study Group
- Topic: 70 point increase a long shot?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3200
Thank you for the great suggestions Marty, Rich and David! :) Marty- I'll try to start doing Quant problems un-timed to make sure I have a grasp on the content- that seems like a good idea! I'll check out bellcurves and the Veritas verbal question bank (after I have gone through GMAT's question bank...
- by nk18967
Tue Jul 26, 2016 10:52 am- Forum: The GMAT Avengers Study Group
- Topic: 70 point increase a long shot?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3200
Hi Rich! Thanks for your response. You are right, my score is in fact in line with my previous CATs. I was hoping that for the real thing, I would be consistently good in both Quant and Verbal and not fluctuate like I have been doing- guess that's something to work on for September :) I'm planning t...
- by nk18967
Mon Jul 25, 2016 11:33 am- Forum: The GMAT Avengers Study Group
- Topic: 70 point increase a long shot?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3200
70 point increase a long shot?
Hello! I had taken the 9 week study course at MGMAT and my first attempt at the GMAT was yesterday (about a month from when my last class ended). Verdict: Disappointed with my score of 630 (Q40, V35). I had been at a 650 in the last 2 prep tests I took (the MGMAT #5 CAT and the GMAT Prep Exam #2) bu...
- by nk18967
Sun Jul 24, 2016 5:53 pm- Forum: The GMAT Avengers Study Group
- Topic: 70 point increase a long shot?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3200