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D is tempting indeed but what sealed C for me was that D states that a subset of the customers were unlikely to buy (not all), ie. that subset may be very small to the overall sample. "The consumers surveyed included people considered unlikely to buy the product..." Finicky wording but tha...
- by m&m
Tue Jun 08, 2010 8:53 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: advertising executive
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1596
I'm not sure of B - what's the source? Even if you knew B - there's still a gap that links the ADD condition of a lack of focus to extended (or reduced) TV watching. You could say that if he/she can watch TV for that long then he/she should be able to focus on tv watching. C could equally be the ans...
- by m&m
Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:02 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Attention Deficit Disorder
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3782
IMO this is a very poor question. The stem talks about non-smoking spouses married to smokers who have a higher chance of heart disease than spouses married to non-smokers (who are not regularly exposed to 2nd hand smoke). The question asks which of following DOES NOT help explain the high incidence...
- by m&m
Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:48 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Effects of Second-hand smoke
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1963
(2) if you're going to describe a problem as "a very simple question ... easily solved" -- first, make sure you don't post the wrong answer. the answer to this problem is NOT (c). the answer to this problem is (b). see the post below Wow - you are my hero.... I laughed for a good 10 sec a...
- by m&m
Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:11 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Soaring television costs
- Replies: 20
- Views: 13590
I structured the problem as follows:
It was at X that influences from both Y and Z would
1)interact,
2)intermingle, and
3) _____
only answer that is parallel is B (give birth)
- by m&m
Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:23 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: American school for the deaf
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1490
odds end in 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 - call the set of these numbers x
so we have
x _ _ x
the two blanks must have the same number from 0-9 -- so 10 combinations for each blank
5 numbers in x * 10 combinations = 50 = C
- by m&m
Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:14 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: A palindrome
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1400
Lunar - explanation makes sense except the sentence as is doesn't seem right. If we remove the part between commas (in b) then I would think we should have an "Are" after the word water. Don't know why gramatically but it just doesn't make sense to say "With XYZ its ABC of water thoug...
- by m&m
Sat Feb 27, 2010 1:08 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC: With surface temperatures estimated at minus 230 degrees
- Replies: 54
- Views: 41094
- by m&m
Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:14 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Distance Problem
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2364
It may take some time to solve the algebra from the post above - though it is absolutely correct and will always lead to the right answer. However, there is only 5 possible answers so try plugging the first: 300/(10+10) = 15 300/(10-8) = 150 150-15 = 135 Luckily this matches on the first try with A ...
- by m&m
Fri Feb 26, 2010 9:30 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Distance Problem
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2364
the question above doesn't give any bounds to x aside from saying that x <> -1,0,1 let's park that for now and simplify (x^1/2007 - x^1/2009)/(x^1/2008 - x^1/2010) [x^1/2009 * (x^2009/2007 - 1)] / [x^1/2010 * (x^2010/2008 - 1)] x^1/2009 / x^1/2010 * (x^2009/2007 - 1)/(x^2010/2008 - 1) x^(1/2009 - 1/...
- by m&m
Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:20 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Someone Please HELP!!!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3155
I would think it's C under 1 - The hemisphere is free to lie in any orientation as long as it is inscribed. Assuming a constant cone, the radius of the hemisphere is larger if it's radius lies ON TOP of the cone's radius than if the crved contour lies on the radius of the hemisphere. we need 2 to he...
- by m&m
Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:19 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: cone to the radius
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1553
Factors of |15| are 1, 3, 5, 15, -1, -3, -5, -15 so we can either have combination of form 15*1*1 or combination of form 3*5*1 1) if 15 is not inclded then we have x y z 6*4*2 =48 2) if 15 is included then we have 15*1*1 15*-1*1 15*1*-1 15*-1*-1 -15*1*1 -15*-1*1 -15*1*-1 -15*-1*-1 ------------------...
- by m&m
Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:13 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: triplets
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1470
While some propose ... by attempting
others suggest reducing
propose // to suggest
attempting // to reducing
That led me to E
- by m&m
Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:33 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: tough SC
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1730
During my exam, they asked for school selection at beginning and asked for personal survey at the end.
- by m&m
Sun Nov 01, 2009 2:17 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Preparing verbal section by plotting ABCDE options
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1223
Thanks for the replies. To answer your questions: 1) I've never been this anxious about a test. probably because I've dedicated a lot of time to this one. The morning of the test was a little stressful at work - I'm definitely going to take the day off next time around. 2) By slowly I mean - by read...
- by m&m
Sun Nov 01, 2009 2:13 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: GMAT re-take - verbal strategies
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1409