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720 -- 49Q/40V 85/89 overall -- 94%
Sources: Official Guide - 12th Edition. MGMAT Sentence Correction PowerScore CR GMAT Prep and MGMAT tests. Made the big mistake of analyzing my performance during the exam and maybe focused more on some possible experimental questions. Anyway, I've reconciled with the score for now, and will be focu...
- by kris610
Mon May 14, 2012 9:09 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: 720 -- 49Q/40V 85/89 overall -- 94%
- Replies: 0
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Totally agree with Mitch here regarding the use of "due to". I did a vertical scan of the answer choices to see whether any of the choices replaces "due to.." with "because of...", which in my opinion would have been better. I believe what we need here is an adverb that...
- by kris610
Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:23 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Originally developed by ancient Hawaiians
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1942
GMAT prep -- Despite the growing number of people.
Despite the growing number of people who purchase plane tickets online, airline executives are convinced that, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers to automatic teller machines, many travelers will still use travel agents A. growing number of people who purchase plane ticke...
- by kris610
Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:44 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT prep -- Despite the growing number of people.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7331
Thanks Mike and Mitch. I was doing this mentally, and arrived at 81 -- I ignored the base in my final step! 
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- by kris610
Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:35 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Exponents
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1067
ABC Consulting
ABC Consulting charges more for the first 100 man–hours of a project than for additional hours beyond the first 100. If Acme’s fees for using ABC Consulting’s services were $14,000, how many man-hours were charged? (1) ABC Consulting charges $100 per man-hour for the first 100 man-hours and $8...
- by kris610
Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:18 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: ABC Consulting
- Replies: 2
- Views: 977
Exponents
This GMAT practice question is in the form of an equation. Take a look at Figure 1 and see if you can decide which multiple choice answer is correct. http://s18.postimage.org/90qyz9c9h/Practice_GMATQuestion.jpg D I arrived at an answer different from the OA. Not sure whether the OA is incorrect or w...
- by kris610
Sun Feb 19, 2012 5:48 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Exponents
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1067
General Modifier question
Hello, I had a general question regarding modifiers: When you have a sentence like "He is one of those men who...", does the relative clause starting with 'who' modify men or He? So, consequently, do we use 'like' or 'likes'? He is one of those men who like to go jogging -- like modifies m...
- by kris610
Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:47 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: General Modifier question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1051
- by kris610
Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:42 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: x#y function problem
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1112
Hi, there. I'm happy to help with this. :) Prompt : Is the median of the four different positive integers a, b, c, and d, more than d? Keep in mind, the median of a four-item list is going to be the average of the 2nd and 3rd numbers when the numbers are in numerical order. For example, the median ...
- by kris610
Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:28 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: more than d?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1545
I understand how C works here. But, if I negate A: The Judge does NOT give equal consideration to the cost and deterrent effect of the punishment, then the 2nd part of the conclusion -- deterrent effect -- is affected. If the Judge were to simply give probation for violent crimes to save the state m...
- by kris610
Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:00 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Computers Assisting Court Judges
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5908
Micro-Mechanics offers an alternative to electronic chips because these chips cannot withstand intense radiation. . In other words, Micro-Mechanics says "If you want computer chips that can withstand intense radiation , use the ones we manufacture". If C is not true, then that would mean M...
- by kris610
Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:40 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Electronic chips
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1867
1) Tells you that 17% of the bonus value is anywhere between 8.5 and 15.3. If the tens digit is 8 or 9, then the answer is YES, otherwise NO. INSUFF 2) Tells you that the tens digit is 8, but it could be between 17% of 18 and 17% of 98. INSUFF. Put together, we know that the know that 17% of base sc...
- by kris610
Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:34 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Bonus
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1212
I agree with Anurag's answer: So, the difference in the returns is the difference in amount of interest earned by the 2 investments. Simple Interest -- 1200 * 2 * I Compound Interest -- 1200[1 + I ]^2 - 1200 ==> 1200[I^2 + 2I] Difference between the two interest amounts is: 1200[I^2], which is 132. ...
- by kris610
Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:39 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: SI
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1315
Overlapping Sets
Not sure if I can post the full question from the Official Guide: Problem Solving: Q 127. “In Jefferson School 300 students study French or Spanish…� When the question says "study French, Spanish or both", does this imply that the group "neither french nor spanish" is zero?...
- by kris610
Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:45 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Overlapping Sets
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1123
0G12 #8
The widely accepted big bang theory holds that the universe began in an explosive instant ten to twenty billion years ago and has been expanding ever since. (A) that the universe began in an explosive instant ten to twenty billion years ago and has been expanding (B) that the universe had begun in a...
- by kris610
Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:12 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 0G12 #8
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1420