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Re: Tough DS: please help

Thanks a lot friends @life is test however, does it mean we can not get an exact value ? is it 3 or 4 ? If x and y are positive integer, what is the remainder when x is divided by y ? (1) When x is divided by 2x, the remainder is 4. (2) When x + y is divided by y, the remainder is 4. OA: B 1 doesnt ...

by gmat620

Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:28 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Tough DS: please help
Replies: 11
Views: 1809

Re: Tough DS: please help

If x and y are positive integer, what is the remainder when x is divided by y ? (1) When x is divided by 2x, the remainder is 4. (2) When x + y is divided by y, the remainder is 4. OA: B 1 doesnt say anything about y so not ok 2 saya: x+y = my + 4 or x/y + 1 = m + 4/y since 4 will be less than y 4/...

by gmat620

Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:47 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Tough DS: please help
Replies: 11
Views: 1809

Tough DS: please help

If x and y are positive integer, what is the remainder when x is divided by y ?

(1) When x is divided by 2x, the remainder is 4.
(2) When x + y is divided by y, the remainder is 4.

OA: B

by gmat620

Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:13 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Tough DS: please help
Replies: 11
Views: 1809
by gmat620

Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:58 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: A very hard, above 700 DS question from OG 12
Replies: 12
Views: 7789

hey friends, sorry for the delay.

OA:A

by gmat620

Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:30 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Comedian with unhappy childhood
Replies: 21
Views: 6041

A very hard, above 700 DS question from OG 12

Below is the question from OG, a real tough one. I am totally clueless on this one. Please help me out. Thanks in advance Beginning in January of last year, Carl made deposits of $120 into his account on the 15th of each month for several consecutive months and then made withdrawals of $50 from the ...

by gmat620

Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:32 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: A very hard, above 700 DS question from OG 12
Replies: 12
Views: 7789

Hello friends, sorry for delayed response OA:C..

I was expecting more of a mathematically inclined solution.Anyways, thanks for your responses.

by gmat620

Fri Oct 23, 2009 2:43 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: How to approach this one
Replies: 8
Views: 1309

Thank you guys..OA is A..
I was confused between A and E..I selected E because that will establish opposite causal relationship.

by gmat620

Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:13 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Tough one- strong reasoning required
Replies: 12
Views: 2017

How to approach this one

If (x#1),
does Question in attached image ?


(1) x>0
(2) x<1

Please tell me how to approach this one. Thanks in advance

by gmat620

Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:49 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: How to approach this one
Replies: 8
Views: 1309

ern5231 wrote:Pardon me! It is ax+by+c=0.
IN that case IMO answer is E..wats OA ?

by gmat620

Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:17 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: 39 geometry ds
Replies: 6
Views: 1287

It has to be C. bullzeye wrote: From the question stem we get p >= -5 statement 1: P<= -4 , so p can be either -4 or - 5 => insufficient statement 2 p<-4 or p>4, so p can be either -5 or any integer greater than 4 (4 is excluded ) - insufficient. If we combine the statements we get that p is -4 or -...

by gmat620

Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:50 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: An interesting question with an interesting answer!
Replies: 10
Views: 1859

(1/n) - (1/(n + k)) <1/10 (n + k - n)/((n + k)n) < 1/10 10k < n(n + k) ? This is what its asking now i> says K > 10 thus, 100 < n (n + k) ? if n > 16...this is wrong, however, if n< = 16, this is true so we can't say anything...Not sufficient ii> says n > 10 10k < 10 ( 10 + k) k < 10+ k ?? ohh yes w...

by gmat620

Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:01 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: 213 less or more
Replies: 5
Views: 1625

Comedian with unhappy childhood

All of the best comedians have had unhappy childhoods. Yet, many people who have had happy childhoods are good comedians, and some good comedians who have had miserably unhappy childhoods are happy adults. If the statements in the passage are true, which one of the following CANNOT be true? (A) The ...

by gmat620

Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:41 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Comedian with unhappy childhood
Replies: 21
Views: 6041

Parallel reasoning

Just as a bicycle chain may be too tight, so may one’s carefulness and conscientiousness be so tense as to hinder the running of one’s mind. Which one of the following most closely parallels the reasoning used in the argument above? (A) Just as a clock may be wound too tightly, so may one’s ti...

by gmat620

Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:38 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Parallel reasoning
Replies: 3
Views: 1586

GMAT increasing 'same logical error' type questions

Manhattan says GMAT is increasing this type of question in GMAT. I read this on Manhattan's website in its analysis of OG-12. So I am preparing this type of questions but these are really tough one. Please share your views. It is illogical to infer a second and different effect from a cause which is...

by gmat620

Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:36 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: GMAT increasing 'same logical error' type questions
Replies: 2
Views: 1383