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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
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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
- 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
- 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