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Hi Anaid, i thing you did it right - i followed the same process, 'til the point where I forgot to set the M as unknown. We know that with RTD, 99% time (or so) questions at the end ask to find either R, t or D/W. In this case instead was asking something different, and because of the routine it's e...
- by ironsferri
Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:34 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Six machines each working at same constant rate together can
- Replies: 23
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Thanks Mitch! I see it now.
Just for reference, working with fractions as I did the first time, what should make me do the connection of saying "yes, 3 machines!" looking at 1/6 to 1/9. I just want to cover that pan w/ a lid of understanding... 
Thank you
- by ironsferri
Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:54 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Six machines each working at same constant rate together can
- Replies: 23
- Views: 18170
HI All!
still not sure why I get confused on the feasability of stmt 2.
It says x>1 and x<1. So x is >1, correct? If so stmts 2 should be correct.
Is this what I'm missing?? : stmt 2 is saying instead x>1 OR x<1
Thanks![/i]
- by ironsferri
Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:21 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: W's.........GMAT PREP (Download off new website)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4093
Hi All! got the process, but didn't get the meaning - can please someone shed some light on this thought process? 1)Use RTD 2) Then find Rate each 3)then multiply the rate by NEW days and find additional machines In the last step I find 1/9 - I don't understand how I can "read" 3 more mach...
- by ironsferri
Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:20 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Six machines each working at same constant rate together can
- Replies: 23
- Views: 18170
Hi Viju,
yes, but I don't see where B is supported in the passage - that's why I don't get it.
Can you ipoint where B is supported?
Thanks bud
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- by ironsferri
Sun Jun 27, 2010 7:53 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: Japnese american community
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4829
4) Several Issei families join together to purchase a strawberry field and the necessary farming equipment. Such a situation best exemplifies which of the following, as it is described in the passage? (A) A typical sharecropping agreement (B) A farming corporation (C) A “labor club� (D) The “b...
- by ironsferri
Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:44 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: Japnese american community
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4829
Anyone that wanna help?
Question - doesn't "with more than 75 carefully engineered structures" refers to scale and not to the settlements? Comma + preposition should refer to the noun right before the comma, correct?
- by ironsferri
Thu Jun 24, 2010 7:38 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The Anasazi settlements..
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7736
- by ironsferri
Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:29 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: Since the late 1970’s
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5029
question folks - "consistent with" in E, is that an appositive?
If so what's the rule? Does it have to always modify the noun right before??
Thanks in advance!
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- by ironsferri
Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:11 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Baltic Sea Sediments
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5023
Question - doesn't "with more than 75 carefully engineered structures" refers to scale and not to the settlements? Comma + preposition should refer to the noun right before the comma, correct?
- by ironsferri
Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:56 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The Anasazi settlements..
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7736
8. Which of the following, if newly discovered, would most seriously weaken the author’s argument concerning the importance of virgin-soil epidemics in the depopulation of Native Americans? (A) Evidence setting the pre-Columbian population of the New World at only 80 million (B) Spanish tribute re...
- by ironsferri
Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:11 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: RC: Primary purpose
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2492
Studies of the Weddell seal
Studies of the Weddell seal in the laboratory have described the physiological mechanisms that allow the seal to cope with the extreme oxygen deprivation that occurs during its longest dives, which can extend 500 (5) meters below the ocean’s surface and last for over 70 minutes. Recent field studi...
- by ironsferri
Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:06 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: Studies of the Weddell seal
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4106
Hi Smash,
see if my post can be of any help
http://www.beatthegmat.com/regarding-to ... 59991.html
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- by ironsferri
Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:55 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: how to prepare for reading comprehension
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1102
Hi Aditya, I've been facing the same exact issue. I'm a Mgmat student, so went thru the course, have all the books and applied all their strategies, which are very good. When solving some tough RC from 1000rc though I've been struggling with time, especially long passages 50 lines up. What is now wo...
- by ironsferri
Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:53 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: Regarding Tough Passages at the end of OG!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2406
it's amazing how subtle one can play with meanings.....i start seeing the code...! 
Thanks Preet, great explanation!
Good luck on your studying and I'm sure we'll crack the gmat!
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- by ironsferri
Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:01 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: Since the late 1970’s
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5029