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I was stuck between C and A ? Why is C wrong ? (C) whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries are embellished with old and new iconography, and they are in styles that vary from woman to woman and house to house This option suggests that geometrical symmetries that the autho...

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Fri Apr 16, 2010 8:29 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: sc 503
Replies: 13
Views: 7323

That's exactly my doubt ... Can anyone explain please ? (B) The Daily Clarion usually devotes more of its pages to out-of-town news than does the Daily Bugle. - it is a strong contender. but just becuase it publishes out of town news, it doesnt mean that it doesnot care about people of gotham. (D) ...

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Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:58 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Weakness question
Replies: 6
Views: 1486

can anyone explain the last statement in the passage -"for example, the classical conception of leadership ..." iamcste Ketcham,in his book, tries to justify the classical conception of leadership. According to this concept, this kind of leadership opposes partisan views and is against po...

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Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:22 am
Forum: Reading Comprehension
Topic: RC GMATprep doubt
Replies: 5
Views: 1748

(1)It can be inferred from the passage that the morphogenetic determinants present in the early embryo are (A) located in the nucleus of the embryo cells - they are located outside the nucleus (B) evenly distributed unless the embryo is not developing normally - does not say anything about normal de...

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Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:12 am
Forum: Reading Comprehension
Topic: Molicular Biology
Replies: 8
Views: 5004

I know that C is the correct answer but i was stuck between A and C. Can someone please explain why A is wrong A is wrong because it is not said that death of one's close relative caused trauma for the person involved. This is an often repeated question type in GMAT. The argument says X was caused ...

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Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:33 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Trauma
Replies: 7
Views: 2185

sarthak wrote:OA is C

Can you please explain.

IMO it is B This is a 'must be true' question. hence, the answer must be from the information contained in the original statement.

Very confusing. Can you pls give the original explanation.

I am very doubtful whether this is a GMAT type question.

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Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:33 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: If then
Replies: 9
Views: 2827

I am confused b/n B and D , pls give some concrete explanation for the correct ans....... B. at a cost raising water bills so high that This option changes the intended meaning very subtly. So does option C. They implies that the proposal's cost raised the water bills rather than the projects'. Opt...

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Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:16 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Tax on water bill
Replies: 17
Views: 6378

thanks. but can u explain why (A) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump - The reduced amount stays good even in the present. This option seems to imply that the reduction in the amount of phospates was in the past and that the agreement doesnot hold good now....

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Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:35 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG 11TH SC
Replies: 4
Views: 1552

Guys, here i am confused between "B" and "E". I would want to know what is wrong in "B".. for all those who think "E" is correct ... what does the "it" in "E" refer too.. Why B is wrong We need to be comparing 'was a Significant halth haza...

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Thu Mar 18, 2010 1:06 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Archaeologists
Replies: 12
Views: 2970

Archaeologists have shown that ingesting lead in drinking water was a significant health hazard for the ancient Romans, like that of modern Americans. Key : We need to be comparing 'was a Significant halth hazard for ancient romans' with 'is a significant health hazard for modern americans' (A) like...

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Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:52 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Archaeologists
Replies: 12
Views: 2970

Yes, you can use pythagorean theorem. We have a right angle and we have 2 of the pythagorean triplets (x,12,13) and (3,4,x) [where x is 5]. Leftmost triangle forms a right triangle. The other angle is 5 [3-4-5 triangle] Rightmost triangle forms another right triangle. The other angle is 5 [5-12-13 ...

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Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:42 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: geometry question on how to find value x
Replies: 2
Views: 2429

I got this one from Gmat prep it say there are 15 S rocks 20 P rocks 10 G rocks. randomly distributed if 2 rocks chosen at random and without replacement what is p(b) that both rocks will be S? I did 15 s rocks of total = 1/3 so I times 1/3 * 1/3 = 1/9 . Gmat doesn't like that answer they have 7/66...

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Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:32 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: p(b) question
Replies: 2
Views: 988

Can someone explain the logic behind solving this question? Thanks! If you solve for the slopes of both lines line 1. x + y = 4 y=-x+4 slope = -1 line 2. 4x + 3y = 10 y=(-4/3)x+10/3 slope = -4/3 Since they are not parallel, they are bound to intersect at some point. If you look at near the point of...

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Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:26 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: lie at a unit
Replies: 19
Views: 2848

Please find the thread.

http://www.beatthegmat.com/ds-number-prop-t54762.html

But the explanations are not easily digestable. Better explanations someone ?

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Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:06 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: DS - Number Prop
Replies: 5
Views: 1188

Could someone please help with this OG problem? Thanks in advance! A school administrator will assign each student in a group of n students to one of the m classrooms. If 3<m<13<n, is it possible to assign each of the n students to one of the m classrooms so that each classroom has the same number ...

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Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:14 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: DS - Number Prop
Replies: 5
Views: 1188