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In the rectangular coordinate system below, the shaded region is bounded by straight lines. Which of the following is NOT an equation of one of the boundary lines? A. x = 0 B. y = 0 C. x = 1 D. x - y = 0 E. x + 2y = 2 http://s7.postimage.org/rffihy8qv/imgyz.jpg Can someone please give a MEANINGFUL ...
- by siddhans
Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:06 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: coordinate geometry
- Replies: 4
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coordinate geometry
In the rectangular coordinate system below, the shaded region is bounded by straight lines. Which of the following is NOT an equation of one of the boundary lines? A. x = 0 B. y = 0 C. x = 1 D. x - y = 0 E. x + 2y = 2 http://s7.postimage.org/rffihy8qv/imgyz.jpg Can someone please give a MEANINGFUL D...
- by siddhans
Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:30 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: coordinate geometry
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4055
amount spent
At the beginning of last month, a stationery store had in stock 250 writing pads, which had cost the store $0.75 each. During the same month, the store made only one purchase of writing pads. What was the total amount spent by the store on the writing pads it had in stock at the end of last month? (...
- by siddhans
Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:33 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: amount spent
- Replies: 9
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A. error 1 - the poliferation...led to the passing; this should be passage. error 2 - allowing - present participle -ing always modify the subject of preceding clause, therefore, allowing modifies "passing of the cyber-squatting act" instead of act itself. B. error 1 - "which" i...
- by siddhans
Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:49 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The proliferation of so-called cybersquatters...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7443
Sorry for taking so long to provide the answers to these questions. Here you go. Let me know if you have any questions! 1: Per the original sentence think about what the hydrocarbons facilitate? Is this the same thing that is communicated by choice D? Per the original sentence hydrocarbons are impo...
- by siddhans
Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:53 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: distinguish x from y or distinguish between x and y ???
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10870
funky problem....
A certain musical scale has 13 notes, each having a different frequency, measured in cycles per second. In the scale, the notes are ordered by increasing frequency, and the highest frequency is twice the lowest. For each of the 12 lower frequencies, the ratio of a frequency to the next higher freque...
- by siddhans
Wed Nov 09, 2011 3:08 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: funky problem....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1152
PS001 The cost of picture frame M is $10.00 less than 3 times the cost of picture frame N. If the cost of frame M is $50.00, what is the cost of frame N? A) $13.33 B) $16.66 C) $20.00 D) $26.66 E) $40.00 Answers in three days of time How do you know if we should write M = 3N-10 or M = 10 - 3M ??
- by siddhans
Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:57 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: PS question a Day
- Replies: 33
- Views: 11770
Q: During a car trip, Maria stopped to rest after she traveled 1/2 of the total distance of her destination. She stopped again after she traveled 1/4 of the distance remaining between her stop and her destination, and then she drove the remaining 120 miles to her destination. What was the total dis...
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Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:50 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Maria's Car Trip
- Replies: 12
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Q: During a car trip, Maria stopped to rest after she traveled 1/2 of the total distance of her destination. She stopped again after she traveled 1/4 of the distance remaining between her stop and her destination, and then she drove the remaining 120 miles to her destination. What was the total dis...
- by siddhans
Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:19 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Maria's Car Trip
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7006
GmatKiss wrote:IMO: B
Just answering A,B,C,D,E doesnt help anyone.... Please please explain your reasoning behind your answer....
- by siddhans
Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:55 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: A study of food resources in the North Pacific
- Replies: 10
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whats wrong in A v/s B?
A says suffering from dwindling food supplies
B says suffering because food supplies were dwindling
whats the difference in meaning ??? I dont understand
- by siddhans
Fri Oct 28, 2011 2:08 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: A study of food resources in the North Pacific
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4484
Is this correct way to solve ? 1) xz - yz > 0 z(x-y) > 0 z> 0 or x > y No info about z in relation with x and y ---> Insufficient 2) y(x-z)>0 y > 0 or x > z No info about y in terms of x and x ---> Insufficient 1 + 2 combined, z > 0 and x > y OR z<0 and x<y OR y>0 and x>z OR y< 0 and x < z Insuffici...
- by siddhans
Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:40 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: X & Y & Z.....PT 2
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1261
Can someone please comment if this is right approach? Let 'S' be Speed and 'D' be distance. st1)Original Equation: S * (t+2) = D New Equation(If betty's speed was 1 1/2 times as fast the trip would have taken 2 hours) => (S + 3/2 S) * 2 = D S * (t+2) = 5/2 S * 2 Thus 3S = St Thus t = 3 Hence A Is th...
- by siddhans
Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:39 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Rates: How long did it take Betty to drive nonstop on a trip
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5527
What is the value of |x| ?
How to solve this algebrically? What is the value of |x| ? (1) x = –|x| (2) x^2 = 4 OA B Whats wrong with this method ? ) x = -|x| this x = - (-x) or x = - (+x) since |x| can be +ve pr -ve thus x = x or x = -x x - x = 0 or x + x = 0 0=0 or 2x = 0 x =0.... st 2 says x = +/- 2 but |x| is always +ve ...
- by siddhans
Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:25 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: What is the value of |x| ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 795
IMO (C).. Here (A) Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of The Messenger were two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader. (8) Published in Harlem, two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would late...
- by siddhans
Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:49 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The Messenger
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5369