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E seems the best and Which can refer to plural antecedents

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by punitkaur

Thu Dec 10, 2009 7:00 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: moth
Replies: 7
Views: 2532

OG 11 SC

Canadian scientists have calculated that one human being should be struck every nine years by a meteorite, while each year sixteen buildings can be expected to sustain damage from such objects. (A) one human being should be struck every nine years by a meteorite (B) a human being should be struck by...

by punitkaur

Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:52 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG 11 SC
Replies: 2
Views: 1386

Yup.. thats what I was wondering, where did the height come from.

by punitkaur

Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:36 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Rhombus / Parallelogram ?
Replies: 15
Views: 6846

1) First calculate the number of floors between Steve and Joyce 51-11 = 40. Now total distance between them = 40 floors Lets say steve rides x floors in time t. For Joyce to meet steve, she should travel (40-x) floors in the same time t, since both start at the same time. We need to find out 11+x. t...

by punitkaur

Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:22 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Elevator Rate Question and Another Rate Question
Replies: 3
Views: 4163

Hi mmslf75,

how did you calculate the height of the rhombus given the side?

by punitkaur

Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:04 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Rhombus / Parallelogram ?
Replies: 15
Views: 6846

Like vs As

More than 30 years ago Dr. Barbara McClintock, the Nobel Prize winner, reported that genes can "jump", as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another . (A) Same (B) like pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another. (C) as pearls do that move mysteriously from one ne...

by punitkaur

Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:58 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Like vs As
Replies: 8
Views: 2080

usage of "that "

A higher interest rate is only one of the factors, albeit an important one, that keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade. a) that keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade. b) that keep the housing mark...

by punitkaur

Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:34 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: usage of "that "
Replies: 11
Views: 2485

Hi Hesham, OA is E . I thought that parallel components were propose, suggest and call. Hence I chose C So I wonder how suggest and still others are calling be correct. It doesn't show parallelism? Moreover, why is "the reduction" wrong? And how is "reducing" better than "th...

by punitkaur

Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:21 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: tough SC
Replies: 5
Views: 1730

tough SC

While some propose to combat widespread illegal copying of computer programs by attempting to change people's attitudes toward pirating, others by suggesting reducing software prices to decrease the incentive for pirating, and still others by calling for the prosecution of those who copy software il...

by punitkaur

Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:32 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: tough SC
Replies: 5
Views: 1730

a says slope = -1/6. y=(-1/6)x + c. 6y = -x + 6c now find where this line intersects x and why axis. the points are (0,c) and (6c,0) draw this on the co-ordinate plane and verify... if c>0 then both x and y are positive,. so when u draw a line passing thru points it passes through the II quadrant. N...

by punitkaur

Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:47 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Coordinate geometry problem
Replies: 4
Views: 1755

since you already have the equations...
to get the maximum out of

12Y + 8X,

I would assign maximum no of hours to Y since 12 > 8.

so something on the lines of 12 x 29 + 1x8 which gives me 356.

by punitkaur

Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:38 pm
Forum: GMAT Math
Topic: What's the possible salary?..real Q from the test
Replies: 1
Views: 1277

OA is D. Thanks for your explanations.

by punitkaur

Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:00 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: LSAT CR
Replies: 3
Views: 2298

Please Rate- Analysis of argument

The following appeared in an announcement issued by the publisher of The Mercury, a weekly newspaper. “Since a competing lower-priced newspaper, The Bugle, was started five years ago, The Mercury’s circulation has declined by 10,000 readers. The best way to get more people to read The Mercury is...

by punitkaur

Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:02 pm
Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
Topic: Please Rate- Analysis of argument
Replies: 0
Views: 1252

Hi Hesham,

While C looked good to me as well. how did you eliminate A?

by punitkaur

Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:31 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: LSAT CR
Replies: 7
Views: 2748

Why not A?? OA is C

by punitkaur

Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:23 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: LSAT CR
Replies: 8
Views: 2803