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Given: 5^x - 3/a = afambrini wrote:The equation 5^x - 3/a = a, where a is a real non-zero number, is possible only if:
A) a > 0
B) a = 0
C) a < 0
D) a > 3^1/2
E) a < - 3^1/2
OA: A
Not one very familiar with the GMAT, I reckon. A little too technical and proofy for the GMAC, and not a question that really tests what the GMAT seeks to.Brent@GMATPrepNow wrote: What is the source of this question?
Agreed!Matt@VeritasPrep wrote:Not one very familiar with the GMAT, I reckon. A little too technical and proofy for the GMAC, and not a question that really tests what the GMAT seeks to.Brent@GMATPrepNow wrote: What is the source of this question?
We are getting a lot of beyond-the-GMAT questions this week ... I guess that's flattering, right?Brent@GMATPrepNow wrote:Agreed!Matt@VeritasPrep wrote:Not one very familiar with the GMAT, I reckon. A little too technical and proofy for the GMAC, and not a question that really tests what the GMAT seeks to.Brent@GMATPrepNow wrote: What is the source of this question?
And flustering!Matt@VeritasPrep wrote:We are getting a lot of beyond-the-GMAT questions this week ... I guess that's flattering, right?Brent@GMATPrepNow wrote:Agreed!Matt@VeritasPrep wrote:Not one very familiar with the GMAT, I reckon. A little too technical and proofy for the GMAC, and not a question that really tests what the GMAT seeks to.Brent@GMATPrepNow wrote: What is the source of this question?
