knewton brutal challenge - week 13 ( math edition )

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by jube » Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:52 am
would be nice if you could post the problem too :D

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by nikhilkatira » Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:55 am
nikhilkatira wrote:Guys can we expect such problems in actual test ?
Articles--> GMAT Articles---> maths----> advance math topics.
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by sanju09 » Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:58 am
nikhilkatira wrote:
nikhilkatira wrote:Guys can we expect such problems in actual test ?
Articles--> GMAT Articles---> maths----> advance math topics.
Don't expect members search and answer a problem for you while the search link provided is "mission impossible" for most of them. Please post the real question in real wordings, rather.
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by albatross86 » Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:53 am
https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/06/ ... th-edition

In my opinion, this cannot be solved in under 2 minutes - there's no trick method to solve it, and there is a complex system of equations that needs to be setup. So I can safely say that this won't appear on the actual GMAT.

(Unless you are an 800 scorer, in which case you don't need to even bother looking at this question :D )

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by nikhilkatira » Thu Jun 24, 2010 6:07 am
albatross86 wrote:https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/06/ ... th-edition

In my opinion, this cannot be solved in under 2 minutes - there's no trick method to solve it, and there is a complex system of equations that needs to be setup. So I can safely say that this won't appear on the actual GMAT.

(Unless you are an 800 scorer, in which case you don't need to even bother looking at this question :D )
thanks buddy... :wink:
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