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by harsh.champ » Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:37 pm
In a football match, at the half-time, Manchester United was trailing by three goals. Did it win the match?


A. In the second-half Manchester United scored four goals.

B. The opponent scored four goals in the match.
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by shashank.ism » Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:40 pm
harsh.champ wrote:In a football match, at the half-time, Manchester United was trailing by three goals. Did it win the match?


A. In the second-half Manchester United scored four goals.

B. The opponent scored four goals in the match.
A is insufficient - we don't know how many goals opponents scored in 2nd half.
B is insufficient - we do not know how many goals United scored in 2nd half.

Combined insufficient - since opponent scored four goals and manchester scored 4 goals in 2nd half . so either its a draw or manchester win. but its insufficient overall.
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by ajith » Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:20 pm
harsh.champ wrote:In a football match, at the half-time, Manchester United was trailing by three goals. Did it win the match?


A. In the second-half Manchester United scored four goals.

B. The opponent scored four goals in the match.
A is insufficient - we dunno how many goals opponents scored
B is insufficient - we do not know how many goals United scored

Combined insufficient - We do not know how many goals United scored in the first half, all we know is they were trailing by 3 goals
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by onedayi'll » Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:18 pm
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by Ian Stewart » Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:58 pm
This is not the type of question you would see on the GMAT, since it requires some knowledge of the rules of football (well, on the GMAT they would call it soccer; football is a different sport in the US). If a test taker thought soccer was like baseball, and that ties were not permitted, they would answer the question differently from someone who knew that a soccer game can end in a draw - if the game cannot end in a tie, the answer is C, whereas if a tie is permitted, the answer is E. The GMAT is not a test of how well you know the rules of different sports, of course!
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by sars72 » Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:28 pm
Ian Stewart wrote:This is not the type of question you would see on the GMAT, since it requires some knowledge of the rules of football (well, on the GMAT they would call it soccer; football is a different sport in the US). If a test taker thought soccer was like baseball, and that ties were not permitted, they would answer the question differently from someone who knew that a soccer game can end in a draw - if the game cannot end in a tie, the answer is C, whereas if a tie is permitted, the answer is E. The GMAT is not a test of how well you know the rules of different sports, of course!
could you please explain how the answer would be C if a tie is not permitted.
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by Ian Stewart » Mon Feb 08, 2010 12:52 pm
sars72 wrote:
could you please explain how the answer would be C if a tie is not permitted.
Sure - assuming the game cannot end in a tie, someone has to win. Hopefully it's clear that neither statement is sufficient alone. Now, if we take both together, we know that Man U scored at least 4 goals, and that the opponent scored exactly 4 goals. Since the game cannot end in a tie, one team needs to score more goals than the other; the only possibility is that Man U scored more goals than their opponent (in fact, the final score must be 5-4 for Man U).
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by WouldBeCrazy » Sun Dec 23, 2012 5:30 am
This kind of rubbish and controversal questions are very unlikely to come in GMAT.

Have you considered "Same Side Goal"?
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