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we are talking about a set of factors that keep...blah blah....high interest rate is just one of them....not interest rate but also the other factors keep the spiralling...blah blah.... NOTE - whenever u come across 'one of the' the verb always have to be in plural........ isn't usage of "it&q...
- by agni_mba
Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:11 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC from MGMAT CAT
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2392
sc1000 129
As litigation grows more complex, the need that experts explain technical issues becomes more apparent. (A) that experts explain technical issues becomes (B) for experts to explain technical issues became (C) for experts to explain technical issues becomes (D) that technical issues be explained by e...
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Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:04 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: sc1000 129
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2855
- by agni_mba
Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:58 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2216
another way of looking at this is: 12!/(7!.5!) is 12C5 i.e. no. of different ways of picking 5items from a set of 12. Obviously that can't be a non-integer...
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agni
- by agni_mba
Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:00 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Easier way of simplifying this factorial equation?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3374
I think the answer should be C.
10 GCD => X/10, Y/10 will be that part of X, Y which are uncommon between the two. This means if we multiply these two with 10, that would give me LCM.
i.e. X*Y/10 = 180 or X.Y=1800.
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- by agni_mba
Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:06 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Integers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2068
good one samir. alternatively if you solve x+1/x-3 <0, you will get -1<x<3 1's equation's solution means x should fall in between [-1,1], therefore it satisfies. 2 equation's solution means x should fall in between [-2,2], and that range doesn't fall in the solution range of the given equation. Henc...
- by agni_mba
Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:55 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Inequalities
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1863
well the OA is 7/16. I was approaching this problem pretty much in the same way as Samir did (though I do think that is not appropriate as B can arrive within one min. of A's arrival). Anyways, considering two hours as 120 minutes Total possible ways: 120*120 120 mins can be divided in 3 logical par...
- by agni_mba
Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:40 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: probability - unknown source
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2062
probability - unknown source
Two persons agree to meet at between 2 PM to 4 PM, but each of them will wait 30 minutes for the late comer. What is the probability that they will meet?
Can someone please give an approach?
thanks
- by agni_mba
Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:13 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: probability - unknown source
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2062
suyog: slight mistake in understand the question i think.
3t perimeter of triangle => area = root(3)*(t^2)/4
4s perimeter of square => area = s^2
since areas are equal as per the problem, t:s = 2/(3)^.25
- by agni_mba
Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:13 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Problem on GMAT Prep
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1731
gmatrant,
your approach is absolutely okay. just that you forgot to count (0,30) as a possible positive integral solution to the problem y = -(3/5)x+ 30
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- by agni_mba
Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:39 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Co-ordinates on a line segment - PS Set 42 Question 13
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6918
there is a straight-forward calc to such problems using binomial distribution: If p and q are probs. of two outcomes A,B of an event, and this event is repeated n times, then prob. of happening of A (and non-happening of B on such occassions) at exactly 'r' occassions can be represented as: (nCr)*(p...
- by agni_mba
Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:30 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability - 6 coins - occurence of 3 Heads
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2095
think of this as an arrangement problem - 1. digits that can be used 1-9. 2. no. of ways in which you can pick up a digit = 9, correspondingly you can pick up second digit to be used in number formation in 9 ways. ie. total ways= 9.8 3. for each way, there can be three 3-digit numbers. (for ex. if t...
- by agni_mba
Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:19 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Permutation and Combination Question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1452
The trick is in understanding that this game may never end. The probability of B winning will be summation of probs. associated winning in the first run, second run, third run and so and so forth. P(B)1st run = (3/4)*1/4 = 3/16 P(B)2nd run = [No result in 1st run]* (3/16) = [9/16]*3/16 P(B)3rd run =...
- by agni_mba
Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:56 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability -Difficult
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1859
thanks mayonnai5e for your response. i agree with what you say about the usage of past tense in the main clause. however, contention is around usage of different tenses in main and subordinate clause. from what i know, if the main clause is in the past tense (which it is here), present tense in subo...
- by agni_mba
Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:37 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC 1000 | Q147 - tense sequence in complex/compound sentence
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8480
should I not be referring to Wren and Martin?
Thanks Prasanna for reverting back. Quoting Wren and Martin "if the collective noun conveys the idea of separate individuals comprising the whole, the pronoun/verb standing for it must be of the Plural Number: as, the jury were divided in their opinion". Is it because of the minor differen...
- by agni_mba
Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:34 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC : usage of was/were when subject is a group of people
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2698