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- by eshwarjayanth
Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:15 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: President George H.W.Bush
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1271
- by eshwarjayanth
Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:31 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: is x = a?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 990
randy's bar
"Randy's" bar serves customers every weeknight from 5 pm to 1 am. In Randy's bar "Silvermoon" beer is sold at a constant rate except during happy hour, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm, when the rate triples. If a keg of Silvermoon beer is half empty at 5pm on Monday, and two-thirds empty at...
- by eshwarjayanth
Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:30 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: randy's bar
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1169
small orchard
A small orchard specializing in citrus fruits has been receiving fewer orders for oranges in the off season. Orchard owners expect demand to pick up in the coming weeks as harvest begins, but they are concerned about a neighboring orchard nearly three times their size. The neighboring orchard has an...
- by eshwarjayanth
Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:30 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: small orchard
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1792
Sorry OA is D Source - Knewton OE is given below.. I'm unable to understand how it can be D The author of this argument concludes that, because an active chemical in an insecticide becomes inactive after 14 days of air exposure, the death of an insect that lands on a sprayed tree is not due to the i...
- by eshwarjayanth
Sat Oct 15, 2011 6:30 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: insecticide
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1857
insecticide
When a certain insecticide is sprayed onto a given tree, the active chemical in this insecticide becomes inactive, and non-lethal to insects, after being exposed to the air for 14 days. This chemical becomes active as soon as a tree is sprayed and is no longer considered active as soon as it is inge...
- by eshwarjayanth
Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:30 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: insecticide
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1857
thefts in texas shopping mall
Last year, of the reported thefts that occurred in shopping malls in Texas, the percentage that took place in digital electronic stores increased by two percent from the year before. Because most thefts do not result in the return of stolen goods, this increase likely resulted in a negative economic...
- by eshwarjayanth
Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:12 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: thefts in texas shopping mall
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1093
- by eshwarjayanth
Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:58 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: x2 + y2
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7459
x2 + y2
Is x^2 + y^2 > 100
1) 2xy < 100
2) (x+y)^2 > 200
OA - C
Can someone pls explain why B is not sufficient
- by eshwarjayanth
Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:03 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: x2 + y2
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7459
People with serious financial problems are so worried about money that they cannot be happy. Their misery makes everyone close to them—family, friends, and colleagues—unhappy as well. Only if their financial problems are solved can they and those around them be happy. Which one of the following...
- by eshwarjayanth
Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:26 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Please help in CR question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2347
2 => x^3 + x^-3 = 14shankar.ashwin wrote:What is the value of (x^6+x^-6) ?
1) x^6 - x^-6 = 128
2) x^3 + x^-3 = 14
squaring on both sides
=> (x^3)^2 + (x^-3)^2 + 2(x^3)(x^-3) = 196
=> x^6 + x^-6 = 194
So B is sufficient
- by eshwarjayanth
Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:28 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Algebra
- Replies: 3
- Views: 865
Considered to be a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, genmai-cha is a special green tea that contains brown rice, virtually unavailable outside Yokohama (A) Considered to be a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, genmai-cha is a special green tea that contains brown rice, virtuall...
- by eshwarjayanth
Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:45 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Genmai-cha
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1148
Guys apologies. There was a small mistake in the way I interpreted the problem. This problem does have some data missing to determine a finite solution. Now try this, 2 people A and B at opposite end of a road start walking towards each other at 10:00 a.m; they meet together at 11:20 a.m, Had A and...
- by eshwarjayanth
Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:42 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Time,Speed & Distance
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2784
Of the 4800 voters who voted for or against Resolution K, 1800 where Democrats and 3000 were Republicans. What was the total number of female voters who voted for Resolution K? (1) 3/4 of the Democrats and 2/3 of the Republicans voted for Resolution K (2) 1/3 of the Democrats who voted for Resoluti...
- by eshwarjayanth
Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:19 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Of the 4800 voters
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1085
is x= x^2 1) x NOT = 0 2) x> 1 should D not be the answer actual ans .. A please explain from ques: is x = x^2 => is x(x-1) = 0 => is x = 0 or x = 1 st1: x is not 0 => x = 1 sufficient st2: x>1 we need to find whether x is 0 or 1, however, st2 tells us neither so insufficient. IMO - A Please correc...
- by eshwarjayanth
Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:03 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: basic DS
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1722