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Once I read the following statements, all I could understand is that there is qualitative difference between human mind and animal mind. As far as the second statement is concerned, I could not exactly follow what the author is trying to say. Can someone please explain in detail.. "Debate cente...

by gmat1978

Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:23 pm
Forum: Reading Comprehension
Topic: Apes are our friends
Replies: 69
Views: 41948

Also, in choices ACD - The word "December" -- is considered the twelfth month rather than December itself....Can this be considered to eliminate ACD? Am I thinking right?

by gmat1978

Mon Feb 07, 2011 10:48 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: The word "December" is derived from the latin word
Replies: 6
Views: 11795

Mitch, Thanks for the solution. It was brief and nicely explained. However, I have a couple of questions. 1) Just for my own curiosity and to have a back up technique, how can we solve the below problem without using the combinations (9c3) formula - meaning determine how many choices we have for eac...

by gmat1978

Mon Feb 07, 2011 10:34 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: how many triangles?
Replies: 29
Views: 25725

How many triangles with positive area can be drawn on the coordinate plane such that the vertices have integer coordinates (x,y) satisfying 1≤x≤3 and 1≤y≤3? (A) 72 (B) 76 (C) 78 (D) 80 (E) 84 Mitch, Can you please help me solve the above problem using the technique outlined below. Thanks Whe...

by gmat1978

Mon Feb 07, 2011 10:40 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: how many triangles?
Replies: 29
Views: 25725

The word "December" is derived from the latin word

The word "December" is derived from the Latin word for "ten", which seems odd considering it's the twelfth month, but when you realize that the earliest Roman calendar had just ten months, it all makes perfect sense a) The word "December" is derived from the Latin word...

by gmat1978

Sat Feb 05, 2011 2:49 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: The word "December" is derived from the latin word
Replies: 6
Views: 11795