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pls explain
Sally and Ted are salespeople for Bob’s Technology Products. Ted is given a salary of $15,000 plus 25% of his sales, whereas Sally is given a salary of $22,500 plus 30% of the amount by which her sales exceed $50,000. Ted and Sally make the same amount of sales, but Sally's total compensation exce...
- by melon
Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:05 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: pls explain
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1612
- by melon
Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:21 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: pls explain this to me
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1096
pls explain this to me
A group of 9 people is traveling in two taxis from one destination to another. If the taxis have different passenger capacities, how many different ways can this group divide itself among the two taxis? (1) The larger of the two taxis can hold no more than 5 people. (2) The smaller of the two taxis ...
- by melon
Tue Feb 14, 2012 6:01 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: pls explain this to me
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1096
- by melon
Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:21 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC - Question from Aristotle SC grail
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2199
HI eladshush IS there anything you did different the fifth time. I too gave the exam 2 times but i am just hovering around 600. I agree with what you say that GMAT score might not be the only criteria to get into a good B school but it is the first and important criteria. I knew the first time I was...
- by melon
Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:13 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: 610, 4th time GMAT. Is it time to let go?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 28373
probability questioon
A bag contains 3 white balls, 3 black balls & 2 red balls. One by one three balls are drawn out without replacement. What is the probability that the third ball is red?
- by melon
Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:05 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: probability questioon
- Replies: 4
- Views: 981
This is How I concluded. Personnel officer: The exorbitant cost of our health insurance benefits reflects the high dollar amount of medical expenses incurred by our employees.Employees who are out of shape, as a group,have higher doctor bills and longer hospital stays than do their colleagues who ar...
- by melon
Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:46 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Fitness program to employees
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2575
- by melon
Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:15 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Diana's Dresses
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1347
I though it was C because , for the paradox to be true we need to assume that
god has all the power , to alter and to keep it as it is. This will help us to conclude the paradox.
A is just a repetition of the paradox
- by melon
Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:39 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: BTG practice question - In the early days of Christianity
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1832
HI Vikas, I had a very similar experience. I gave my Gmat in dec 1st week.I too walked and slept Gmat for 2 months.I put in almost 4 hrs on an avg every day. I managed to get on 580 Q44 V 25. I was consistenlty scoring 660 in Mgmat and 800score.I dont know what went wrong. I asked many pple they sug...
- by melon
Mon Jan 02, 2012 9:58 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: Bad GMAT Score
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2165
Even I was surprised, I felt that the test was going well.Maths etc I was able to solve with ease in the main exam, but I am surprised y I scored so low.Even english, I was very well in control, i was able to identify the mistakes in SC, RC was cool and CR was easy as well. very disappointed.very ve...
- by melon
Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:46 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: Very sad 580 Q44 V25
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2639
Very sad 580 Q44 V25
I worked very very hard. Almost 4hrs a day on week days and 5 to 6 hrs on week ends. I solved all the OG,Kaplan, went through Mgmat for SC and few topics in maths. I gave Mgmat and 800score tests I was consistently score 660 and above. I also maintained an error log and solved those problems once ag...
- by melon
Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:32 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: Very sad 580 Q44 V25
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2639
pls explain
Sequence A is defined by the equation An = 3n + 7, where n is an integer greater than or equal to 1. If set B is comprised of the first x terms of sequence A, what is the median of set B ? (1) The sum of the terms in set B is 275. (2) The range of the terms in set B is 30. I understood why 1 is suff...
- by melon
Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:31 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: pls explain
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1147
didnt get this one, an explanation would help
A recent research study of undergraduate students analyzed the effects of music on human emotions. Each of the 200 participants attended at least 1 two-hour concert of classical music per week over the course of 12 weeks of their spring semester. At the end of the experiment, all of the students fil...
- by melon
Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:22 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: didnt get this one, an explanation would help
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1150
- by melon
Sat Jun 25, 2011 4:15 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: dobt in OG DS
- Replies: 3
- Views: 934