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Auzbee: Here's what I try and look for. Assumptions Check if options fall in one of the following four categories. - Feasibility, - Fills in some logic gap, - Eliminate Alternate Models, - Causation, For two close choices, try and use negation to eliminate the option which would not affect the concl...

by beingAndNothing

Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:34 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Cracking 'assumptions' related CR questions
Replies: 3
Views: 2627

'that' vs 'to-inifinitive'

Is there a rule as to which verbs can be followed either by a 'that' clause or 'to-infinitive'.
and which verbs can be followed only by a 'that' clause.

e.g. decide - 'that' or 'to-infinitive'
reveal - 'that'
forbid - 'to-infinitive'


thanks.

by beingAndNothing

Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:09 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 'that' vs 'to-inifinitive'
Replies: 4
Views: 2189

Auzbee/Camitava:

Assuming that there was a typo, I still have a doubt. Should we be using present perfect (have remained) or just simple past (remained) for this sentence?

thanks.

by beingAndNothing

Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:04 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: GMATPrep Q on SC
Replies: 15
Views: 5891

thanks eric. i plan on giving the 2nd pr test on saturday. i realized that i was mentally striking off the choices for cr and rc rather than writing them down which i think would save me some time. i ran out of time in the verbal for the last 2-3 questions. eric, would you happen to know whether pos...

by beingAndNothing

Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:15 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: disappointed after prep test 1
Replies: 4
Views: 1750

Auzbee: I am not sure as to what exactly is the inequality, since formatting is messing up what you've written. Anyways, I would rewrite the inequality by dividing both sides by |b|. Now a/|b| would be greater than 1 or less than -1 depending on a > 0 or a < 0. Similarly b/|b| = 1 or -1 depending up...

by beingAndNothing

Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:20 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Question involving absolute values
Replies: 5
Views: 1770

Auzbee: 'Also, most of the 20 students who attended the fewest number of concerts reported below-average levels of emotional comfort. ' So even if they reported below-average levels of emotional comfort, they still derived some sort of emotional comfort. Hence everyone who attended the program got s...

by beingAndNothing

Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:19 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Awesome CR question...
Replies: 12
Views: 4041

Area of Shaded Region = pi* (R^2 - r^2)
Area of Smaller circle = pi*r^2

Hence (R^2 - r^2)/r^2 = 3

R/r = sqrt(2)

by beingAndNothing

Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:06 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: circle
Replies: 16
Views: 4949

disappointed after prep test 1

all: I gave my first GMAT prep today and am a bit disappointed with the result. I got a 700 (Q50, V35). My target score is 740ish. My MGMAT test scores are as follows: MGMAT Free Test - 640 MGMAT test 1 - 720 MGMAT test 2 - 740 MGMAT test 3 - 770 I did use up about 5 extra minutes on the last two te...

by beingAndNothing

Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:09 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: disappointed after prep test 1
Replies: 4
Views: 1750

1/(3-sqrt(8)) = 3+sqrt(8)/(9 - 8) = 3+sqrt(8)

3+sqrt(8) = 9 + 8 + 6sqrt(8) = 17 + 6 sqrt(8)

by beingAndNothing

Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:14 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Exponents/Radicals: Simplify ( 1 / 3 - sqrt8 ) ²
Replies: 4
Views: 2191

sirikesav:

i still have a doubt whether the correct answer should have 'disclose' or 'discloses'.

Public company is the subject of the clause followed by the verb 'require that', we should have a singular verb form (discloses). Since SEC regulations is plural, we have plural verb form 'require'.

by beingAndNothing

Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:37 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: new sc
Replies: 5
Views: 2173

The ineq. can be written as

p(qr-1) < 0

So either 'p<0> 1' or 'p>0 and qr<1>1.

So I think the answer should be (E).

by beingAndNothing

Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:41 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Simple yet tough DS question
Replies: 7
Views: 1887

camitava and sujay:

thanks.

by beingAndNothing

Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:27 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: sc 'whose/which'
Replies: 5
Views: 2445

sc 'whose/which'

This is a question from the Princeton Review. Many of America's political allies have demanded that the United States repeal the Helms-Burton law of 1996, tightening the embargo on all Cuban products and, according to opponents of it, violating several international agreements. 1) tightening the emb...

by beingAndNothing

Wed Dec 26, 2007 11:03 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: sc 'whose/which'
Replies: 5
Views: 2445

TKNeo

Take a look at the explanation at the end by Danielle and it might clarify your doubts.

http://www.beatthegmat.com/gmatprep-as- ... omparisons

by beingAndNothing

Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:38 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Comparisons
Replies: 1
Views: 1910

vam82: thanks a lot for the reply. I still have a doubt regarding (2). Take a look at this sentence. After moving to Switzerland in the 1890’s, Albert Einstein attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developing a foundation fo...

by beingAndNothing

Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:14 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: modifiers
Replies: 3
Views: 2277