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Blue Skies.....I also had the same doubt! Found understandable usage rules within one of the old BTG posts itself. QUOTE Usage if "having been" is more than just time sequence, though. ilke other -ING modifiers, this one also requires some sort of relationship between the completion of the...
- by 6983manish
Fri Apr 18, 2014 2:38 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: usage of having been
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2509
Data Sufficiency - Yes/No
Is sqrt(x-3)^2 = 3-x ? 1. x not equal to 3 2. -x|x| >0 My approach : Simplifying given statement -> x-3 = 3-x -> x=3 Hence, question is Is x=3? ( Am I wrong till now ? ) Option 1 : x not equal to 3.... it gives me answer as NO. Option 2 : -x|x| > 0 means x is negative => not equal to 3. Since, both ...
- by 6983manish
Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:19 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Data Sufficiency - Yes/No
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1023
IMO D Hello All, I had a doubt and would be grateful if you could help me out with this one. 57. Which of the following most logically completes the argument given below? People in isolated rain-forest communities tend to live on a largely vegetarian diet, and they eat little salt. Few of them suffe...
- by 6983manish
Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:28 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: OG - CR-- Q57
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2235
I tried this problem with the basic method and was able to solve it in 1.5 minutes. Firstly I simplify the limits :: <ANS> should be greater than 7/10 == 0.7 and less than 5/7 == 0.71* No we need to rule out the options which are straight not fitting in this limit. A. 9/13 == 0.6* ...Rule out this o...
- by 6983manish
Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:47 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: An integral fraction between
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4325
Few questions are available at ::
http://www.prepfortests.com/gmat/practi ... /fractions
http://www.testprepreview.com/GMATTestP ... stions.pdf
Concepts on ::
http://www.platinumgmat.com/gmat_study_guide/fractions
- by 6983manish
Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:14 am- Forum: GMAT Math
- Topic: OG 12th ed Query
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1975
To make you understand ::
Gross Profit = Direct Incomes - Direct Expenditures
Net Profit = Gross Profit + Indirect Incomes - Indirect Expenditures
Please post complete question to get more clarification.
- by 6983manish
Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:47 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: gross vs. net profit
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1350
I will go with C. Solution :: Option 1. set of even numbers integers & exactly half are positive. -4 , -3 , 2 , 1 or -4 , -3 , 5 , 7 .. both satisfy the condition but do not give us definitive answer. Hence , A and E are out. Option 2. set of even numbers integers & largest negative integer ...
- by 6983manish
Sun Jul 10, 2011 7:49 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: DS- Statistics - reopening topic
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1445
83. Any medical test will sometimes fail to detect a condition when it is present and indicate that there is one when it is not. (A) a condition when it is present and indicate that there is one (B) when a condition is present and indicate that there is one (C) a condition when it is present and in...
- by 6983manish
Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:55 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Infinitive solution
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2177
Hi ya'll I was going over ds questions and had a curious thought. If #2 gave a ratio of men to women, will the answer be a? Thanks for posting the doubt. Please post the direct question to get the precise responses. Answers will be on the below conditions :: A. Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient but s...
- by 6983manish
Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:21 pm- Forum: GMAT Math
- Topic: og 12 ds 2
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1330
What's the rational equivalent of the decimal 5.00351351351...? (A) 198/37 (B) 188/37 (C) 1853/370 (D) 18513/3700 (E) 18503/3700 Made up 5.00351351351.... first of all forget about the 5.00 part just concentrate on .351351.. since its a recurring series of 351 therefore its fractional equivalent=35...
- by 6983manish
Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:56 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: the rational equivalent
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1899
In an election contested by two parties, Party X secured 12% of the total votes more than Party Y . If party Y got 132,000 votes, by how many votes did it lose the election? (A) 24,000 (B) 36,000 (C) 168,000 (D) 240,000 (E) 300,000 Let X party secured "x" votes. Y party secured 132000 vot...
- by 6983manish
Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:24 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: did it lose the election?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1110
Thank you so much for the replies... The question given is complete. and the answer given is 36 ^ 6 but the doubt is , like some of you pointed out is that the question mentions " unique number plates " if the number plates are unique then the numbers and/ or letters cannot be repeated. r...
- by 6983manish
Sun Apr 03, 2011 5:46 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: pemutation / combination :-)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1906
A license plate consists of a combination of 6 digits or letters. All numbers (0-9) and all 26 letters may be used. How many unique license plates are there? 1 36^ 6 2 36!/30!6! 3 36!/30! 4 (36!/6)! 5 30! As we have 10 digits and 26 letters , means total 36 different characters. and license plate c...
- by 6983manish
Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:30 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: pemutation / combination :-)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1906
Hi Manish, I completely get what the problem is aksing for and the explanations given have been more than useful But I was just trying to tweak the question. the Q says the largest integer which much divide m but if the question asks for a largest integer which can divide m and gives the same optio...
- by 6983manish
Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:12 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Integers: Knewton Prep
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4265
9 . A fair coin is tossed 10 times. What is the probability that two heads do not occur consecutively? A) 1/ 2^4 B) 1/2^3 C)1/2^5 D)1/2^6 E)None of the above I saw this question some time back in some other forum. Its a bit tricky. Lets try to understand it with basic approach. We have to consider ...
- by 6983manish
Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:05 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: A fair coin is tossed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8638