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The answer here is B. The argument says that most users who copy don't have a "serious interest" in the programs. The implication is that those people would not be purchasing the programs if they actually had to spend money on them; they're only taking advantage of the illegal copying bec...
- by yvonne0923
Thu May 26, 2011 5:07 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: The computer industry
- Replies: 5
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My answer is D, and O.A is E . The reason I chose D is because that I have concern about the usage of passive voice whenever the word "by" appears in the sentence. In this case,"high speeds can be attained by..." rather than "high speeds by reducing". Why we don't emph...
- by yvonne0923
Fri May 20, 2011 10:38 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The usage of "by"
- Replies: 8
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Thanks. but what about the usage of "by" here? Should we pay attention to the form of passive voice "can be attained by..."?HSPA wrote:IMO E,
D has a semicolon and after that there is no subject.
- by yvonne0923
Thu May 19, 2011 9:24 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The usage of "by"
- Replies: 8
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The usage of "by"
51. Whereas a ramjet generaly cannot achieve high speeds without the initial assistance of a rocket, high speeds can be attained by scramjets, or supersonic combustion ramjets, in that they reduce airflow compression at the entrance of the engine and letting air pass through at supersonic speeds. A....
- by yvonne0923
Thu May 19, 2011 5:20 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The usage of "by"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1494
Tiger beetles are such fast runners that they can capture virtually any nonflying insect. However, when running toward an insect, the beetles intermittently stop, and then, a moment later, resume their attack. Perhaps they cannot maintain their pace and must pause for a moment's rest; but an altern...
- by yvonne0923
Mon May 16, 2011 10:53 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Tiger beetles are such fast runners that they can capture vi
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3170
whats the souce . the answer sounds dubious to me . veritas prep ? Yes, this is Critical Reasoning II for veritas prep. Are you supposed to find all questions in CR 2 like this Yes, unlike other GMAT takers, I do have weaker reasoning skills and understanding of this language. In order to improve i...
- by yvonne0923
Sun May 15, 2011 12:29 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Strengthen_economic recovery
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1554
whats the souce . the answer sounds dubious to me . veritas prep ? Yes, this is Critical Reasoning II for veritas prep. Are you supposed to find all questions in CR 2 like this Yes, unlike other GMAT takers, I do have weaker reasoning skills and understanding of this language. In order to improve i...
- by yvonne0923
Sun May 15, 2011 12:07 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Strengthen_economic recovery
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1554
Yes, this is Critical Reasoning II for veritas prep.mundasingh123 wrote:whats the souce . the answer sounds dubious to me . veritas prep ?
- by yvonne0923
Sun May 15, 2011 11:40 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Strengthen_economic recovery
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1554
For example, I might try to explain why even though Apple products are so much more expensive than other products of similar quality. It does no good to say that "in general price is the most important factor when consumer choose between comparable products." You see we are trying to expl...
- by yvonne0923
Sun May 15, 2011 11:31 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Negate Method for Assumption CR
- Replies: 16
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Strengthen_economic recovery
The coming economic recovery will surely be strong. Most of the economists in the investment companies now aggree this is so, though the leading academic economists still think otherwise. since the investment companies' economists are risking their jobs when they make forecasts, wheras academic econ...
- by yvonne0923
Sat May 14, 2011 9:36 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Strengthen_economic recovery
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1554
pankajks2010 wrote:Since equal amount of water was poured in both the juxs X & Y,
X/5=2Y/3
Now, Y/3 amount will be emptied from X to completely fill Y.
Y/3 in terms of X is X/10. Thus, after filling Y, the amount of water left is X/5-X/10=X/10.
Thus, D.
Hope this helps!!
Thanks for your post!
- by yvonne0923
Sat May 14, 2011 5:45 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Percentage problem
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1695
Percentage problem
Two equally sized jugs full of water are each emptied into two separate unequally sized empty jugs, X and Y. jugs X is 1/5 full, while jug Y is 2/3 full. If water is poured from jug X into jug Y until Y is filled, what fraction of jug X contains water? A. 0 B. 1/15 C. 2/15 D. 1/10 E. 2/10 __________...
- by yvonne0923
Sat May 14, 2011 3:05 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Percentage problem
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1695
Answer is E Reason , No of people answered yes to Q1 & Q2 = (N/4)/3 = N/12 No of people who did not answered yes to Q1 & Q2 = N - N/12 = 11N/12 You missed the "of those" part in ques N/12 is only for the number of people answered yes for Q2, but for Q1,we have to add up N/4.
- by yvonne0923
Fri May 13, 2011 9:14 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Nationwide Poll
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2072
Nationwide Poll
In a nationwide poll, N people were interviewed. If 1/4 of them answered "yes" to question 1, and of those, 1/3 answered "yes" to question 2 , which of the following expressions represents the number of people interviewed who did not answer "yes" to both questions? A. 7...
- by yvonne0923
Fri May 13, 2011 5:59 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Nationwide Poll
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2072
Sliverman: All music is based....
Silverman: All music is based on a few main systems of scale building. Clearly, if the popularity of a musical scale were a result of social conditioning, we would expect, given the diversity of social systems, a diverse mixture of diatonic and non-diatonic scales in the world's music. Yet diatonic ...
- by yvonne0923
Fri May 13, 2011 5:10 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Sliverman: All music is based....
- Replies: 2
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