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Studying the art for several years, practicing difficult notes every day, and frequent performances has enabled the young pianist to secure a contract with the country's biggest music company. (A) and frequent performances has enabled the young pianist (B) as well as frequent performances have enab...
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Sat Jun 23, 2012 6:35 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Studying the art
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1629
A string of lights is strung with red, blue, and yellow bulbs in a ratio of two to five to three, respectively. If 6 bulbs are lit in a random sequence, what is the probability that no color is lit more than twice? The ratio of number of red, blue and yellow bulb is 2:5:3 Hence, there are 2 red bul...
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Sat Jun 23, 2012 5:08 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Lights
- Replies: 6
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Among the objects found in the excavated temple weresmall terra-cotta effigies left by supplicants who were either asking the goddess Bona Dea’s aid in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help. (A) in healing physical and mental ills or thanking her for such help (B) in heal...
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Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:22 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG 11#106
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1431
It's definitely her.Chinn_asama wrote:Hi
In the sentence, If the person if able to pay $40,000 how can you call her/she (?)economicaly weak, what is the right pronoun? what is the subject in the dependent clause?
Thanx
- by thestartupguy
Thu Jun 21, 2012 12:24 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: subject pronoun/object pronoun
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1048
This is a kind of practice question: This is easy for your GMAT prep on SC Choose the sentence in which all modifiers are NOT correctly positioned. (A) On October 15, 1951, a new television show aired featuring Lucille Ball's distinctive comedic style that would become one of the most famous progra...
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Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:33 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Modifier position test
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1203
The late Japanese mathematician Shizuo Kakutani developed mathematical tools used for disparate purposes including proving the existence of Nash equilibria, accurate description of random processes such as coin-flipping, and the furthering of economists' understanding of supply and demand in a comp...
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Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:51 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Kaplan Question Doubt
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1097
Doubt on tenses
Consider the sentence-
The patient (had died / died) before the doctor (reached / had reached)
While I know that it can't be "had reached", I want to understand what is wrong in the sentence-
The patient died before the doctor reached.
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Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:28 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Doubt on tenses
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1201
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Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:30 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: CR-1
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11772
Tricky CR
It takes 4 weeks for a team of 5 professional Window Washers working regular full time hours to completely clean every window of the Empire State building. The building's owner demands that all the windows always be clean.Yet even if the 5 washers work consistently throughout their regular work week...
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Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:32 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Tricky CR
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2368
[spoiler]B?[/spoiler]islands80 wrote:Bihar is India’s poorest state, with an annual per capita income of $111, lower
than in the most impoverished countries of the world.
(A) lower than in
(B) lower than that of
(C) and lower than that of
(D) which is lower than in
(E) which is lower than it is in
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Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:26 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Bihar
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1220
Can someone please explain to me? In 1987 sinusitis was the most common chronic medical condition in the United States, followed by arthritis and high blood pressure, in that order. The incidence rates for both arthritis and high blood pressure increase with age, but the incidence rate for sinusiti...
- by thestartupguy
Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:31 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: OG 10th edition CR-q174
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2766
Kasia - could you pls explain how to solve this. Is option E correct?Kasia@MasterGMAT wrote:You are supposed to choose which of the answers given is best supported by the premises provided in the text of the task.
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Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:21 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Confusing CR
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1437
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Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:43 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Confusing CR
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1437
Confusing CR
People who have spent a lot of time in contact with animals often develop animal-induced allergies, a significant percentage of which are quite serious. In a survey of current employees in major zoos, about 30 percent had animal-induced allergies. However, a zoo employee who develops a serious anima...
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Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:38 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Confusing CR
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1437
Celiac disease results from an inability of the digestive tract, specifically the small intestine, to absorb gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, and certain other grains. The body’s immune system attacks the gluten as if the protein were a harmful pathogen, often resulting in serious damage...
- by thestartupguy
Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:36 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: CR
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1611