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Responding to a PM: I agree that "with the intention to" is okay (though I also would generally prefer "with the intention of") and that the meaning of the sentence could still be logical if that intention 'belongs to' the investors (i.e. if the investors have the intention). But...
- by Ashley@VeritasPrep
Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:37 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT PREP TOUGH SC
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11159
My take on this: I do think in all probability you will cause yourself far more harm than gain by spending 4 minutes on (as in your scenario) each of 4 questions. That'd take up 16 of your 75 minutes, leaving you with only 59 minutes to devote to your other 33 questions -- and at that point any ques...
- by Ashley@VeritasPrep
Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:10 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Is "skipping/guessing" an option for +720 plus?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1106
Now we deal with the question of "recent" vs. "recently." If I go with recent, I'm modifying "sales slump"; if I go with recently, I'm modifying "extended." Only the former makes sense, because to say the sales slump was recently extended would mean that some...
- by Ashley@VeritasPrep
Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:35 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1622
Veritas Prep Challenge Question
As advertised on the main page of Beat the GMAT, Brian, David and I will be posting some original questions today and tomorrow with prizes for the first five correct responders who show their work ! Good Luck! Let p = the product of all the odd integers between 500 and 598, and let q = the product o...
- by Ashley@VeritasPrep
Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:10 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Veritas Prep Challenge Question
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1690
Veritas Prep Challenge Question
As advertised on the main page of Beat the GMAT, Brian, David and I will be posting some original questions today and tomorrow with prizes for the first five correct responders who show their work! Good Luck! Because there's no such thing as too many multivariable exponent questions in a forum, here...
- by Ashley@VeritasPrep
Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:59 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Veritas Prep Challenge Question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1612
Veritas Prep Challenge Question
As advertised on the main page of Beat the GMAT, Brian, David and I will be posting some original questions today and tomorrow with prizes for the first five correct responders who show their work ! Good Luck! A sequence is given by the rule a n = |a n-2 | – |a n-1 | for all n>2, and a function s(...
- by Ashley@VeritasPrep
Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:50 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Veritas Prep Challenge Question
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1964
For the link Cause => Effect ("=>" means *causes * OR Conditional link); It is a known fact that an assumption could be : a) Effect =/> Cause ("=/>" means *doesnt cause*) b) ~Cause => ~Effect (i.e. when there is no cause, effect doesnt happen) However, if we take contrapositive ...
- by Ashley@VeritasPrep
Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:37 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Need expert help :( (I am a bit confused)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2726
If t = 1/2^9 * 5^3 is expressed as a terminating decimal, how many zeros will t have between the decimal point and the first nonzero digit to the right of the decimal point? Any theories? I read the problem as "One half to the power of 9 multiplied by five cubed." Did I make a fundamental...
- by Ashley@VeritasPrep
Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:03 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: OG question
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1680
Responding to a PM re: whether there is pronoun ambiguity here on account of "they" or "those." The short answer is that there isn't pronoun ambiguity in terms of meaning, but see my posts here for more detail on the issue of ERRORS' being the only true grounds for certain elimin...
- by Ashley@VeritasPrep
Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:28 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Manhattan SC
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2187
Responding to a PM... but really just tacking on one extra bit to the above, lest anyone get mired in long division. Once we've got the 1/64000 established, we do NOT need to actually calculate the decimal value of that fraction. Rather, we can just think about the fact that 1/64,000 is somewhere be...
- by Ashley@VeritasPrep
Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:05 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: OG question
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1680
When positive integer x is divided by positive integer y, the reminder is 9. If x/y = 96.12, what is the value of y? Are there any alternative explanations besides the answer in the book? Hey! This is pretty analagous to the post that's already been linked to, but maybe I'll use a few different wor...
- by Ashley@VeritasPrep
Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:54 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: From the OG
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1491
As the honeybee’s stinger is heavily barbed, staying where it is inserted, this results in the act of stinging causing the bee to sustain a fatal injury. A. As the honeybee’s stinger is heavily barbed, staying where it is inserted, this results in the act of stinging causing B. As the heavily b...
- by Ashley@VeritasPrep
Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:48 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT Prep Question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 984
Hi Ashley, Thanks for your response :-)....Clear one more thing i.e since in the original sentence we are using simple future tense "will continue" so can we reject option A on this basis also that option A uses present continuous tense "has been" ?????? Hmm... I don't really th...
- by Ashley@VeritasPrep
Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:39 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The value of the dollar in international markets will
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5123
The two main decisions we need to make here are between the beginning-of-options splits (its vs. their) and the end-of-options splits (recent vs. recently). The pronoun needs to refer correctly to "retailer" ("seven-store" is essentially an adjective here), and retailer is singul...
- by Ashley@VeritasPrep
Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:21 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1622
Please see my post in http://www.beatthegmat.com/difference-i ... tml#383325. The sentence in this thread about the Aleuts operates on the exact same principles, and I think I address your question in my explanation there.
Best,
- by Ashley@VeritasPrep
Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:12 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Confused
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1054