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'ranging from' idiom
Question is from a Kaplan sample quiz. The benefits of having many trees on one's property range from insulation and energy conservation in summer and winter, cleaning the air, and increases property value. A. cleaning the air, and increases B. cleaning the air, and increasing C. cleaer air, and inc...
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Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:41 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 'ranging from' idiom
- Replies: 1
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"Now a triangle is possible if and only if no part is longer than half of the length of the stick. "
Shouldn't it also exclude circumstances where one piece is precisely half the length of the stick?
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Tue Jun 28, 2011 4:28 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability of forming a triangle
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3313
If you want to bipass the algebra, you can just find really simple ways to approximate the rates and you'll be able to quickly identify that only one option comes close. If Y and Z complete the job in 15 and 18 hours respectively, the time it will take them to complete it combined is going to be ver...
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Tue Jun 28, 2011 4:12 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: og math # 130
- Replies: 132
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You can also solve it using a simpler method of choosing values and plugging them in. You know that you need 5 kg of wheat and 11 kg of rice. we know that, mixture A is 40% [2/(2+3)] wheat. mixture B is 30% [3/(3+7)] wheat. test out the options to see which produces 5 kg of wheat. 1) (3kg * .4) + (1...
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Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:44 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: problem from mixtures and alligation
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14857
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Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:59 am- Forum: Ask an MBA Admissions Consultant
- Topic: delete
- Replies: 0
- Views: 880
the relative order in which people are seated matters, but the start and end point do not.
because for each permutation there will be exactly 5 duplicates (or 6 total), i think you just need to do 6! and divide it by 6 to get 120.
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Sun Jun 19, 2011 5:51 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Seating Arrangement
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4141
And what if there are people that don't eat apples, bananas or cherries in the survey? The question specifies that there are 80, 75 and 70 cherry/banana/apple lovers respectively. ------ here's an easy way to solve it by plugging in numbers. you have 225 fruit loves total. to min the number of 3 fr...
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Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:17 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: least value venn diagram
- Replies: 94
- Views: 54407
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Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:45 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Help needed - i dont understand why d is the wright answer.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1609
not sure about the approach on the second one, so ill write out my reasoning.
he was getting 25 MPG on 10/60 miles of the trip and getting 40 MPG on 50/60 miles of the trip.
weighted average seems to be (250+2000)/60 = 37.5 = E
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Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:10 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Least score, Miles per gallon, Area
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1409
there are _more_ than twice as many employees in x as in y.
what _could_ the average be?
it can be anything less than 28333
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Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:44 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Average
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1235
it says to indicate all such amounts.
both a and b meet the criteria.
this question doesn't seem to be the same kind as what you'll see on the gmat.
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Fri Jun 17, 2011 5:31 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Average
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1235
probability of the first event * the probability of the second conditional on the first occuring.
or 3/5 * 2/4
= 6/20
=3/10
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Thu Jun 16, 2011 5:17 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability - How many different ways to solve this?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2719
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Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:57 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: GMAT Prep Question help needed : Tomo is my exam
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1655
From the answer choices it's obvious that order doesn't matter, but the question doesnt seem clear as to whether the identity of the employee matters. If "ways that a company can assign employees" is intended to capture strictly the number of employees in the office, the answer would be di...
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Tue May 24, 2011 10:56 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: A certain company assigns employees to offices in such a way
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10280