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Is E grammatically wrong? If so, how? Can anyone please explain?
I understood the explanations about the other options; but couldn't rule E out.
- by studentps2011
Wed Nov 02, 2011 6:22 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The Christmas holiday
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If X and Y are nonzero integers, what is the remainder when X is divided by Y? (1) When X is divided by 2Y, the remainder is 4 (2) When X+Y is divided by Y, the remainder is 4 OA: B [/spoiler] 1) If X divided by 2Y leaves a remainder of 4, then X must be 4 more than a multiple of 2Y: X=2Y*N+4 for s...
- by studentps2011
Tue Nov 01, 2011 4:06 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Remainder....GmatMathPro, please explain
- Replies: 4
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Remainder....GmatMathPro, please explain
If X and Y are nonzero integers, what is the remainder when X is divided by Y?
(1) When X is divided by 2Y, the remainder is 4
(2) When X+Y is divided by Y, the remainder is 4
OA:B[/spoiler]
- by studentps2011
Tue Nov 01, 2011 6:12 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Remainder....GmatMathPro, please explain
- Replies: 4
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Both statements tell us that line k is parallel to y axis and that it meets m at point (1,-1). But we don't have any further information on line m. It may be parallel to x axis (slope 0) and thus be perpendicular to line k OR have a negative or positive slope and not be perpendicular to line k. Henc...
- by studentps2011
Sat Oct 29, 2011 9:55 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: GMATPrep geometry
- Replies: 3
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I think it increases by the same percentage. Please have a look at the below link.
http://www.beatthegmat.com/gmat-prep-t9874.html[/url]
- by studentps2011
Fri Oct 28, 2011 12:58 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Standard Deviation
- Replies: 4
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Statement 1: doesn't give a definite value for x; y can be any value equal to or greater than zero and correspondingly we can get different values for x. Statement 2: y is equal to zero or a positive number, as per the question stem. Hence -y should be zero or a negative number. |x-3| is given as le...
- by studentps2011
Fri Oct 28, 2011 12:50 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Absolute Value!!!!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9434
Standard Deviation
If all the numbers in a set are changed by a certain percentage, does the standard deviation change by the same percentage?
- by studentps2011
Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:36 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Standard Deviation
- Replies: 4
- Views: 948
- by studentps2011
Mon Oct 24, 2011 5:52 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: GMAT PREP:Good question on Inequalities
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1978
- by studentps2011
Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:13 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Pollution: Kaplan SC
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- Views: 1986
(A) be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assured all children who have a reading problem of special aid...special aid is not a type of reading problem (B) should be placed in regular classroom settings whenever possible also assures all children that have a reading problem ...
- by studentps2011
Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:53 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 826
- Replies: 4
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Please see the below post for
until Vs as long as
http://gmatclub.com/forum/sc-until-vs-a ... 74199.html
- by studentps2011
Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:37 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The sale of government surplus machinery will begin at
- Replies: 4
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- by studentps2011
Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:25 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Where/While
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5728
- by studentps2011
Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:21 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: A thorougly frightened...
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'where' can only refer to a place, hence A & B out.
Of C, D & E, I don't like 'its' in E and C doesn't make logical sense. D could be the answer.
- by studentps2011
Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:12 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Where/While
- Replies: 26
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'at the urging of' is more concise than 'as he was urged to do by '. In most SCs, I can eliminate the wrong answers looking for less wordy options.
- by studentps2011
Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:55 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Kaplan CAT2 SC Question
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1658