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If the probability that Stock A will increase in value during the next month is 0.54, and the probability that Stock B will increase in value during the next month is 0.68. What is the greatest value for the probability that neither of these two events will occur? A. 0.22 B. 0.32 C. 0.37 D. 0.46 E....
- by Cumulonimbus
Tue Jun 24, 2014 7:22 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability Q
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4527
Hi Ron, Source is GMAT PREP. Can any instructor explain the "that" in choices? what does this"that" mean?? what are the both party of the comparison? Eagerly waiting! Thank you very much! good question. ick, this problem is ugly. what's the source? does anybody know the original ...
- by Cumulonimbus
Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:09 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Written in ink or engraved by stylus,
- Replies: 22
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hi sam, Do you really want to study RC99 ? I dont think its a good source. I bought it sometimes back but found the passages quiet different than that of OG. Have you came across Ron's take on RC99. There are many good resources available in the market - veritas RC - if you are looking for practice...
- by Cumulonimbus
Sat Jul 27, 2013 1:01 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Where to get RC99
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8787
OA is A. I agree with you guys that the analogy here is a bit of a stretch. I also was not impressed with the various answer choices and arrived at A through process of elimination and I found that A was the official answer. I will go with bblast's posting on this one, basically the other four choi...
- by Cumulonimbus
Thu Jul 04, 2013 10:15 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: LSAT Strengthen -- Decrease Airline Fatalities
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4240
Note that an 'average' roll on one die is 3.5, so the average sum on three dice is 3*3.5 = 10.5. So the question is asking for the probability that you roll an 'above average' sum (11 or greater). The probability of an 'above average' sum when you roll dice is equal to the probability of a 'below a...
- by Cumulonimbus
Sun May 26, 2013 5:33 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: probability
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5965
Analysts blamed May's sluggish retail sales on unexciting merchandise as well as the weather, WHICH was colder and wetter than usual in some regions, SLOWING sales of barbecue grills and lawn furniture. COMMA + VERBing serves to express an action attributed to the preceding subject. Here, the subje...
- by Cumulonimbus
Tue May 14, 2013 11:33 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: When the modifying phrase is removed...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10572
Analysts blamed May's sluggish retail sales on unexciting merchandise as well as the weather, WHICH was colder and wetter than usual in some regions, SLOWING sales of barbecue grills and lawn furniture. COMMA + VERBing serves to express an action attributed to the preceding subject. Here, the subje...
- by Cumulonimbus
Mon May 13, 2013 5:49 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: When the modifying phrase is removed...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10572
Analysts blamed May's sluggish retail sales on unexciting merchandise as well as the weather, colder and wetter than was usual in some regions，which slowed sales of barbecue grills and lawn furniture. (A) colder and wetter than was usual in some regions，which slowed (B) which was colder and wet...
- by Cumulonimbus
Mon May 13, 2013 5:44 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: When the modifying phrase is removed...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10572
Hi, Can someone pls explain the difference between each and every. Thanks -Vittal they're pretty similar. is this the basis for an actual split / elimination? in an actual GMAT problem? if so, please post the problem; i'm sure many of us (myself included) would love to see it. Hi Ron, I found one e...
- by Cumulonimbus
Sat May 11, 2013 4:51 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Each vs Every
- Replies: 11
- Views: 26350
- by Cumulonimbus
Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:24 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: A very hard, above 700 DS question from OG 12
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7778
- by Cumulonimbus
Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:16 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Parapsychology
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6461
after reading the option A - my instinct was that equal no. of countries will be for and against the embargo and hence the discord - i chose A
I came across the 'balance of opinion' term for the first time
- by Cumulonimbus
Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:05 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: 1000 CR test 13, #16
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8257
Hi Stacey, Can you please clarify my doubt at this post. http://www.beatthegmat.com/identifying-the-subject-t187291.html#587557 Please help. Thanks a lot. How about this sentence: He was ordered by his parents to do his homework. Is "he" or "his parents" the subject here? What's ...
- by Cumulonimbus
Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:20 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their client
- Replies: 32
- Views: 25012
Identifying the subject
Hi Mitch, I have a difficulty in identifying the subject in the below sentences: •Being followed by paparazzi 24 hours a day has caused many celebrities to become extremely hostile to strangers (passive) •Being heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that has worked well in the p...
- by Cumulonimbus
Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:23 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Identifying the subject
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1439
If so then how is the subject of the sentence - 'Being followed' or 'Being heavily committed' I thought it was celebrities and executive respectively. Please help to clarify my doubts. KR, these are -ing forms that act as nouns. since they act as nouns, they can be the subject of the sentence, just...
- by Cumulonimbus
Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:11 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Experts, please explain! BEING
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14842