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Near Chicago a newly built hydroponic spinach “factory,� a completely controlled environment for growing spinach, produces on 1 acre of floor space what it takes 100 acres of fields to produce. Expenses, especially for electricity, are high, however, and the spinach produced costs about four ti...
- by alex.gellatly
Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:24 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Hydroponic spinach
- Replies: 2
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1)In how many ways can the letters of the word DOUBLE be rearranged such that the order in which the vowels appear in the word does not change? Number of options for D = 6. (Any of the 6 positions.) Number of options for B = 5. (Any of the 5 remaining positions.) Number of options for L = 4. (Any o...
- by alex.gellatly
Tue Sep 04, 2012 4:58 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Tough permutation problem
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3410
Francine's trip
I know this question has been posted before, but I'm looking for some other approaches. During a trip, Francine traveled x percent of the total distance at an average speed of 40MPH and the rest of the distance at an average speed of 60MPH. In terms of x, what was Francine's average speed for the en...
- by alex.gellatly
Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:48 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Francine's trip
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1520
OG12 PS148
OK I know this question has been posted several times on this site... but I still can't seem to understand the best approach for solving it. If x, y, and k are positive numbers such that (x/x+y)(10)+(y/x+y)(20)=k and if x<y, which of the following could be the value of k? 10 12 15 18 30 Much thanks ...
- by alex.gellatly
Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:28 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: OG12 PS148
- Replies: 2
- Views: 879
Just so you know you site says this "GMAT Cheatsheet will increasy your score as you will remember and use math formulas". I don't know what increasy is... did you mean increase maybe?
Doesn't sounds like such a reliable product....
- by alex.gellatly
Sun Sep 02, 2012 9:16 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: GMAT Cheatsheet
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6097
At a loading dock
At a loading dock, each worker on the night crew loaded 3/4 as many boxes as each worker on the day crew. If the night crew has 4/5 as many workers as the day day crew, what fraction of all the boxes loaded by the two crews did the day crew load?
1/2
2/5
3/5
4/5
5/8
Thanks
- by alex.gellatly
Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:01 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: At a loading dock
- Replies: 3
- Views: 946
Does the integer x have 3 or more distinct positive factors? (1) x is odd (2) 23<x<29 The correct answer is B and here's why: The question stem asks if x has 3 or more different positive factors. This will happen when x is not prime. 1. x is odd. x could be any integer, prime or not prime. Insuffic...
- by alex.gellatly
Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:28 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: DS: Primes #1
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1491
A certain league
There are 8 teams in a certain league and each team plays each of the other teams exactly once. If each game is played by 2 teams, what is the total number of games played? 15 16 28 56 64 [spoiler]OK I know how to solve this problem, but I don't understand why MGMAT's slot method doesn't work here. ...
- by alex.gellatly
Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:07 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: A certain league
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1067
Since 1986 enrollments of African Americans, American Indians, and Hispanic Americans in full-time engineering programs in the United States has steadily increased, while the number of other students who enter the field has fallen. (A) has steadily increased, while the number of other students who ...
- by alex.gellatly
Sun Sep 02, 2012 6:36 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: engineering
- Replies: 2
- Views: 924
Which of the flowing most logically completes the argument? The attribution of the choral work Lacrimae to the composer Pescard (1400 – 1474) has been regarded as tentative, since it was based on a single treatise from the early 1500’s that named Pescard as the composer. Recently, several music...
- by alex.gellatly
Sun Sep 02, 2012 6:29 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Complete the argument
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1256
For starters please use spoiler when typing the OA, also save your questions till the end. This way people can have a chance at answer the questions for themselves before they know the answer. That is the point of this site, so everyone can learn from one another. That being said, these two problems...
- by alex.gellatly
Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:21 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: "estimated to be" OR " estimated at" . P
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1761
An interior decorator that specializes in color claims from a one-hour interview with her clients that he can determine which colors will create the best atmosphere for the inhabitants of the space. A. from a one-hour interview with her clients that he can determine we cannot say claims from in thi...
- by alex.gellatly
Sat Sep 01, 2012 8:30 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: An interior decorator that specializes in color
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1285
Is line l parallel to the y-axis? (1) The equation of line l is x = 4. (2) The points (4. 2) and (4, - 5) are on line l . For a line to be parallel to the y-axis we need either 1 of 2 things. 1. The equation of the line needs to be x= some number or 2. The slope needs to be undefined (or vertical)....
- by alex.gellatly
Sat Sep 01, 2012 7:49 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: parallel?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 871
Street crime can be averted through regulations mandating the lighting of streetlights during daytime. However, daytime visibility is worse in nations farther from the equator, so obviously such regulations would be more successful in averting crime there. Actually, the only nations that adopted su...
- by alex.gellatly
Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:00 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Street crime can be averted through regulations mandating
- Replies: 2
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On level farmland, two runners leave at the same time from the intersection of two country roads. One runner jogs due north at a constant rate of 8 miles per hour while the second runner jogs due east at a constant rate that is 4 miles per hour faster than the first runner's rate. How far apart, to...
- by alex.gellatly
Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:25 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: far apart?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1333