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DS: number properties
Can someone please help me the below DS problem ?
If n is an integer and x(raised to the power)n – x(raised to the power)-n = 0, what is the value of x ?
(1) x is an integer.
(2) n ≠0
- by Anshu Nadir
Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:10 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: DS: number properties
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1232
- by Anshu Nadir
Thu Feb 16, 2012 6:30 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Stone man
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1296
Astronomers at the Palomar Observatory have discovered a distant supernova explosion, one that they believe is a type previously unknown to science. (A) that they believe is [unneccessary] (B) that they believe it to be (C) they believe that it is of awkward construction (D) they believe that is (E)...
- by Anshu Nadir
Thu Feb 16, 2012 6:20 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Supernova
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4381
Darwin was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; his tremendous originality lay in the fact that he proposed the idea of natural selection as the means by which evolution worked. (A) lay in the fact that he proposed the idea (B) lay in the fact of his proposing the idea (C) laid in the fac...
- by Anshu Nadir
Thu Feb 16, 2012 6:14 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Darwin's theory
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1634
- by Anshu Nadir
Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:36 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: comparison
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1555
If a sentence uses a deadly pronoun (or a "bossy verb" - I liked the word 
) , you cannot use should,would,shall,will in the same sentence.
Option B uses require + should .. so is incorrect ...
- by Anshu Nadir
Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:29 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: usage of require
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1301
Good question ! And indeed a good explanation by Mike .. Initially I also chose B, but it is actually an incorrect comparison. Its not clear what 42 times is compared to .. Other reasons to eliminate D & E are that "indicate" being a deadly pronoun is not followed by "that" R...
- by Anshu Nadir
Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:01 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Comparison
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2372
Hey, thanks for the response.
Can you please exlain what is the problem with "rooted both" ?
Regards,
Anshu Nadir
- by Anshu Nadir
Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:15 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Jazz Pianist
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1193
- by Anshu Nadir
Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:11 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: comparison
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1555
monkfish
There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing. A. There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance...
- by Anshu Nadir
Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:46 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: monkfish
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1164
Jazz Pianist
Thelonious Monk, who was a jazz pianist and composer, produced a body of work both rooted in the stride-piano tradition of Willie (The Lion) Smith and Duke Ellington, yet in many ways he stood apart from the mainstream jazz repertory. A. Thelonious Monk, who was a jazz pianist and composer, produce...
- by Anshu Nadir
Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:44 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Jazz Pianist
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1193
comparison
According to analysts, an alliance between three major personal computer companies and most of the nation’s largest local telephone companies would enable customers to receive Internet data over regular telephone lines with speeds much higher than is currently possible. A. with speeds much higher ...
- by Anshu Nadir
Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:42 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: comparison
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1555
previously and had believed can be called as a redundant pair..but in the answer choices there is no option available better than A.
- by Anshu Nadir
Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:17 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: using previously with a past tense verb
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4100
A. Correct [Have been agrees with Fossils]
B. Incorrect [SVA - fossils/has been]
C. Incorrect [SVA - fossils/has been]
D. Incorrect [Passive - having been]
E. Incorrect [Passive - having been]
Regards,
Anshu Nadir
- by Anshu Nadir
Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:10 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: fossils of whale
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4324
The banana has been an important food source in Bengali cuisine for decades, and it is still used in many Bengali dishes, in which the fruit, stem, and even the flower are incorporated into meals today. 1. it is still used in many Bengali dishes 2. it is still used in a Bengali dish Which of the abo...
- by Anshu Nadir
Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:02 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: one vs many dishes..
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1596