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OG 12 Problem No :161

Beginning in January of last year, Carl made deposits of $120 into his account on the 15th of each month for several consecutive months and then made withdrawals of $50 on the 15th of each of the consecutive months of last year. There were no other transactions. If the closing balance of Carls accou...

While ceilidh is correct that there might never be two options on GMAT where the presence/absence of "that" is the only difference, this is actually quite a handy thing to remember. You might want to look at few OG examples: Q# 38 in OG13 diagnostic section: Some of the wrong options: ......

usage of 'that'

hi ,
In the following sentences.
1) She thought the puppy was cute.
2) She thought THAT the puppy was cute.

Can someone please point out when/why we use 'THAT' in such sentences?

Will usage of 'THAT' change meaning in any way ?

difference between 'was changed' and 'had changed'

Hi,
There are 2 sentenced below

1) After the test format WAS changed, scores dropped by more than 25%.
2) After the test format HAD changed, scores dropped by more than 25%.

Both sentences seem grammatically right. Could someone explain the difference in meaning ?

Thanks !

Thank u Ian and Mitch !!

Answer should be D

It has the phrase 'of using' which is parallel with 'of having' in the question

E has the same parallel phrase ' of using' but wrong because the phrase 'as they obtained' is meaningless .

manihar.sidharth wrote For ex : Imagine P as 12 and Q as 27 ..Then when you divide 12/9 you get 1.3 and similarly when you divide 27/10 you get 2.7 and there addition leads to 4.Hope I made my point Please correct me If I am wrong... 12/9 is 1.3333 which is non terminating . So adding 12/9 and 27/1...