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If a and b are positive integers, then what is the ratio of a/b to its reciprocal? Ratio of any non-zero number to its reciprocal is always 1. Here, a/b is a non-zero quantity. Reciprocal of a/b = 1/(a/b) = b/a Hence, ratio of a/b to b/a = (a/b)/(b/a) = 1 how is it 1? (a/b)/(b/a) = a^2/b,isn't it?
- by goelmaya
Mon May 28, 2012 9:16 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: help me
- Replies: 5
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3. The sum of the first 50 positive integers is 2,550. What its he some of the even integers from 102-200 inclusive? answer is 7550, and i have no idea how they came about it. We have to find 102 + 104 + 106 +....+ 200 = (100 + 2) + (100 + 4) + (100 + 6) +....+ (100 + 100) = (100 + 100 + 100 +...+ ...
- by goelmaya
Mon Apr 16, 2012 2:30 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Thanks for the first round, help with Gmat prep q's!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3199
IDIOM
Hi All,
Please explain how to achieve parallelism in the following example:
paltry sums are available for excavating and
for publishing the results
Do we use FOR x and y, or do we use FOR x and FOR y ?
- by goelmaya
Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:52 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: IDIOM
- Replies: 1
- Views: 929
The Board of Trustees of the Federici Art Museum has decided to sell some works from its collection in order to raise the funds necessary to refurbish its galleries. Although this may seem like a drastic remedy, the curator had long maintained that among the paintings that the late Ms. Federici col...
- by goelmaya
Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:12 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: MUSEUM
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1374
The argument claims that humans, regardless of their respective culture, are born predisposed to certain musical intervals. The evidence: six-month old babies have a predilection for 4ths, 5ths, and octaves. We are looking to strengthen this claim. One way of looking at a STRENGTHEN question is tha...
- by goelmaya
Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:39 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: six-month old babies
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3673
I do not know why you guyzz are saying that option C is having comparison issues. Option C has a proper comparison usage. 'Unlike those in most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged arblers are very difficult to distinguish.' Here the pronoun 'those' represents the male and female in war...
- by goelmaya
Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:33 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC-35
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1533
IMO the sentence is correct.
1) Parallelism is maintained
2) we use AND.. so its plural.. hence "have been" is correct.
- by goelmaya
Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:52 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC Doubt
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1408
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- by goelmaya
Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:51 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: ING modifiers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1094
ING modifiers
"After the customary post-budget press conference, he went studio-hopping to put across his own case, stressingheroically that...."
Please explain the use ING modifier (stressing) in the above sentence...
- by goelmaya
Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:49 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: ING modifiers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1094
- by goelmaya
Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:39 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Professor Harper’s ideas...!!!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1352
"8. When Alicia Green borrowed a neighbor’s car without permission, the police merely gave her a warning. However, when Peter Foster did the same thing, he was charged with automobile theft. Peter came to the attention of the police because the car he was driving was hit by a speeding taxi. ...
- by goelmaya
Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:33 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: good cr...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1132
Thanks... I know i am asking a silly question, but i require conceptual clarity... As per the Manhattan SC Book, subjunctive mood is used to express 'hopes, proposals, desires, and requests'... Why do you say that it is a subjunctive mood... ?? The subjunctive is also used with some demands/orders....
- by goelmaya
Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:41 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: This Sc violates the tense rule????send??
- Replies: 38
- Views: 16732
do u mean to say that if there were no comma before and then the sentence would be correct? D. According to a study published by Dr. Myrna Weissman,major depression is suffered by the age of seventy-five by only one percent of Americans born before 1905, and by age twenty-four by the six percent bo...
- by goelmaya
Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:50 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: According to a study published by Dr. Myrna Weissman
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2563
A little confused between A and C. Would have strongly preferred "C", if it were "have been exhausted" instead of "are exhausted". Dear expert please help. Regards. In A, "its" in the dependent clause refers to "the state’s economy". Logically, it...
- by goelmaya
Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:33 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Alaska regularly deposits
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2703
is the answer D, i.e both statements are sufficient. If a≠0 is (1/a) > a/(b^4 + 3) ? 1)a=b² 2)a²=b^4 OA is [spoiler] A [/spoiler]. Detailed explanations would be appreciated. Thanks (1/a) > a/(b^4 + 3) => b^4 + 3 > a^2 (cross multiplication) => b^4 - a^2 + 3 >0 ?? --- (1) Statement 1 : a=b2 . S...
- by goelmaya
Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:54 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Fairly simple problem
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1219