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here is a good one...

Any idea which is the right one? and why? In the course of her researches, a historian recently found two documents mentioning the same person, Erich Schnitzler. One, dated May 3, 1739, is a record of Schnitzler’s arrest for peddling without a license. The second, undated, is a statement by Schnitzl...

by iamtrying

Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:40 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: here is a good one...
Replies: 10
Views: 8207

another one

. If M and N are positive integers that have remainders of 1 and 3, respectively, when divided by 6, which of the following could NOT be a possible value of M+N?
(A) 86
(B) 52
(c)34
d)28
e)10

i am thinking answer is (E). Correct?

by iamtrying

Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:29 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: another one
Replies: 3
Views: 3644

problem

This problem appears to be very simple, i guess i am having a bad day!!! There were 36.000 hardback copies of a certain novel sold before the paperback version was issued. From the time the first paperback copy was sold until the last copy of the novel was sold. 9 times as many paperback copies as h...

by iamtrying

Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:27 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: problem
Replies: 2
Views: 6401

based on the answer given, gklick you are right. the probability is 1/100. what i dont understand is : when they ask the first and last digit is one greater than the middle, are they talking about the sum of the first and last digit or just being one greater than the middle digit. the second answer ...

by iamtrying

Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:57 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: help with this
Replies: 12
Views: 6565

help with this

1) If a 3-digit integer is selected at random from the integers 100 through 199, inclusive, what is the probability that the first digit and the last digit of the integer are each equal to one more than the middle digit? and 2) . A certain ball was dropped from a window 8 meters above a sidewalk. On...

by iamtrying

Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:16 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: help with this
Replies: 12
Views: 6565

thanks dblazquez. very good response.

i would love to hear more about figuring out subjects/objects?

by iamtrying

Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:02 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Somebasic stuff
Replies: 5
Views: 4844

daniel
thanks for the response....how did you figure out the subject in #2? do you ask the Who/What question to the verb? what (is/are) the men and women with a broader vision? is my approach correct?
sorry for being so stupid, but sometimes i have trouble picking the subject.

by iamtrying

Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:10 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Somebasic stuff
Replies: 5
Views: 4844

Somebasic stuff

hey guys i am jsut brushing up on some basic stuff and am confused on the following. can you help? 1) Strawberries and Cream (was/were) the only dessert. i think it is were? correct/wrong? 2)our chief hope today (is/are) the men and women with a broder vision. what is the subject in this? thanks in ...

by iamtrying

Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:57 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Somebasic stuff
Replies: 5
Views: 4844