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by spartacus1412

Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:43 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: CR - Assumption implicit
Replies: 3
Views: 1250

The question is an adaptation of OG question which deals with lobbyists.
IMOD

by spartacus1412

Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:51 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: CR - Logic gap Assump.
Replies: 7
Views: 2100

why not E.
if we negate E ,it states that the two ways are not equally probable.

Please clarify

by spartacus1412

Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:06 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: CR - Assumption with logical bump
Replies: 4
Views: 1524
by spartacus1412

Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:59 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 794, 1000 SC
Replies: 7
Views: 4653

A very general query.. Soft plaque is harder to detect and more vulnerable to rupture than hard plaque , now emerging as the cause of up to eighty percent of heart attacks. how does this translate to harder to detect[than hard plaque] and more vulnerable to rupture than hard plaque. in my opinion, t...

by spartacus1412

Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:09 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Soft Plaque
Replies: 16
Views: 2631

parallelism is the key here. hence, the sentence should start with where. So we are left with only 2 choices D & E. D uses semicolon which indicates that the second part of the sentence should be independent of the first. But if this is the case , the second part of the sentence. doesn't make se...

by spartacus1412

Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:42 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Minnesota
Replies: 15
Views: 3004
by spartacus1412

Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:20 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Latest government report
Replies: 8
Views: 2186

yes i agree with duongthang.
I too would go for A.
would can reflect some possibility in the future.

by spartacus1412

Wed Jul 04, 2012 5:08 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Jordon wrecked Bono's station wagon
Replies: 7
Views: 4342

Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut crops in the region, but in the 1880s, more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry. Doesn't this convey the meaning that only walnuts are crops and the rest are not. the correct sentence should have been crops o...

by spartacus1412

Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:38 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: pest control
Replies: 6
Views: 1945

i would go with C between A and C , C seems better as one should avoid starting the sentence with a sub-ordinate clause. (B) That the objectives of economic policy are formal and theoretical and that it can be designed solely by economists, without any need for political involvement in the process, ...

by spartacus1412

Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:27 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: SC - Fillers
Replies: 6
Views: 1201

(A) A recent hypothesis is the theory that stroke victims who have lost the capacity to speak may be able to communicate again through singing. (B) A recent theory is that if stroke victims who have lost the capacity to speak, they may be able to communicate again through singing. (C) Recently, a th...

by spartacus1412

Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:18 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: SC - Wordy redundant
Replies: 5
Views: 1193

here in choice B .
Cannot we consider the case when the lecturer did not give the complete notes to the class.
In this case, lecture's notes have the topic which was not taught in the class??

Please clarify

by spartacus1412

Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:05 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: After performing poorly on multiple
Replies: 10
Views: 2854

i am not able to get the solution ,Can someone elaborate?

by spartacus1412

Sun Jul 01, 2012 4:35 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Employed (gmatprep)
Replies: 3
Views: 1113

The answer should be D
for statement2, y may not necessarily be 5. y can take any value like 5, 125, 20 etc.

OA Plz

by spartacus1412

Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:55 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Square root question
Replies: 2
Views: 876

Q.1 if any number can be written as N = X^a Y^b Z^c (X, Y, Z being prime)
then number of factors is given by (a+1) (b+1)(c+1)

here, 225 = 3^2 5^2
total number of factors of 225 == (2+1)(2+1) = 9.


Q.2 set A (1,2, 3)
set B (4, 5, 6,7 )


prob = 1/3(2/4+2/4) = 1/3

Hope this helps!

by spartacus1412

Fri Jun 29, 2012 7:14 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: all factors of a number
Replies: 7
Views: 2931