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Back to your approach. You were in the right path but you didn't consider all the possilities of how the four cards can be selected. You calculated the probability of Bill selecting 2 cards from the first deck and then different ones from the second deck. However the question states that Bill shuffl...
- by AlaaQasem
Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:11 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: probabaility......where am I wrong?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1648
Is the answer C, i.e. 17/33? Here is how I approached it. Since the question is asking for the probability of at least one pair of cards we know that we want to find the probability of finding no matching cards and subtract it from 1. To find the probability of no matching cards: The probablity of s...
- by AlaaQasem
Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:32 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: probabaility......where am I wrong?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1648
- by AlaaQasem
Sun Dec 14, 2008 3:04 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Essays Listed By Score Category
- Replies: 10
- Views: 85659
- by AlaaQasem
Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:33 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Question about factoring (should be simple)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2598
Please check the list of articles above. I have noted new ones with :arrow: NEW. To allow more people to identify and read new articles, I will only be updating this post once every other week. The next time I update the post, I will take out the :arrow: NEW sign from beside the current articles and...
- by AlaaQasem
Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:08 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Essays Listed By Score Category
- Replies: 10
- Views: 85659
I think the answer is 20% as well. Here is how I solved it. I'm not sure of the answer, though. What we need to find is: (The probability of having Anthony in sub-committee 1 AND the probability of having Michael in sub-committee 1) OR (The probability of having Anthony in sub-committee 2 AND the pr...
- by AlaaQasem
Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:21 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: probability question
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6145
- by AlaaQasem
Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:44 am- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Essays Listed By Score Category
- Replies: 10
- Views: 85659
Thanks, VP_Jim, for dropping by. I greatly admire your and the other raters' valuable feedback in this forum.
Everyone, I have updated the list with the latest articles and their ratings. If anyone has a suggestion on how to reflect new additions to the list, please advise.
Thanks,
Alaa
- by AlaaQasem
Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:35 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Essays Listed By Score Category
- Replies: 10
- Views: 85659
Essays Listed By Score Category
I have been following the posts on this forum for sometime and I find it very helpful to read the comments of the instructors and browse through the exquisite examples of the writers. However, one thing I realized is missing is an organization of the essays by their ratings. Hence, I thought I would...
- by AlaaQasem
Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:23 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Essays Listed By Score Category
- Replies: 10
- Views: 85659
Princeton Review CAT 10 Argument Essay: Please Rate
Prompt: “Manned space flight is costly and dangerous. Moreover, the recent success of a series of unmanned space probes and satellites has demonstrated that a great deal of useful information can be gathered without the costs and risks associated with sending men and women into space. Therefore, we...
- by AlaaQasem
Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:24 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Princeton Review CAT 10 Argument Essay: Please Rate
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2859