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if they need to drink only fresh water (don't have the appropriate kidneys yet), they can't travel for long without dying of thirst => I still don't understand. It could further be reasoned out by saying: some dumb ones, who weren't aware of their kidney's efficiencies or weren't aware of the size o...
- by divineacclivity
Fri Jun 06, 2014 4:58 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Whales originated in the freshwater lakes
- Replies: 13
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Thank you very much. I have a follow-up query on this particular kind of comparison: The comparison of more and greater triggers the following question in my mind: Are the following sentences correct? 1) A pen costs more than a pencil. 2) The cost of a pen is greater than that of a pencil. 3) BirdA ...
- by divineacclivity
Thu Jun 05, 2014 10:09 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The Gyrfalcon
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7753
The passage contends that an INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE will not drive up inflation because the increase will have a NEGLIGIBLE IMPACT ON WAGES. To weaken the conclusion, the correct answer choice must show that the impact on wages will NOT be negligible or that inflation will be driven up IN ANO...
- by divineacclivity
Thu Jun 05, 2014 4:12 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Wage
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3726
I have a follow-up question on this one. Since option B indicates that the sales tax may bring more revenue, option E also does the same though it doesn't say if that extra amount would cover the gap between the revenue from property and revenue from sales tax. Let me explain how option E does so: E...
- by divineacclivity
Thu Jun 05, 2014 3:49 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Anoca County schools
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3918
Hello Payale, I still have doubts about "... in distinguishing their own species from others" in option D I'll take an example: " ... in distinguishing his own house from that of his friend" or " ... in distinguishing his own house from his friend's" we'd never say &quo...
- by divineacclivity
Tue Jun 03, 2014 3:29 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: distinguish x from y or distinguish between x and y ???
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10905
Ron, I read the explanations again and again & reached the following conclusion. Please correct me if I'm wrong. What I gather from all of the explanations above, the following ones are correct: I have never seen an aardvark, but last year my father did. --> Helping verb changes tense but this i...
- by divineacclivity
Mon Jun 02, 2014 9:40 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Helping verbs in different tenses
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11199
Komal, If the concentration of histidine declines on maturity, that should mean that the plant starts to die whereas the agrument doesnt say so atall. My logic for picking up option D was: Since histidine makes the metal inert, so, once this particular herb is cultivated in the soil rich in toxic me...
- by divineacclivity
Mon Jun 02, 2014 1:36 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: cultivated herb
- Replies: 28
- Views: 18438
Dear Expert, Why is C in correct an option? If physicians are group-practicing, they're each spending lesser time per time a patient but a summed up time a patient spends with physician(s) (time with doc1 + time with doc3 + ...) is more. So, that also resolves the paradox. No? Please tell me why not...
- by divineacclivity
Mon Jun 02, 2014 1:14 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Physician
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8092
Great. thanks. Each species of moth has an optimal body temperature for effective flight, and when air temperatures fall much below that temperature, the moths typically have to remain inactive on vegetation for extended periods, leaving them highly vulnerable to predators. In general, larger moths ...
- by divineacclivity
Sun Jun 01, 2014 9:22 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Species of Moth
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11580
thank you for your explanation. I have a follow-up question on this one. Could you please tell me why's second not a conclusion (E). I was confused between options A & E. I picked E thinking "Therefore post-tech has decided to ..." looked conclusion like a statement. During the past ye...
- by divineacclivity
Sat May 31, 2014 7:27 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Bold Face CR
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10704
Why is D wrong? C. its acoustic energy prevented from dissipating by D. its acoustic energy prevented from being dissipated as a result of I chose D over C because I thought in C "dissipating by" - means dissipating "near/from" the boundaries whereas the intended meaning is that ...
- by divineacclivity
Sun May 11, 2014 5:00 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Sound can travel through water for enormous distances,
- Replies: 51
- Views: 34168
Hi Rich, In this sentence, I thought C option - 'would have' - hypothetical worked because he says Hughes would have published hundreds (=> the author is not sure of the exact number of poems etc Hughes had published). e.g. Allen published 5 novels e.g. Allen would have published 5 novels in the pas...
- by divineacclivity
Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:01 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Huges
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3709
Ref: *********************** That leaves us with no choice but to use the verb "would" (answers C and E). Grammatically, this is actually a good choice, since the phrase "would publish" is an abbreviated version of "….he would eventually publish…." Answer C uses the...
- by divineacclivity
Sun Mar 23, 2014 7:59 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Huges
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3709
How does one approach SD related problems which are presented in the examples below. 1. If the mean of a data set is 75 and the standard deviation is 10, what is the range of scores that fall within one standard deviation of the mean? 2. The mean score of a class on a test was 60 and the standard d...
- by divineacclivity
Sun Sep 29, 2013 6:30 pm- Forum: GMAT Math
- Topic: Standard Deviation Query
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7563
Ans can never be E for this question. I agree with Govi abt D, and if not D then should be A, but not E. Even though I don't like the wording of the question, the answer is certainly E no matter how you interpret it. All you learn from the two statements is that the elements of set B are prime. The...
- by divineacclivity
Sun Sep 22, 2013 7:15 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: veritas ds 11
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6115