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More of... than

Hi Community, Please see my question below: That the new managing editor rose from the publications soft news sections to a leadership position is more of landmark in the industry than her being a woman . a. her being a woman b. being a woman is c. her womanhood d. that she was a woman e. that she i...

by Tdot23

Tue Sep 25, 2012 4:42 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: More of... than
Replies: 3
Views: 1224

"Based on..", "According to.,"

Thanks in advance for your help with the question below: From the GMAC Test: Q: Based on records from ancient Athens, each year young Athenian women collaborated to weave a new woolen robe that they used to dress a statue of the goddness Atehna and that this robe depicted scenes of a battle between ...

by Tdot23

Sun Sep 23, 2012 5:39 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: "Based on..", "According to.,"
Replies: 3
Views: 2511

Tough SC - "Such as" - breaking up this idiom

Hello BTR Community, Although SC is my strongest part of Verbal, I can't seem to understand the attached Q from the GMAC Test. If an expert or someone could kindly TEACH me the concept of breaking up the "such as" idiom with a noun in between "such" and "as", and overal...

by Tdot23

Sun Sep 23, 2012 2:07 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Tough SC - "Such as" - breaking up this idiom
Replies: 4
Views: 1614

Sequence Question

Hi Everyone, Just a quick Q from the flashcards from Manhattan GMAT. Q: What is the 25th term of this sequence? Sn = S(n-1)subscripted - 10 and S3 = 0. A: The guide says to first convert the recursive sequence definition provided into a direct sequence formula. Therefore Sn = -10n + k where K is the...

by Tdot23

Thu May 31, 2012 8:02 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Sequence Question
Replies: 1
Views: 1075

My Apologies for that. The question reads as follows: In the rectangular coordinate system above (its a picture of a triangle ABC where AC lies on the X asis, B is the "top" or the 3rd vertex), if AB < BC, is the area of region ABC less than 45? (1)The coordinates of point B are (5, 12) (2...

by Tdot23

Thu May 31, 2012 7:41 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Coordinate Geometry
Replies: 6
Views: 1543

Coordinate Geometry

Hi BTG Community,
I'm attaching a picture of the question from the Princeton 1012. I am having hard time understanding their answer key so would love to get a different view.. Thanks! Hope you can make out the question...

by Tdot23

Wed May 30, 2012 6:36 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Coordinate Geometry
Replies: 6
Views: 1543

To mathbyvemuri,
Its my bad for not better writing out the question - I did write this super quickly before my coworkers got into work. Thakns for posting the answer thought!

by Tdot23

Wed May 23, 2012 4:41 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: gmat 2.0 exam prime
Replies: 6
Views: 1354

Functions Question

Hello Community, I am having much trouble tackling PS questions with functions. If there is a one clear way about going at them please do share and thanks in advance for taking a look at my question from the GMAC test: Q: If f(a+b) = f(a) + f(b) for all positive a and b what is f(a+b)? [Sorry, this ...

by Tdot23

Wed May 23, 2012 4:16 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Functions Question
Replies: 2
Views: 863

Multiples Question

Question from the GMAC Practice Test #1: Q: If n=multiples of 5 and n=p^2q and p and q are both prime, which must be multiples of 5? A: (a) p^2 (b) q^2 (c) pq (d) p^2q^2 (e) p^3q The answer is (d) p^2q^2 but I am also getting answer choice (c) as the answer... which is what I had initially chosen an...

by Tdot23

Wed May 23, 2012 4:09 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Multiples Question
Replies: 2
Views: 866

Sequence Question - Please help! Thanks in advance!

Hi BTG Community, Could someone please take a look at the following question I've came across in the GMAC test: Q: For every integer k from 1 to 10, kth term is (-1)^k+1 (1/2^k). If T equals the sum of first 10 terms, T is? A: Between 1/4 and 1/2 I got to the answer (eventually) but I'm not confiden...

by Tdot23

Wed May 23, 2012 4:06 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Sequence Question - Please help! Thanks in advance!
Replies: 2
Views: 737