a new species of sparrow that lives In the above sentence.. A new species is the key. Species can be both singular and plural. If the sentence read a number of new species of birds we would have had to select live Since its A new species we have to select lives Hope this clarifies. Thanks Sachin

SC - Idiom Questions only

Hi All, I have been going thru SC for quite some time now. One of the most important areas to improve upon for a non-english speaker in SC are the idioms. Answering a question becomes so much more easier if you know the right idioms. Usually all official GMAC questions have just one correct idiom in...

OG Quant Review - # 80 (probability)

If X is to be chosen at random from the set {1,2,3,4} and y is to be chosen from the set {5,6,7}, what is the probability that xy will be even? a. 1/6 b. 1/3 c. 1/2 d. 2/3 e. 5/6 I searched for this problem, but couldnt find it in the forum. Please provide the link if this has already been discussed...

Very interesting posts. How many hours a day are/were you studying? And when you say ur scores improved from the previous 38/45 to 43/45. Are/were you solving all the 45 problems for the second time?

ans is A. exp: 1. lets take a few examples it says X^2>y^2 so 3^2>2^2 6^2>5^2 6^2!>(-7)^2 (not greater than) with all these examples we can def say A is sufficient. 2. x>y 3>2 -2>-3 --> |-2| is not greater than |-3| with equation 2 we cannot say if |x| > |Y|. Hence the ans A. Please let me know if t...

E is the answer. in ans a "add to" is wrong in ans b again "added to" is wrong ans c is completely wrong -- worry abt cuts?? and "as standard of living" (wrng) ans d "added to their worrying"??? is wrng must contend -- so the previous item (worry) should be on...

B and D seem to fit in.

Has sought approval and "and has not met" go hand in hand. so ans seems to be D. but iam guessing [:)]

i havent started preparing for sentence correction yet, so cant tell u the exact rule y (B) is correct. But the answer to this question is (B). Both seem to be the right answers. but as per GMAC we should select the most suitable answer choice. If you compare both (b) and (d).. (b) is forms a cleane...