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Hey Ritz, Thanks a lot. I certainly benefited from your advice and I am sure any one else who read it would have benefited too. In short, you made a difference to my knowledge! Noticed that your target score is a 740 and hope you achieve it. Similar to HarvardDreaming, I wonder where you are dreamin...
- by PN123
Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:00 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Tricky problem that seems easy
- Replies: 15
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Ritz, Thank you for the message. But I wonder if there is a small typo here. Let me repeat and try to analyze what you said. > Here is an example. > Feb 1 is monday for 1979 > so going by my approach > Feb 1 in 1980 will be monday I don't get quite this. Going by your approach, I thought Feb 1 in 19...
- by PN123
Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:04 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Tricky problem that seems easy
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3824
Thanks
Hey Ritz, Thanks a lot for that detailed explanation. By and large I feel comfortable with your step by step by approach. While I don't remember the exact question, with the knowledge given by you, I feel I am ready to go. How ever, I still have one question. You wrote, > PS: for any dates after the...
- by PN123
Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:30 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Tricky problem that seems easy
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3824
Ritz,
Thanks. But I don't follow step 3 and 4. What is the the logic behind that?
Let us go from 1980 to 1981. Can you please explain how this works for one year?
Pete
- by PN123
Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:57 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Tricky problem that seems easy
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3824
The question asked for the exact day - i.e. Monday vs. a Friday Also there are some months with 31 days while others with 30 days. Then non-leap year has February with 28 days? How do you calculate some thing over a multi year period, taking into account all those variations? I got beaten with this ...
- by PN123
Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:01 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Tricky problem that seems easy
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3824
Tricky problem that seems easy
I have done the GMAT twice and both times encountered a problem like this which I could not answer. (Please note this may not be the exact problem but very similar) If today is Friday the 5th of November 1995, which day would be today + 1000 days? Now you have to take into account leap years and the...
- by PN123
Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:11 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Tricky problem that seems easy
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3824