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Usage of including? expert help please
Hi Experts, Here is the question: A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomer's Cane has been called one of the three best novels ever written by Black Americans-the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man. A. Black Americans-the others bei...
- by rakeshd347
Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:09 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Usage of including? expert help please
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Roger that.mevicks wrote:@ Rakesh, Please post the images in text form as its consuming 2 MB of bandwidth everytime I open such questions. Thanks in advance.
- by rakeshd347
Sun Oct 20, 2013 3:16 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Gmatprep DS trouble
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In 1984 medical researchers at Harvard and Stanford universi
In 1984 medical researchers at Harvard and Stanford universities concluded that sedentary life-styles lead to heart and lung diseases that shorten lives, strongly recommending middle-aged people to undertake some form of regular exercise. (A). strongly recommending middle-aged people to (B). strongl...
- by rakeshd347
Sun Oct 20, 2013 2:47 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: In 1984 medical researchers at Harvard and Stanford universi
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Imported into Massachusetts from Europe in 1869, the gypsy m
Imported into Massachusetts from Europe in 1869, the gypsy moth was used by a French scientist in an attempt at developing a strong strain of silk-producing insects, crossing gypsy moths with adult silkworms. A. Imported into Massachusetts from Europe in 1869, the gypsy moth was used by a French sc...
- by rakeshd347
Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:45 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Imported into Massachusetts from Europe in 1869, the gypsy m
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- by rakeshd347
Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:39 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Gmatprep DS trouble
- Replies: 3
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Website W receives orders for its products every day. What is the Standard Deviation of the number of orders that Website W received daily for the past 5 days? a) The Average(Arithmetic Mean) number of orders that Website W received per day for the past 5 days is equal to the greatest of the number...
- by rakeshd347
Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:37 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: GMATPREP DS
- Replies: 6
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GMATPREP DS
Please help me with this one.
OA is C
I lost this with the time constraint and can't find the shorter way to solve it.
- by rakeshd347
Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:18 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: GMATPREP DS
- Replies: 3
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GMATPREP DS
How is the answer D and not B
I am missing something with option 1. Please explain how option 1 is sufficient.[/spoiler]
- by rakeshd347
Sun Oct 20, 2013 12:49 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: GMATPREP DS
- Replies: 6
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Tricky PS
If a box contains 10 red pills, 5 blue pills, and 12 yellow pills, what is the least number of pills one must extract from the box to ensure that at least three pills of each color are among those extracted?
12
17
18
23
25
OA is E
- by rakeshd347
Sat Oct 19, 2013 7:55 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Tricky PS
- Replies: 5
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European Libraries
Books in European libraries last longer than books in libraries in the United States because, although the climate in Europe is fairly humid, libraries there are not subjected to the extremes of temperature and humidity that damage collections in the United States. A. because, although the climate i...
- by rakeshd347
Sat Oct 19, 2013 6:12 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: European Libraries
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Hi All, I am confused with Understanding Inequalities Property in the below mentioned problem, If 20 Swiss Francs is enough to buy 9 notebooks and 3 pencils, is 40 Swiss Francs enough to buy 12 notebooks and 12 pencils? (1) 20 Swiss Francs is enough to buy 7 notebooks and 5 pencils. (2) 20 Swiss Fr...
- by rakeshd347
Sat Oct 19, 2013 4:09 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Unable to understand Inequalities Property !
- Replies: 2
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GMATPREP SC
As the former chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years and a board member for 28 years, Joan Philkill attended more than 400 meetings and reviewed more than 700 rezoning applications. A. As the former B. The former C. Former D. She was E. As the OA is E . I chose E because former is not...
- by rakeshd347
Fri Oct 18, 2013 8:13 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMATPREP SC
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Tough PS.
Mary and Joe are to throw three dice each. The score is the sum of points on all three dice. If Mary scores 10 in her attempt what is the probability that Joe will outscore Mary in his?
24/64
32/64
36/64
40/64
42/64
Please explain the answer.
- by rakeshd347
Fri Oct 18, 2013 5:48 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Tough PS.
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Good DS.
If n is an non-negative integer, is (10^n)+8 divisible by 18?
(1) n is a prime number.
(2) n is even.
- by rakeshd347
Fri Oct 18, 2013 5:36 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Good DS.
- Replies: 7
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I totally agree with Kuzzden, @riz_gmat: I believe divisibility by 8 means that we get terminating no if we divide 62.4 with 8 which is the case here. Suppose we had 62.5 instead of 62.4 then we would have said that number is not divisible by 8 since the dividend comes out to be non-terminating. Ex...
- by rakeshd347
Fri Oct 18, 2013 4:37 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Divisibilty question
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2245