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Feeling totally demoralised and beaten.. Help!
Hey guys, I took my 2nd GMAT paper today and really hit the deck with it - in fact I have both times! The first paper I scored 370 - this mortified me as my practices had NEVER been this low. Today I scored 410. This time, the feelings were no way near as emotional, lets say! But as my score came on...
- by gemmox
Tue Aug 20, 2013 2:58 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Feeling totally demoralised and beaten.. Help!
- Replies: 3
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The ratio of w to x is 5 to 4. The ratio of x to y is 8 to 1. If the ratio of y to z is 1 to 3, what is the ratio of w + x to z ? 6:1 8:1 10:1 24:1 30:1 Like fractions, ratios can be MULTIPLIED: w/ x * x/y * y /z = w/z. In the equation above, all of the values in red CANCEL OUT, leaving only w/z. P...
- by gemmox
Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:09 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Can someone help explain please? Ratios
- Replies: 10
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Hi macattack Thanks for your help! I'm assuming W:X 5:4 we double to make more manageable? And in terms of combining do you mind quickly debriefing? Please excuse if none of this makes sense! But on reading again, I see that W:X and X:Y have 4 & 8, so is this the reason we've doubled W to make 1...
- by gemmox
Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:54 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Can someone help explain please? Ratios
- Replies: 10
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The format hasn't allowed my workings to be posted properly! The numbers are spaced correctly under each letter.
W : X
5 : 4
X : Y
8 : 1
Y - Z
1 : 3
- by gemmox
Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:36 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Can someone help explain please? Ratios
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2065
Can someone help explain please? Ratios
The ratio of w to x is 5 to 4. The ratio of x to y is 8 to 1. If the ratio of y to z is 1 to 3, what is the ratio of w + x to z ? 6:1 8:1 10:1 24:1 30:1 I wrote out my ratios as so.. (please criticise my workings out!) W X Y Z 5 : 4 8 : 1 1 : 3 I managed to get as far as going well W + X = 9 ... WX ...
- by gemmox
Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:33 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Can someone help explain please? Ratios
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2065
Congratulations, and thanks for such an inspirational debrief.
It's posts like these that keep me pushing!
Good luck in everything you apply yourself to.
- by gemmox
Mon Aug 12, 2013 7:06 am- Forum: Admissions Success Stories
- Topic: 650 GMAT and ACCEPTED to INSEAD – How I did it +interview
- Replies: 50
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Found the strategic reasoning really useful! For me, it made the workings out a lot more straight forward.
I just hope that when it comes to test day I see the stratgic routes too! :!: :!: :!:
- by gemmox
Mon Aug 12, 2013 6:34 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: I Suck at Probability need desperate help
- Replies: 69
- Views: 58640
Hi melguy,
Your response is most appreciated! I see the strategy behind it now, and certainly didn't think to recognise the repeating 5!
Many thanks again! 
- by gemmox
Mon Aug 12, 2013 3:39 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: I've got this question right, but I'm not sure how!!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1477
I've got this question right, but I'm not sure how!!
Hi there, I've been doing some practice tests, and this question has just cropped up. When 4/7 is expressed as a decimal, what is the 38th digit to the right of the decimal point? 8 7 5 3 1 I choose answer B - 7 as a strategic guess, fortunately it's correct! But I can't see how I could do the math ...
- by gemmox
Mon Aug 12, 2013 1:39 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: I've got this question right, but I'm not sure how!!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1477