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Thank you, David. Definitely there is learning from every mistake. The frustrating thing is that in some cases GMAT needs our outside knowledge up to a certain level and in some cases GMAT expects us to behave as an "academic robot".

by magpie16

Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:20 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Tony: I play the Big Bucks lottery. Every week, five winning
Replies: 9
Views: 5108

Oops! A small trick knocked me hard! :( Thank you, David, for the excellent explanation. I admit that I paid little attention to the part "all the players who have picked those numbers share the jackpot" and thus missed the point that the chance is considered here on picking the winning nu...

by magpie16

Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:00 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Tony: I play the Big Bucks lottery. Every week, five winning
Replies: 9
Views: 5108

IMO was B. But OA is A. I can not understand why it is A?? can anybody explain please?? In CR questions, particularly in boldface type questions, it is critical to recognize the premises and conclusion(s) correctly. Words such as because, since, as a result of always signal for premises or evidence...

by magpie16

Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:13 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Help PLease
Replies: 2
Views: 1173

My Analysis: (A) Tony never mentioned about number of times a person plays. This statement does not show mistake in Tony's reasoning. (B) Baggs meant that the chances of tony's winning are affected by the number of other people playing. But this is not flawed reasoning. Of course chance (or probabil...

by magpie16

Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:34 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Tony: I play the Big Bucks lottery. Every week, five winning
Replies: 9
Views: 5108

Tony: I play the Big Bucks lottery. Every week, five winning

Tony: I play the Big Bucks lottery. Every week, five winning numbers are drawn, and all the players who have picked those numbers share the jackpot. It's best to play only after there have been a few weeks with no winners, because the jackpot increases each week that there is no winner. Baggs: No, y...

by magpie16

Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:29 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Tony: I play the Big Bucks lottery. Every week, five winning
Replies: 9
Views: 5108

Hi Tommy, Bumping old thread as I have a small question. Thought I could find the correct answer easily simply by looking into the parallelism criterion, I was wondering whether the correct idiomatic form is "so X, so Y, that" or "so X and so Y that". Please let me know. I think ...

by magpie16

Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:29 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 600+ Wind
Replies: 12
Views: 2897

The bear alarm at Grizzly's Peak ski resort sounds -- Seq#2

Refer to the following prompt for the questions 1-2: The bear alarm at Grizzly's Peak ski resort sounds an average of once every thirty days, but the alarm is so sensitively calibrated that it sounds an average of ten false alarms for every undetected bear. Despite this, the alarm only sounds for t...

by magpie16

Fri Jun 07, 2013 7:46 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: The bear alarm at Grizzly's Peak ski resort sounds -- Seq#2
Replies: 0
Views: 1933

The bear alarm at Grizzly's Peak ski resort sounds -- Seq#1

Refer to the following prompt for the questions 1-2: The bear alarm at Grizzly's Peak ski resort sounds an average of once every thirty days, but the alarm is so sensitively calibrated that it sounds an average of ten false alarms for every undetected bear. Despite this, the alarm only sounds for t...

by magpie16

Fri Jun 07, 2013 7:28 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: The bear alarm at Grizzly's Peak ski resort sounds -- Seq#1
Replies: 0
Views: 2312

Explanation from Grockit: A) Correct answer . Evidence from Temple scrolls provides evidence from the sample of Temple scholars, but these are not likely to be representative of the people as a whole. B) No value-laden comparison between religious systems is given here, just a description. C) Althou...

by magpie16

Fri Jun 07, 2013 7:18 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: more today's archaeologists learn about ancient Zoroastrian
Replies: 4
Views: 2107

more today's archaeologists learn about ancient Zoroastrian

The more today's archaeologists learn about ancient Zoroastrian civilization, the more they understand its contributions to modern world religions. As religious scrolls found in their temples record, they were one of the earliest religions to have an organized system of law, and some scholars argue ...

by magpie16

Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:11 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: more today's archaeologists learn about ancient Zoroastrian
Replies: 4
Views: 2107

As people become more and more aware of the dangers of water

As people become more and more aware of the dangers of water borne diseases, the demand for mineral water is increasing at a rapid rate, bottled mineral water providing both easy transportability and assured water quality . (A) is increasing at a rapid rate, bottled mineral water providing both easy...

by magpie16

Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:58 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: As people become more and more aware of the dangers of water
Replies: 12
Views: 3752

For nonnegative integers x and y, what is the remainder when

For nonnegative integers x and y, what is the remainder when x is divided by y?

(1) x/y = 13.8
(2) The numbers x and y have a combined total of less than 5 digits.

Source: Veritas Prep

[spoiler]OA: C[/spoiler]

by magpie16

Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:49 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: For nonnegative integers x and y, what is the remainder when
Replies: 5
Views: 2467

As I understand, idiomatic use of "same" are "same as", "same to", "same to X as to Y", etc. and it is wrong to say "same of" or "same that".
Requesting experts to comment on this.

by magpie16

Wed Jun 05, 2013 8:24 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: A newly discovered letter by Jonathan Swift, written in the
Replies: 5
Views: 2934

A newly discovered letter by Jonathan Swift, written in the

A newly discovered letter by Jonathan Swift, written in the same year as Gulliver's Travels were published , shows how the biting satire that marked many of Swift's public works was reflected in his public writings as well. (A) A newly discovered letter by Jonathan Swift, written in the same year a...

by magpie16

Wed Jun 05, 2013 8:22 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: A newly discovered letter by Jonathan Swift, written in the
Replies: 5
Views: 2934

I never opened the PM on BTG but read it in my email and went straight to the question. So it would not show that I opened it. I guess that is why it is still in your outbox! David Technically, one message stays in the outbox of the sender till the message is not delivered to the inbox of the recip...

by magpie16

Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:27 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: In a recent study a group of subjects had their normal daily
Replies: 5
Views: 2985