Often, the correct answer to an Inference question is based on a small portion of what the passage says, as is the correct answer to this question. In answering such a question, we have to notice that, even though the correct answer is directly related to only a small portion of what the passage say...

Hi Mike. I want to add one thing about RC. I realize people talk about "difficult" or "boring" RC passages, but I have to wonder how much of what's going on is psychological. The passages aren't really that hard to read, and are only a few paragraphs long. Looking at what you mentioned about your wo...

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The modifier "both proportionately and in absolute numbers" has to modify "more deaths." That modifier would not modify "to cause," in (B), as "to cause ... in absolute numbers" makes no sense. So, (B ) is out. That modifier might modify "death," in (C). So, let's see whether there is a clearer deci...

Question: Is x > 3? Information given: x is positive. Statement (1): (x - 1)² > 4 In order for the square of a number to be greater than 4, that number has to be greater than 2 or less than -2. So, in order for (x - 1)² > 4, it must be the case that (x - 1) > 2 or (x - 1) < -2. Since we are told t...

Hi melisaaslan. Many people score lower on the verbal section of the real test than they had on practice tests, and, much of the time, the reason for the difference is that they didn't really learn how to use sophisticated thinking in answering verbal questions. Rather they picked up on some pattern...

Thanks a lot Martin. Is one month a good enough time to pull the score up to my target? It could be, if verbal really clicks for you when you start analyzing questions and if you relatively quickly improve your skills in some key quant areas. It may not be though. Whether it will be depends on vari...

As of today, I have completed my syllabus for the GMAT and plan to revise for the next 1 month and write my exam mid Oct. In the mock GMATPrep exam post completing my syllabus, I scored 640. My target score is 740. Could you please advise. Thanks! Generally speaking, here's the thing. Scoring high ...

Hi! I recently did the GMAT Prep software practice test #1 and I noticed that a considerable amount of the questions I got wrong in the quant section were due to careless mistakes where I rushed to the answer and did not read the problem or the statements thoroughly. I would appreciate some tips fo...