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I would suggest that you contact those who run the tests (Pearson VUE, I believe) and find out. They should have customer service numbers that you can call, and this information should be on your confirmation email when you first scheduled your test. (I must say that this is a very unique situation ...

by madeline

Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:51 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: URGENT - rescheduling test date - help please!!!
Replies: 3
Views: 1351

Basic things derived from what's given: OC = OB (=> OBC = BCO) AB = OC => AB = OB => BAO = BOA (1) COD = 60 => BAO + BCO = 60 => BAO + OBC = 60 Because BAO + BOA = OBC (basic property of triangle) And recall that BAO = BOA => 2BAO = OBC => BAO + 2BAO = 60 => 3BAO = 60 => BAO = 20 (2) BCO = 40 => OBC...

by madeline

Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:18 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: GMAT Prep Geometry
Replies: 2
Views: 1394

Woah... whatever you do, DON'T guess the last 7! The scoring algorithm is approximately such that for every question you get right, it gives you a harder question. If you get that right, it gives you an even harder question, etc. If you get one wrong, it gives you an easier question. And so on. The ...

by madeline

Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:11 pm
Forum: GMAT Math
Topic: Math section - timing & wrong answer distribution questi
Replies: 2
Views: 1871

Try Manhattan GMAT's practice exams. I found the questions to be very tough, especially given the time constraints. Even if you don't time yourself, they're still quite tough. Quite unnecessarily tough, IMHO. Their scoring algorithm truly gives you a tougher question for each tough question you answ...

by madeline

Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:52 pm
Forum: GMAT Math
Topic: Tough Question
Replies: 1
Views: 1586

(1) Square root of A^2 - B^2 is NOT equal to A-B! In fact, it has nothing to do with A-B. As you do know yourself, (A-B)(A-B) = A^2 - 2AB + B^2, not simply A^2 - B^2 (2) A^2 - 2AB + B^2 =1 From this we can deduce either of the following: (A-B)(A-B) = 1 or (B-A)(B-A) = 1 If the former is true, then A...

by madeline

Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:26 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Kaplan DS
Replies: 6
Views: 1525

Rephrasing the question: PRS - PQR = ? (1) QPR = 30 QPR + PQR = PRS This is a basic property of triangles. If you didn't know it, think of it this way: PRQ + QPR + PQR = 180 PRQ + PRS = 180 Therefore, QPR + PQR = PRS Anyway, so 30 + PQR = PRS PRS - PQR = 30 Statement 1 alone is sufficient. (2) PQR +...

by madeline

Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:07 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: triangle PQR
Replies: 1
Views: 1105

Obviously you figured out that neither statement alone is sufficient, so let's look at the 2 statements together. Notice that the number of children has to be a multiple of 10. Its ratio to number of women is 2 to 5, and its ratio to number of men is 5 to 11. This means that it needs to be evenly di...

by madeline

Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:28 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: KLMN rectangles ratios
Replies: 3
Views: 1464

Let's only look at statement 2. The dishwasher has 55 minutes remaining in its cycle. Statement 2 says: Putting away the dishes will take Patrick 7 minutes. Patrick needs to put away the dishes after the dishwasher completes its cycle. So completing the cycle and putting away the dishes will take 62...

by madeline

Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:04 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Word Prob - Logical question
Replies: 2
Views: 1240

I would say the answer is C. Of course this is not "official", but I'm pretty sure I'm correct. If you order all the projects by number of employees assigned, the "median" means you want to know the number of employees assigned for the project at the 50th percentile. Makes sense?...

by madeline

Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:50 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: please help ...OA needed urgently
Replies: 1
Views: 1477

My #23 in OG 11 goes like this:

If the positive integer x is a multiple of 4 and the positive integer y is a multiple of 6, then xy must be a multiple of which of the following?

I. 8
II. 12
III. 18

by madeline

Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:32 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Error in OG 11?
Replies: 4
Views: 1828

(1/5)^n > (1/5)^-2 = N>-2 This step in (2) is wrong. If (1/5)^n > (1/5)^m, then n<m. This is true for all numbers between 0 and 1 (such as 1/5). Consider the following: (1/5)^-3 = 5^3 = 125 (1/5)^-2 = 5^2 = 25 ... (1/5)^2 = 1/25 (1/5)^3 = 1/125 So the greater the power, the smaller your result. Hen...

by madeline

Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:32 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: negative exponents
Replies: 1
Views: 1377

Yes, these ones are certainly harder than the earlier ones. GMAC mentions somewhere that the questions in their books are ordered by level of difficulty, so the later the questions are in a section, the more difficult they become.

by madeline

Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:16 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Last Exercises OG Ed.11
Replies: 1
Views: 1264

I assume you meant >= when you typed <= the two times. If you took GMATPrep more than FIVE times, those final scores are going to be very skewed since you would encounter more and more familiar problems. I recommend the Manhattan GMAT series of books for brushing up on the basics tested (minus the r...

by madeline

Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:10 pm
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: Highly desponded by the GMAT scores.
Replies: 10
Views: 4009

ritula, Stuart and warlock offer some nice explanation for if B wasn't totally inside of A, and warlock's Venn diagram (and formula) is the way to go! This would work for ANY problem with 3 sets intersecting. I usually like to find shortcuts, such as ignoring B in this problem, which made my calcula...

by madeline

Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:18 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: a set problem...
Replies: 9
Views: 1873

Now I really need a whiteboard. I will attempt to explain this without one and see how it goes! Draw a rectangle on your paper. This is your sample space of 60 people. Draw a circle inside, label it A. This circle represents 48 people. Draw a circle inside of A, label it B. This represents those who...

by madeline

Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:25 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: a set problem...
Replies: 9
Views: 1873