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Tony owns six unique matched pairs of socks. All twelve socks are kept loose and unpaired in a drawer. If Tony pulls socks at random and without replacement, how many must he pull in order to have better than a 50% chance of having two socks that match? A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6 E) 7 Determining the numb...
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Sat Oct 20, 2018 3:43 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability-Socks
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Before 1988, insurance companies in California were free to
Before 1988, insurance companies in California were free to charge whatever rates the market would bear, needing no approval from regulators before raising rates. (A) needing no approval from regulators before raising (B) and it needed no approval by regulators before raising (C) and needing no appr...
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Sun Oct 14, 2018 6:14 am- Forum: GMAT Verbal & Essays
- Topic: Before 1988, insurance companies in California were free to
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Hi, I have a problem in SC, the question is from GMAT OG. Combining enormous physical strength with higher intelligence, the Neanderthals appear as equipped for facing any obstacle the environment could put in their path , but their relatively sudden disappearance during the Paleolithic era indicat...
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Fri Oct 12, 2018 4:39 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC question: combining enormous physical strength
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Foraging at all times of the day and night, but interspersin
Foraging at all times of the day and night, but interspersing their feeding with periods of rest that last between one and eight hours, a sperm whale could eat so much as a ton of squid a day. A) between one and eight hours, a sperm whale could eat so B) between one and eight hours, sperm whales can...
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Wed Oct 10, 2018 6:00 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Foraging at all times of the day and night, but interspersin
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Price of coal is up by 40%. Mr Amir must reduce the consumption by what percentage to remain at par. (source: Simplified Mathematics) a) 60 b) 66 c) 2084 d) 60 e) 71.4 The options dont seem to make sense. Lets assume we consume of 10 kg of $100 product.Now let the consumption be X after price is re...
- by prabsahi
Wed Oct 10, 2018 6:06 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Percentages
- Replies: 4
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Price of coal is up by 40%. Mr Amir must reduce the consumption by what percentage to remain at par. (source: Simplified Mathematics) a) 60 b) 66 c) 2084 d) 60 e) 71.4 The options dont seem to make sense. Let price be 100 then increased price is 140.By what percentage do we need to reduce this 140 ...
- by prabsahi
Wed Oct 10, 2018 5:58 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Percentages
- Replies: 4
- Views: 850
fiza gupta wrote:If x and y are positive integers, is the total number of positive divisors of x^3 a multiple of the total number of positive divisors of y^2?
(1) x=4
(2) y=6
OA:B
Can someone please explain a more methodical approach?
- by prabsahi
Wed Oct 10, 2018 5:35 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: If x and y are positive integers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1687
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Source: Verbal Review 18[/quote] A.correct.Lets hold on on to it and look to other choices for POE. B.young people lacks a verb C.that it is young people (having...describing young people) lacks a verb . Note needed is acting as a modifier here and not VERB. D.wordy..twice young people are refrred w...
- by prabsahi
Sat Mar 03, 2018 9:05 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: In 1776 Adam Smith wrote that it is young people who have
- Replies: 4
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A march 2000 Census Bureau survey showed--Verbal Review 2018
A March 2000 Census Bureau survey showed that Mexico accounted for more than a quarter of all foreign-born residents of the United States, the largest share for any country to contribute since 1890, when about 30 percent of the country's foreign-born population was from Germany. A. the largest share...
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Sun Feb 25, 2018 4:57 am- Forum: GMAT Verbal & Essays
- Topic: A march 2000 Census Bureau survey showed--Verbal Review 2018
- Replies: 2
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Trans World Entertainment Corporation, which owns the RecordTown and Saturday Matinee retail chains, announced that since sales of up to one-fourth of its stores are poor, they will be closed A. that since sales of up to one-fourth of its stores are poor, they will be closed B. it is closing up to ...
- by prabsahi
Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:05 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Trans World Entertainment Corporation(Totally clueless)
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Trans World Entertainment Corporation(Totally clueless)
Trans World Entertainment Corporation, which owns the RecordTown and Saturday Matinee retail chains, announced that since sales of up to one-fourth of its stores are poor, they will be closed A. that since sales of up to one-fourth of its stores are poor, they will be closed B. it is closing up to o...
- by prabsahi
Sun Jan 21, 2018 11:05 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Trans World Entertainment Corporation(Totally clueless)
- Replies: 2
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OG13:Unlike the short flights of the shuttle and earlier
Unlike the short flights of the shuttle and earlier spacecraft, which carried sufficient power in fuel cells and batteries, a permanently orbiting space station will have to generate its own electricity. A. the short flights of the shuttle and earlier spacecraft, which carried sufficient power in f...
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Thu Oct 26, 2017 7:59 am- Forum: GMAT Verbal & Essays
- Topic: OG13:Unlike the short flights of the shuttle and earlier
- Replies: 4
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GMAT PREP 1--Currently 26 billion barrels a year
Currently 26 billion barrels a year, world consumption of oil is rising at a rate of 2 percent annually. A. world consumption of oil is rising at a rate of B. the world is consuming oil at an increasing rate of C. the world’s oil is being consumed at the increasing rate of D. the rise in the rate ...
- by prabsahi
Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:22 am- Forum: GMAT Verbal & Essays
- Topic: GMAT PREP 1--Currently 26 billion barrels a year
- Replies: 4
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Most of the purported health benefits of tea comes from antioxidants--compounds also found in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C that inhibit the formation of plaque along the body's blood vessels. A) comes from antioxidants--compounds also found in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C that...
- by prabsahi
Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:51 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT prep1--Most of the purported health benefits
- Replies: 4
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If 5 ≥ |x| ≥ 0, which of the following must be true? I. x ≥ 0 II. x > –5 III. 25 ≥ x^2 ≥ –25 A. None B. II only C. III only D. I and III only E. II and III only Why isn't Option D the correct answer? Can some experts explain? OA C The above 5 ≥ |x| ≥ 0 means x takes values betwenn...
- by prabsahi
Sun Oct 22, 2017 6:04 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: If 5 ≥ |x| ≥ 0, which of the following must be true?
- Replies: 3
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