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That's helpful, thanks David! Is the answer 1/2?
The divisors are 1, 5, 23, 53, 5*23, 5*53, 5*23*53, 23*53.
4/8 probability.
- by paml
Mon Apr 20, 2015 4:58 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: If two of the four expressions x+y,x+5y,x-y and 5x-y ar
- Replies: 11
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Thanks Brent! I mentioned this in another thread as well, but as FYI - my instructor advised that I look for questions that "mirror" questions that I got wrong, in order to start recognizing patterns. That's why I was looking for similar-looking questions, not just DS probability questions...
- by paml
Mon Apr 20, 2015 3:54 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: If two of the four expressions x+y,x+5y,x-y and 5x-y ar
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8135
Thanks Matt! I can't seem to figure that question out - my best guess is E. The equations I've set up are: Total liquid = 8X, with X being the # of ppl in the band. R+C = 8X, with R being the total amount of rum, and C being the total amount of coke. R/4 + C/6 = 8; this is the amount in Iggy's drink...
- by paml
Mon Apr 20, 2015 3:49 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: GMATPrep: Mary Jim Kate average annual salary
- Replies: 16
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Thanks Brent & Matt! The reason I've been asking for similar OG questions was that my GMAT instructor had instructed that I look for questions in the OG that mirrored (as closely as possible) questions that I got wrong on my practice exams, for pattern recognition purposes. Thus, I've been looki...
- by paml
Mon Apr 20, 2015 3:45 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: If x > y2 > z4
- Replies: 17
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Does anyone know of any similar problems to this one, preferably from an Official Guide, that we can practice with? Thanks!
- by paml
Sun Apr 19, 2015 7:15 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: If two of the four expressions x+y,x+5y,x-y and 5x-y ar
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8135
Can anyone recommend ways to get familiar with what happens to inequalities and exponents? And can anyone recommend similar problems in the official guide to this one that we can price with?
- by paml
Sun Apr 19, 2015 7:11 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: If x > y2 > z4
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9673
Can anyone recommend similar problems (preferably from one of the Official Guides) to this one that I can practice with?
- by paml
Sun Apr 19, 2015 7:09 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: GMATPrep: Mary Jim Kate average annual salary
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7984
Hi, I struggled with this question and am looking for other similar questions (preferably from the Official Guide or OG Quant) to practice. Can anyone recommend similar problems to this one? Thank you!
- by paml
Sun Apr 19, 2015 7:06 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: if each term in the sum a1 + a2 + ... is either 7 or 77
- Replies: 18
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Sentence Correction - #48 p. 680 - "It is called a sea.
OG 13th/2015 p. 680 Sentence Correction Practice Question #48 It is called a sea, but the landlocked Caspian is actually the largest lake on Earth, which covers more than four times the surface area of its closest rival in size, North America's Lake Superior. B. Although it is called a sea, .... C. ...
- by paml
Mon Feb 16, 2015 5:56 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Sentence Correction - #48 p. 680 - "It is called a sea.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1566
- by paml
Sat Feb 07, 2015 2:26 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: OG PS 11
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6018
OG PS 11
OG 13th ed/2015 p. 153 Problem Solving Practice Question #11. When Leo imported a certain item, he paid a 7% import tax on the portion of the total value of the item in excess of $1000. If the amount of the import tax that Leo paid was $87.50 what was the total value of the item? A $1600 B $1850 C $...
- by paml
Sat Feb 07, 2015 12:43 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: OG PS 11
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6018
- by paml
Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:39 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Is the positive two-digit integer N less than 40 ?
- Replies: 10
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Is the positive two-digit integer N less than 40 ?
I have a question about the explanation for the following problem. Official Guide 13, 2015 Data Sufficiency, #75, p. 281 Is the positive two-digit integer N less than 40 ? 1) The units digit of N is 6 more than the tens digit 2) N is 4 less than 4 times the units digit I have a question on the answe...
- by paml
Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:23 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Is the positive two-digit integer N less than 40 ?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6576