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- by Spencer@Prep4GMAT
Fri Sep 11, 2015 5:26 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: facilitating comparisons between cities
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4063
For all their usefulness... is an idiom that conveys the same meaning as "despite their usefulness," "even though they are useful," "even given their usefulness," or "even taking into account their usefulness," etc.
- by Spencer@Prep4GMAT
Thu Sep 10, 2015 12:58 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: facilitating comparisons between cities
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4063
Hi sajibfin06, To answer your question about "the possible range of values": (1) Note that x can't be 2 ; otherwise we have zero in the denominator. (2) For the fraction to be equal to zero, x could be -2 or -3 . (3) For the fraction to be positive (> 0), the numerator and denominator must...
- by Spencer@Prep4GMAT
Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:24 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Inequality Question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1603
Thanks for the follow-up question, j_shreyans, and thanks for the good answer, prachi18oct. Here is (D) in the context of the sentence: Quite useful when facilitating comparisons between differently sized cities, per-capita statistics, and especially crime rates, which frequently shine an unfairly h...
- by Spencer@Prep4GMAT
Mon Jul 27, 2015 6:08 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: facilitating comparisons between cities
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4063
Great question, j_shreyans! My response is below: For all their usefulness in facilitating comparisons between cities of different sizes, per-capita statistics, especially crime rates, often shine an unfairly harsh light on small towns, in which a single incident can cause such figures to skyrocket...
- by Spencer@Prep4GMAT
Fri Jul 24, 2015 6:14 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: facilitating comparisons between cities
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4063
In the high-profile Senate race in North Carolina, neither Senator Kay Hagan, who is the Democratic leader, or Thom Tillis, who is her Republican challenger and Speaker of the North Carolina House, have released recent campaign fundraising figures. The construction ...neither... or... is singular an...
- by Spencer@Prep4GMAT
Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:41 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Explain
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1876
The analysis includes data from more than three million children younger than 15 in five states - New York, New Jersey, Ohio, North Carolina and Oregon - and selected American Indian reservations as well. Hi src_saurav, Thanks for the question. The states named in between the dashes is a parenthetic...
- by Spencer@Prep4GMAT
Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:15 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Explain
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1876
Hi GMAT_AS and src_saurav, I explain each choice below in blue: The United States has relaxed overseas borrowing rules for corporates, as a result US based companies will now find it easier to refinance their dollar loans through overseas debt. (A) has relaxed overseas borrowing rules for corporate...
- by Spencer@Prep4GMAT
Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:51 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC Doubt
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1328
Great question, srao.smita@gmail.com! I think you took the right approach, and I also imagine the trickiness in this question has to do with the way it's worded: Fact #1: "10% of all aliens are capable of intelligent thought and have more than 3 arms." Fact #2: "75% of aliens with 3 a...
- by Spencer@Prep4GMAT
Mon Jun 15, 2015 6:33 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Overlapping Sets - Manahattan Word Problems
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2969
Hi Spencer and Abhishek009, Thanks guys for ur inputs, Maybe I cudn't make myself clear. What exactly I wanted to know is little different: I precisely have problems in comparing answer choices D and E . ELLIPSIS and SUBJUNCTIVE parts are clear but why would discipline is preferred to discipline in...
- by Spencer@Prep4GMAT
Thu Jun 04, 2015 6:11 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC Doubt
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2209
Hi Binit, This is called ellipsis. Ellipsis is when words are omitted, either to simplify a sentence, or by using "..." Example : I eat my Oreo cookies the exact same way my father does. Here, does is taken to mean eat his Oreo cookies , as in I eat my Oreo cookies the exact same way my fa...
- by Spencer@Prep4GMAT
Tue Jun 02, 2015 5:48 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC Doubt
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2209
26. Tropical bats play important roles in the rain forest ecosystem, aiding in the dispersal of cashew, date, and fig seeds; pollinating banana, breadfruit, and mango trees; and indirectly help produce tequila by pollinating agave plants. Here we have a series of participial modifiers describing ho...
- by Spencer@Prep4GMAT
Fri May 29, 2015 1:16 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Tropical bats
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2835
The infinite sequence a1, a2,…, an,… is such that a1 = 2, a2 = -3, a3 = 5, a4 = -1, and an = an-4 for n > 4. What is the sum of the first 97 terms of the sequence? A. 72 B. 74 C. 75 D. 78 E. 80 Since a(n) = a(n-4), the next term a(5) = a(1) = 2. We have a repeating sequence 2, -3, 5, -1, 2, -3,...
- by Spencer@Prep4GMAT
Wed May 27, 2015 12:07 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Problem solving
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1966
Hi All, Evidence about the activities of the Maya has been gathered through archeological excavations although they may never be completely authenticated because of difficulties in applying carbon dating tests to the fragile remains of the ancient civilization. A. Maya has been gathered through arc...
- by Spencer@Prep4GMAT
Tue May 26, 2015 1:56 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Evidence about the activities
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1719
RMMmba@2014, The way you phrased it is also correct. In fact, the two construction are grammatically equivalent. In Answer (B), what is a relative pronoun that stands for "areas": ...existed in what are now temperate areas. ...existed in areas that are now temperate areas. Using what as a ...
- by Spencer@Prep4GMAT
Thu Mar 26, 2015 6:13 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: His studies of ice-polished rocks in his Alpine home land
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2397