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Thanks. Makes total sense. Not sure why I got confused. Maybe under test conditions...encountered it on a practice test.

by mindful

Sat May 07, 2016 6:45 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: GMAT Prep: Number Properties
Replies: 18
Views: 9024

Sounds a little silly, but I am having a bit of an 'English' moment here. When the tree increases by a constant amount every year, I wasn't sure whether this means it increases arithmetically or geometrically. I am not sure if I am using the right terms. In simple language, I wasn't if 'increasing' ...

by mindful

Sat May 07, 2016 2:41 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: GMAT Prep: Number Properties
Replies: 18
Views: 9024

It's amazing what time can do. When I first saw this question on the forum, months ago, I found it a bit confusing, and was happy to see an explanation. This time I read the question -- and immediately I knew that E was the answer. Here is why: The passage states: Those who marry young live longer t...

by mindful

Sat Feb 27, 2016 9:59 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: It is true of both men and women that those who marry as
Replies: 5
Views: 3666

Thanks, I see. I guess then I must go outside the software, on the net, to find those. There is no way to access every single question the software carries, on the software itself, after one has re-set a test or two? Except, perhaps, by installing it afresh...

by mindful

Thu Nov 05, 2015 12:26 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Resetting the GMAT Prep Tests
Replies: 9
Views: 15443

Is there a way to see in one place the entire collection of questions on your GMATPrep test, regardless of the number of times you set or reset it?
I would like to reset it, but I am worried about losing access to the questions I have already attempted as part of the test. Kindly demystify this also.

by mindful

Wed Nov 04, 2015 11:28 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Resetting the GMAT Prep Tests
Replies: 9
Views: 15443

Is there a way to see in one place the entire collection of questions on your GMATPrep test, regardless of the number of times you set or reset it?
I would like to reset it, but I am worried about losing access to the questions I have already attempted as part of the test. Kindly demystify this also.

by mindful

Wed Nov 04, 2015 11:28 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Resetting the GMAT Prep Tests
Replies: 9
Views: 15443

Ceilidh/other GMAT/GRE instructors,

Could you please provide some insights on this question. I am very curious to know how to address such questions as they could up on the IR too and I want to know if they require some special way of addressing them.

Thanks!

by mindful

Mon Nov 02, 2015 4:07 am
Forum: Reading Comprehension
Topic: When comprehension fails
Replies: 5
Views: 2019

"So as strange as it sounds, if x itself is negative, -x is actually positive!" This in itself does not sound strange as independently we know of the multiplication property of negative numbers. "The biggest takeaway here: -x doesn't mean "x is negative", it means "take...

by mindful

Fri Oct 30, 2015 12:51 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Square root of x^2
Replies: 8
Views: 2039

Cheers. Truly clarifies stuff - the example you've just given.

by mindful

Fri Oct 30, 2015 12:33 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Square root of x^2
Replies: 8
Views: 2039

Perhaps because I didn't use the technical terms, grammatical rules, and spoke only on the basis of usage. I guess the vw was hoping to learn about that. Hopefully experts will be able to guide.

by mindful

Thu Oct 29, 2015 7:51 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: the term “red shift�
Replies: 5
Views: 1923

Sidchilling, thanks for the illuminating post. Very helpful. Found gmatguru's explanation helpful, too, especially the bit about "based" and "each year" (didn't see earlier that 'based is kind of like a verb, not an adjective...), but my understanding is that "that" can...

by mindful

Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:56 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: How I tackled a hard SC question?
Replies: 5
Views: 2079

Does anyone else have this problem? How can I stop panicking and read things accurately, but still be mindful of the time and stay on pace? If you're interested, we have a free video on the topic on overcoming test anxiety: http://www.gmatprepnow.com/module/general-gmat-strategies?id=1252 As part o...

by mindful

Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:31 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Panicking about the clock is killing my score
Replies: 10
Views: 4350

What is your doubt, Raj? Is there another choice you think should work?

by mindful

Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:07 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: The Mayans believed that Universe exists
Replies: 1
Views: 1085

Let me take a jab at this. Interesting way of looking at it. I had never considered this before. I in fact thought that while simplifying the second statement, when we reach the following stage: |x| = -x this basically means that the GMAT is giving us a condition, something like |x| = -p or |x| = -4...

by mindful

Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:33 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Square root of x^2
Replies: 8
Views: 2039