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Probability = no. of desired outcomes / total no. of outcomes.
no.of desired outcomes = (5c2) x (10c3)
total no. of outcomes = (10+5)c5 = 15c5
Probability = (5c2 x 10c3)/ 15c5 = 400/1001
- by raghavakumar85
Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:15 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability of picking 2 red balls and 3 blue?
- Replies: 3
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THEIR is causing ambiguity in D. Not sure if "their" refers to cars or manufacturers. C is correct. No pronoun antecedent issues.
- by raghavakumar85
Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:27 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Small Car Fuel Efficiency
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14655
You've got a very good verbal score. If you can spend 2-3 weeks more again concentrating on your weak areas in quant, you'll definitely score more than 700. GOod Luck.
- by raghavakumar85
Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:48 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: 610 (Q38 V36) on on test day. My lowest score.
- Replies: 1
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Re: MGMAT - Subject, Modifier !!
The author Herman Melville and the poet Walt Whitman are icons of American literature, greatly beloved by generations past and present. A)The author Herman Melville and the poet Walt Whitman are icons B)Herman Melville the author and Walt Whitman the poet are icons C)The author named Herman Melvill...
- by raghavakumar85
Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:53 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: MGMAT - Subject, Modifier !!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1727
- by raghavakumar85
Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:09 am- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: My First Issue analysis..Please rate
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2772
content is simple and lucid. sentence formation is also good. But there are some grammatical mistakes at few places. Unlike sentence correction, where you prefer smaller sentences to larger ones, you can occasionally use some medium-long sentences to reduce monotony in using words like "Davis's...
- by raghavakumar85
Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:05 am- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Please rate my essay - Argument analysis
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1477
How to understand/ interpret the choices in boldfaces that have wordings CONSIDERATION, SITUATION, MAIN POSITION, BACKGROUND, MAINPOINT etc., ?
No surprise, I get confused trying to differentiate each one of them in the bold faces.
- by raghavakumar85
Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:26 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Whiplash
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2444
awesome point... but OA is C... has changed little in last century.... {doesn't it mean that it is almost same as what it was earlier...so sense of comparison is still there...} I think C changes the meaning slightly. What's the source? Hi, Is it wrong to say that "In the last 100 years (used ...
- by raghavakumar85
Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:04 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: pakistani women
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5215
awesome point... but OA is C... has changed little in last century.... {doesn't it mean that it is almost same as what it was earlier...so sense of comparison is still there...} I think C changes the meaning slightly. What's the source? Hi, Is it wrong to say that "In the last 100 years (used ...
- by raghavakumar85
Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:45 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: pakistani women
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5215
If you have a few minutes to spare - look at this post of mine that one of the instructors replied to. I have had similar trouble in Verbal and this was her advice for the verbal section. There is some improvement especially for RC. Although I still do go wrong in inference questions if I don't giv...
- by raghavakumar85
Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:16 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Keeping up Pace in Verbal
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1806
To identify either the similarities or the differences between two things, use "compare to." To identify both the similarities and the differences, use "compare with." In comparing with something, one finds or discusses both things that are alike and things that are different. He...
- by raghavakumar85
Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:11 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: in the united states
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3080
The best thing in weakening questions is that if some answer choices go out of scope, it is less likely that we can call it weak. And also, If the right answer choice has to weaken the argument, it has to weaken the assumption that is laid in forming a conclusion. Here, cutting down producing wheat ...
- by raghavakumar85
Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:48 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: MGMAT CAT - Weaken
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3407
Folks, The answer is A. The second sentence reads: Some commentators have argued, correctly, that since THERE IS PRESENTLY NO OBJECTIVE TEST FOR WHIPLASH, spurious reports of whiplash cannot be readily identified. The "since" tells us that there being no test for whiplash is the commentat...
- by raghavakumar85
Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:33 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Whiplash
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2444
AHHH...Deadly mistake.... :cry: I realize "spurious reports of whiplash injuries cannot be readily identified" is the support to the conclusion. Not the Boldface 1 :? Having said that, I observed CORRECTLY, THAT SINCE before the first boldface and WRONG TO DRAW CONCLUSION before the second...
- by raghavakumar85
Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:56 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Whiplash
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2444
xcusemeplz2009 wrote:imo e
THE INDICATOR ...SINCE SHOWS THAT THE FIRST ONE IS AN EVIDENCE OR PREMISES ....
THE SECOND ONE CONTAINS A CONCLUSION INDICATOR......
I guess the first bold face in the argument is not DISUPTED. can u re-check?
- by raghavakumar85
Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:25 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Whiplash
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2444