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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
Views: 4202

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
Views: 2223

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

Firstly and Secondly are wrong. Otherwise the essay is good. >4.5

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