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I am not sure if "OA" is correct. Because in choice "A" which seems to refer back to "Elk" living in Rocky Mountains and per MGMAT and other grammar rules "Which" when used as pronoun should refer mack to immediate noun. Moreover "they" in non underl...
- by amitabhprasad
Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:08 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Elk now live
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2380
The reason I will filter out "A" was... If you take The proposed health care as doing multiple things then we need "and" between health insurance, and establish C) to establish can not be a modifier of a clause D) & E because it uses conjunction "for" and for needs ...
- by amitabhprasad
Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:57 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: tense?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1573
As per latest MGMAT Page 198
Not Also ... But ... construction
is used by GMAT in correct answer choice.
I was looking for an example, now have one.
More over you look into the choices only 'C' maintains parallelism.
- by amitabhprasad
Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:53 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT Prep SC
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2279
Unless we know the source.
IMO we shouldn't take OA for granted.
And I am finding hard to justify "B"
- by amitabhprasad
Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:15 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: interest rates
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3751
- by amitabhprasad
Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:12 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: travelers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1871
I believe premise states if interest rates falls significantly then house price must risekrisraam wrote:B.
I CAN'T THINK HOW I COULD BE "D"
But as per "B" for any drop in interest rates housing price must fall. I am unable to justify this
Any other view ?
- by amitabhprasad
Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:42 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: interest rates
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3751
I see it ow how it should be D.
9*3 =27
1/2*6 = 3
27*3 = 81
since when odd we should divide by 3 to keep it inside the CAGE
So it should be 27 and not 81
Got stumped ...
- by amitabhprasad
Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:18 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: GMATPRep weird m
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1584
One problem I see with 'B" is parallelism is not maintained. A) Modifier subject problem B) Parallelism . which is an … and scarcely it should be which is ... and which ... C) use of “and” it seems to imply the domestic cat has been scarcely sufficient… D) its genetic evolution that has scarcel...
- by amitabhprasad
Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:09 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: the cats
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1993
IMO B the stem is 'what Mark is interpreting from Ronald's statement'. Per Ronald if the interest rates go down, house prices go up D. it would have been the correct answer if the stem was 'what can be inferred from this conversation' Isn't Mark also talking about significant interest rate drop ? n...
- by amitabhprasad
Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:54 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: interest rates
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3751
amitabh can you please explain in detail ..... Sure, a1 = 2, a2 = -3, a3 = 5, a4 = -1 ==> a1+a2+a3+a4 = 3 now we have an = an-4 ==> a5 = a5-4 = a1=2 a6 = a6-4 =a2 = -3 a7 = a7-4 = a3 = 5 a8 = a8-4 = a4 = -1 and so on you will see we get sequence in the block of 4 We are supposed to find the sum of ...
- by amitabhprasad
Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:52 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: trouble with sequence
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1208
- by amitabhprasad
Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:35 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: trouble with sequence
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1208
For number to be terminating decimals. All the factors of denominators should be multiples of 2 or 5 i.e. check if the fraction can be reduced such that denominators only have multiples of 2 and/or 5. Go by this rule you will see all the denominators other then "E" has not only 2 but some ...
- by amitabhprasad
Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:30 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: any shortcut to a fraction quest??
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1117
My pick will be "D" as well.
Not sure how OA could be "B" when premise is clearly talking about significant interest drop ???
- by amitabhprasad
Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:42 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: interest rates
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3751
IMO A. D & E - Eliminated because of improper Subject. Between A and C. I eliminated C because it is wordy. @amitabhprasad, Can you explain in detail about the ans choice C? Regards, Karthi Hi Karthi, For the use of "had" please see my earlier post. Let me know if you need any more cl...
- by amitabhprasad
Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:36 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Scholars who once
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5890
IMO A since past perfet tense needs to be used for two events one preceding the another.. Once you have "before", "after" or any such prepositions indicating order of those events we don't need had. I think its important to understand the reason for using past perfect. We need p...
- by amitabhprasad
Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:34 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: of the most popular resort destinations
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3143