Wow !!! This is sheer enlightenment ! Thanks so much GMATGuruNY & Ceilidh for sharing your knowledge.That was more than helpful. With absolute values, when you have a variable inside the absolute value and only numbers outside of it, you will have 2 solutions (and you don't need to retest them)....

Tough nut !

Among the important themes that characterize Chinese history are the patterns of dynastic rise and fall, intermittent aggression from northern aliens, and varying degrees of openness to outside cultural influences and the dynamics of stability and social harmony A. Among the important themes that c...

which of the following must be true?

Q. If p and q are two different odd prime numbers such that p < q, then which of the following must be true? 1.(2p + q) is a prime number 2. p + q is divisible by 4 3. q – p is divisible by 4 4. (p + q + 1) is the difference between two perfect squares of integers is the difference between two per...

Source : GMAT PREP :New Q for old stimuli.

In the year following an eight-cent increase in the federal tax on a pack of cigarettes, sales of cigarettes fell ten percent. In contrast, in the year prior to the tax increase, sales had fallen one percent. The volume of cigarette sales is therefore strongly related to the after-tax price of a pac...

PLs help : Kaplan Q !

If p is an integer and m= -p+(-2)^p

Is m^3 > 1 ?

1.p is even.

2.p^3 <= -1

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The following appeared as part of the business plan of an investment and financial consulting firm: “Studies suggest that an average coffee drinker’s consumption of coffee increases with age, from age 10 through age 60. Even after age 60, coffee consumption remains high. The average cola drinker...

function of the second paragraph in the passage as a whole?

The United States government has a long-standing policy of using federal funds to keep small business viable. The Small Business Act of 1953 authorized the Small Business Administration (SBA) to enter into contracts with government agencies having procurement powers and to arrange for fulfillment of...