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Antebellum

The fields of antebellum (pre-Civil War) political history and women’s history use separate sources and focus Line on separate issues. Political historians (5) , examining sources such as voting records, newspapers, and politicians’ writings, focus on the emergence in the 1840’s of a new “Am...

by getso

Thu Apr 29, 2010 8:57 am
Forum: Reading Comprehension
Topic: Antebellum
Replies: 3
Views: 4500

Distinct prime factors

How many distinct prime divisors does a positive integer N have?
1. 2N has one prime divisor
2. 3N has one prime divisor

by getso

Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:40 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Distinct prime factors
Replies: 2
Views: 1616

I guess the answers given in the source are wrong..

I too went with B but surprised when the answer was marked as A.

by getso

Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:34 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Modulus
Replies: 4
Views: 1060

Source I'm not really sure..

I have a doc file which says questions are from previous OG and GMAT.

Thanks,
Shobha

by getso

Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:31 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: DS on Absolute value
Replies: 6
Views: 1291

Modulus

Is modulus of X=Modulus of Y?? (1) x - y = 6 (2) x + y = 0 A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient. C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is suff...

by getso

Sat Apr 24, 2010 8:58 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Modulus
Replies: 4
Views: 1060

Employee Assignment

A certain company assigns employees to offices in such a way that some of the offices can be empty and more than one employee can be assigned to an office. In how many ways can the company assign 3 employees to 2 different offices?

A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
E. 9

D

by getso

Sat Apr 24, 2010 8:55 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Employee Assignment
Replies: 5
Views: 1330

Geometry PS

In the xy-plane, the point (-2, -3) is the center of a circle. The point (-2, 1) lies inside the circle and the point (4, -3) lies outside the circle. If the radius r of the circle is an integer, then r =

A. 6
B. 5
C. 4
D. 3
E. 2

by getso

Sat Apr 24, 2010 8:52 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Geometry PS
Replies: 2
Views: 1158

DS on Absolute value

What is the value of modulus of ( x+7) (1) modulus of (x+3)= 14 (2) (x + 2)^2 = 169 A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient. C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHE...

by getso

Sat Apr 24, 2010 8:51 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: DS on Absolute value
Replies: 6
Views: 1291

Could anybody explain why the OA is E.

Thanks,
Shobha

by getso

Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:32 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: 1000 CR Test 2 Section II Q24
Replies: 5
Views: 2272

My First attempt in GMAT

Hello Friends,

Today I gave my exams .Scores are very disappointing.

I got 610 :cry:

Quant-47
Verbal-28

I have been trying hard to improve my verbal scores.
But I'm not sure where am I going wrong.

Please help!!!!!!!

by getso

Mon Dec 28, 2009 9:33 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: My First attempt in GMAT
Replies: 1
Views: 1348

Hi Ron, I could not follow the first point here on the usage of namely. Could you please help me to understand better. Thanks, Shobha the first point says: * "namely" should come before one of the following: - a noun - some other construction that functions as a noun (such as a gerund or ...

by getso

Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:51 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: The fact of some fraternal twins
Replies: 11
Views: 13170

wonderful debrief.

It will definitely give a lot of hopes and confidence to all first time takers like me.

by getso

Thu Dec 24, 2009 7:27 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: From 620 to 760 -- I OWNED the GMAT
Replies: 57
Views: 108253

Staged is in the right tense with right usage of except.

All others contain tense errors.

by getso

Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:02 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Except or Besides?
Replies: 7
Views: 5351
by getso

Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:08 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Except or Besides?
Replies: 7
Views: 5351

Ya that was a calculation mistake....

@papagust: Thanks for pointing it out.

Regards,
Shobha

by getso

Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:00 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: gmatprep test 2 - ps question 11
Replies: 7
Views: 5303