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if 10 ppl need 110 days to construct the building, a person does 1/1100 th work per day. 5 days of rain, implies that they worked only 55 day in 60 days. until then: 55 * 10 / 1100 = 0.5 later he hired 6 more workers totaling 16. since they had done 50% of the work, we can say that to finish it they...
- by shibal
Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:56 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: day 60 had rain
- Replies: 2
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ways of obtaining a three digit number 9*10*10 = 900ways
ways of obtaining a three digit number WITHOUT 7 is 8*9*9 = 648 ways
1- (648/900) = 252/900 = 7/25
- by shibal
Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:43 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: have one or more "7"
- Replies: 1
- Views: 875
this is a gmatprep question btw... i found it easier drawing it: M F DSD (has 2 arrangements) M S DFD (has 2 arrangementes) M D DFS (3C2 * 2 (times 2 bc there are two different daughter - has 12 arrangementes) F M DSD (has 2 arrangements) F S DMD (has 2 arrangementes) F D DMS (3C2 * 2 (times 2 bc th...
- by shibal
Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:35 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: taking a road trip in a sedan
- Replies: 2
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The lowest coordinate point for x can be (-4, 6). Go horizontally [from -4] to select a point and vertically [from -4] to select another point. Since you have already chosen -4 as x-coordinate, you have horizontally 9 points [from -3 to + 5 inclusive, i.e., 9 points]. Similarly, since you have chose...
- by shibal
Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:08 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Coordinate geometry ...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1614
- by shibal
Sat Aug 07, 2010 1:29 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: GMATprep CAT PS
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1077
i understand that 2^3-2 is actually 2^(3-2)... this would lead to 2^6/2... ans 2^5qamar999 wrote:2^(4-1)^2/2^3-2
1. 2^8
2. 2^7
3. 2^6
4. 2^5
5. 2^4
yeah that's how it is. just messed up the answer options. they're fine now. any idea?[/img]
OA?
- by shibal
Sat Aug 07, 2010 1:17 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: GMATprep CAT PS
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1077
could u pls check if you posted the eq correctly....
2^(4-1)^2 = 2^6
2^3-2 = 2(2^2-1)
2^6 / 2(2^2-1) = (2^5)/3...
- by shibal
Sat Aug 07, 2010 1:03 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: GMATprep CAT PS
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1077
received a pm. The passage was fairly straightforward but there are some very tempting wrong answers in these two questions. Question 1: The correct answer must be choice A. If we have two trees that are from the same area, then of course the climate would have been the same in any given year. (It ...
- by shibal
Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:13 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: GMAT Prep RC: Dendrochronology, the study of tree-ring
- Replies: 8
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1 - I'd choose B 'Often, ring patterns of dead trees of different, but overlapping, ages can be correlated to provide an extended index of past climate conditions.' From the option only B can be infered by the quoted part 2- I'd choose B Although he explains climatic changes, the last paragraph give...
- by shibal
Tue Jul 20, 2010 5:34 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: GMAT Prep RC: Dendrochronology, the study of tree-ring
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7276
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- by shibal
Fri Feb 12, 2010 6:23 pm- Forum: The Application Process
- Topic: IESE MBA
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7173
- by shibal
Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:51 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: simple but tricky....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1304
Basically it can land head or tail, it asks the prob of landing equally in the 3 attempts, hence it can be 3 times haed or tail
1/8 + 1/8 = 1/4
- by shibal
Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:24 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: coin-Probability
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2655
- by shibal
Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:25 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: simple but tricky....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1304
multiples of 2 less than 20: 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18 (total: 9)
odd multiple of 7: 7 (total:1)
sum of a positive multiple of 2 and a positive multiple of 7: (2+7,4+7,6+7,8+7,9+7, 14+2, 14+4. total:7)
9+1+7=17
OA?
- by shibal
Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:22 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Positive Integers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1571
- by shibal
Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:57 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: I just got a 550 - and I am HAPPY with it.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1803