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The basic context here is : This passage describes the 'refusal" system prior to 1700. And then it explains the 1588 building, Rialto bridge method of piling. So appropriately the INFERENCE (which is asked for) should be relating the both and concluding about the Rialto bridge which is relevan...
- by apex231
Sat Jan 07, 2012 8:45 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: CR doubt
- Replies: 6
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CR doubt
The solidity of bridge piers built on pilings depends largely on how deep the pilings are driven. Prior to 1700, pilings were driven to “refusal,� that is, to the point at which they refused to go any deeper. In a 1588 inquiry into the solidity of piers for Venice’s Rialto Bridge, it was deter...
- by apex231
Sat Jan 07, 2012 5:39 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: CR doubt
- Replies: 6
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Question stem states: Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the statements above, if they are true? not Which one of the following is most strongly supports the statements above, if they are true? I think you are overlooking this piece. Happymanocha, I think this doesn't make any...
- by apex231
Sat Jan 07, 2012 5:30 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: ozone layer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1908
CR doubt
Some argue that laws are instituted at least in part to help establish a particular moral fabric in society. But the primary function of law is surely to help order society so that its institutions, organisations, and citizenry can work together harmoniously, regardless of any further moral aims of ...
- by apex231
Sat Jan 07, 2012 5:27 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: CR doubt
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1238
Light can pass through ozone in two ways 1) By holes in the ozone layer 2) By passing through the ozone layer. A rules out the possibility of 2nd but not the 1st. Yes, that's exactly the point i am trying to make. That even with ozone layer intact there are some wavelengths of that can pass through...
- by apex231
Sat Jan 07, 2012 8:39 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: ozone layer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1908
1.ozone layer allows only some wavelength of light to pass and blocks some not all wavelength of sunlight. 2.It never says that the those light which passes through ozone do not cause eye damage. I understand your point, but if there are wavelengths that pass through ozone and can cause eye damage ...
- by apex231
Sat Jan 07, 2012 6:33 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: ozone layer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1908
ozone layer
Though this has been discussed many times, but want to discuss option A in particular. The importance of the ozone layer to terrestrial animals is that it entirely filters out some wavelengths of light but lets others through. Holes in the ozone layer and the dangers associated with these holes are ...
- by apex231
Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:50 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: ozone layer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1908
I did this question like this -
Total ways to assign letters to envelopes = 4! = 24
Total ways to assign only one correct letter = 4 * 2 (2 ways to assign right envelope to only one letter).
E1 E2 E3 E4
L1 L3 L4 L2
L1 L4 L2 L3
P = 8/24 = 1/3
- by apex231
Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:16 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Letters and Envelopes
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8552
Hi Neelgandham,neelgandham wrote: From one and two again(see attachment), ABCD can be an Isosceles Trapezoid
Don't the diagonals of an Isosceles Trapezoid divide Trapezoid equally? I think they do.
Thanks!
- by apex231
Mon Jan 02, 2012 8:29 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: triangles congruent?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1530
what's a good way to solve such questions? Is there a methodical approach to tackle such questions? Though I understand the answer explanation now but it took me a lot of time to totally assimilate the information in the question. Are there any rules of thumb/special properties/special cases of mean...
- by apex231
Mon Jan 02, 2012 8:07 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Mean Median
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3515
permutations
One single person and two couples are to be seated at random in a row of five chairs. What is the probability that neither of the couples sits together in adjacent chairs A)1/5 B)1/4 C)3/8 D)2/5 E)1/2 OA D I solved like this - Total ways to arrange = 5! = 120 Lets two couples be aa and bb. Single pe...
- by apex231
Sun Jan 01, 2012 4:27 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: permutations
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1127
If we had purchased five shares of Microsoft for $105 at its IPO in 1986, those shares would now be worth over $37,000. Noticed above sentence at the following tutorial. Instead of "would now be" shouldn't it be "would now have been" ? http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2009/12/28/th...
- by apex231
Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:49 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Difference between conditional and subjunctive
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4375
Difference between conditional and subjunctive
Can someone explain how can we distinguish between a conditional and a subjunctive mood? We would start the meeting if Sam were here. vs We would start the meeting if Sam was here. Also, what are the rules that determine the usage of IF/WILL/WOULD/WERE/COULD/IS/WAS etc.? Below is one such question? ...
- by apex231
Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:16 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Difference between conditional and subjunctive
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4375
- by apex231
Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:19 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Fanatics
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2355
Hi David, Though C makes sense as per your explanation, yet I am not fully convinced. Option C) Binding arbitration tends to be more advantageous for public-service workers where it is the only available means of settling labor disputes with such workers. Won't Option C been better if it said - &quo...
- by apex231
Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:32 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: 800++ CR question
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3731