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The arguments indicates correlation between size and flavor, but not for concentration or weight. I think statements II and III may not undermine the conclusion because concentration or weight of the 2nd type cookie does not have correlation to the 2 times the flavor of first type cookie. They are, ...
- by rveeraga
Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:25 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: undermining statements
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4000
it in the underline portion actually refers to The largest trade-book publisher because the preceding it in the non-underline potion (parallelism) refers to The largest trade-book publisher.
- by rveeraga
Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:32 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The largest trade-book publisher in the United States
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5689
In the answer choice D, the times is redundant with the nineteenth century . You would consider: dates back to the nineteenth century, when or dates back to the times when (The usage of the times in the later, however, is not formal. I think one uses the times , when one is not sure about time perio...
- by rveeraga
Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:46 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Endrocrinology
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1661
Working with numbers is great, but it takes long time by trying out all possible combinations. But if you pay attention to the premesis closely: The category of high-paying service occupation will increase its share, resulting in either 10 to 20% or 80 to 90%. Therefore, predictin in terms of number...
- by rveeraga
Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:42 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Recent estimates
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2662
In the answer choice D, tissues such as tooth and bone is a dangling modifier and does not modify anything. If one wants to avoid using the resumptive modifier, which is used to express the descriptive details for a key word in the previous clause, in the answer choice E, one can rewrite it as in th...
- by rveeraga
Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:18 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Test code 28, section 6, Q-19
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1438
Another method: This is an evenly spaced set (i.e. all the intervals between entries are identical), so it's easy to find its average value: it will just be the middle entry, 200. The sum of all the entries will equal the number of entries times the average (think of the average formula: average = ...
- by rveeraga
Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:58 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Reply, with as many solutions as possible!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1827
The conclusion is city council members in small towns have a more difficult job than city council members in larger cities" You are comparing city council member in cities with those in towns . How can you conclude something about council members in small towns without considering the situatio...
- by rveeraga
Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:52 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Hmm CR
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1800
While being a Philadelphia Eagle, Terrell Owens’ me-first attitude was so tiresome as to become a distraction that overshadowed his all-pro performance level and ultimately forced the team to release him. A) While being a Philadelphia Eagle, Terrell Owens’ me-first attitude was so tiresome as t...
- by rveeraga
Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:51 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Veritas Prep Challenge Question
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3779
As advertised on the main page of Beat the GMAT, Brian, David and I will be posting some original questions today and tomorrow with prizes for the first five correct responders who show their work ! Good Luck! A sequence is given by the rule a n = |a n-2 | – |a n-1 | for all n>2, and a function s...
- by rveeraga
Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:31 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Veritas Prep Challenge Question
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1960
It looks like this question is from the 1000 SC document, one of the bad resources to use.
It simply tests the parallelism with the superlative forms of those 3 adjectives. In the answer choice C, that would begin is not good.
The best option is A.
- by rveeraga
Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:35 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1623
I think... 1. B early textile-mill entrepreneurs, in justifying women's employment in wage labor , made much of the assumption that women were by nature skillful at detailed tasks and patient in carrying out repetitive chores; the mill owners thus imported into the new industrial order hoary stereot...
- by rveeraga
Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:01 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: OG RC
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5774
- by rveeraga
Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:55 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: OG RC
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5774
The spatial relationships among the elements of Jan Micker’s 1652 masterwork Bird’s Eye View of Amsterdam, which he painted long before such a vantage point became possible, are much more subtle and intricate than they are in most other seventeenth-century Dutch paintings. A)which he painted lo...
- by rveeraga
Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:29 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Manhattan SC
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2181
The value of the dollar in international markets will continue to increase, as it has been since interest rates began to rise. (A) as it has been (B) as it has done (C) which it has (D) which it has been (E) which it had been OA: B I got it correct but not completely confident on how to differentia...
- by rveeraga
Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:30 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The value of the dollar in international markets will
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5113
mundasingh123: It is usually hard to use the split based on "possible context" that results from the subtle meaning difference between adjective and adverb. This is more true for non-native English speakers,including me. If I were you, I would use the verb split that is actually easy in th...
- by rveeraga
Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:50 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: OG
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1607