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- by sbasha
Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:29 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: divisible by 4
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1757
divisible by 4
Is +ve Integer n is divisible by 4 ?
1) n^2 is divisible by 8
2)sqrt n is an even number
- by sbasha
Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:06 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: divisible by 4
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1757
IMO C
E only =60 (stmt 1)
G only =0
S only =70 (given)
none = 20 (stmt 2)
ES = x
EG = x
GS = x
EGS = 0 (stem)
Just need to get ES+GS+EG (subtract from 200)
- by sbasha
Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:37 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: sets!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1630
- by sbasha
Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:59 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Less than 1
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3669
- by sbasha
Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:43 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Sight Seeing
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1934
A - Incorrect Parallelism , flipping out the beginning of the sentence.
B - "in" with Canada is awkward, Parallelism fails
D - Incorrect comparison ( The percentage of --- Canada's 52)
E - The percentage of high school graduate is not going to school
HTH
- by sbasha
Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:04 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: United States high school graduates - SC1000
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2118
1) We are dealing with comparison
2) Here noun-verb and noun are compared. so anything with "as" will dies out. Remaining A,D,E
3) For E, unlike modifies "reads" , This is wrong and moreover we are not dealing with contrast situation.
4) Don't like does at the end.
IMO A.
- by sbasha
Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:53 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT Prep Question
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8696
- by sbasha
Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:39 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Byron
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3263
IMO A, though not quite sure.
The parallelism starts after by ,
one fueled by
a resurgence of patriotism,
increasing tuition costs at private colleges, and improved recruiting by the academies.
- by sbasha
Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:25 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: three military academies
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3176
- by sbasha
Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:44 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Nuclear fusion
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4728
- by sbasha
Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:38 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Bored by History
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5471
Lets say the height of the tree will be as follows: 1 year = 4+x 2 year = 4+2x 3 year = 4+3x 4 year = 4+4x 5 year = 4+5x 6 year = 4+6x "At the end of the 6th year the tree was 1/5 taller than it was at the end of the 4th year" Height of the tree at the end of 6 year = 4+6x Height of the tr...
- by sbasha
Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:04 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: 2 problems on GMAT Prep - help needed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2142
It is A.
Here the parallelism applies to later part of the sentence "its framework of poles" but not to " single-family house"
- by sbasha
Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:45 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Tricky1
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3449
fruti_yum, You have the answer already. Yes, You need to say that business will not flatter. Look at the answer D , "Early Buyer " , this restrictions creates "Sample" for generalization. Which will be always wrong funda in GMAT. Hence it weakens the conclusion. Also if you quick...
- by sbasha
Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:02 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: VR
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1536
IMO B for both of them. First one seems to be bit tricky. 2nd one : A) The amount of energy that the Earth receives from the Sun is monitored closely and is known not to be constant. - Irre B) Volcanic eruptions, the combustion of fossil fuels, and several other processes that also cannot be quantif...
- by sbasha
Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:45 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Meteorologists
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2450