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- by way2kailash
Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:44 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: RC challenge - 8
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3551
its 0.8*0.4, not 0.8*4
truplayer256 wrote:No, .80(x)*4=3.2x not .32x.I think in the second equation you meant .80(x)*.4=.32(x) Maple
- by way2kailash
Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:10 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Trees in a certain park
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8515
Re: Women CEO's
I think health and safety regulations come under Government regulations. I answered it as Option B. How can energy shortage not be included under environment stated in the last paragraph? can someone kindly explain. On the contrary health and safety regulations can't be truly included under age or e...
- by way2kailash
Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:56 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: Women CEO's
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3159
Less of certain pollutants . I think the number of pollutants is fixed here for both burning natural gas and diesel. It is the amount of these certain pollutants that is being compared and is not countable. Lets say certain pollutants is replaced by CO, C2F2. The sentance is now "Vehicles emit ...
- by way2kailash
Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:43 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: sc 1000
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2403
You are right when actually using a number like you did in "as many as 100". In this instance the number is replaced by a known quantity : "politicians who are subscribed to WSJ". Also D is redundant. this sentence tests meaning and parallelism; my choice were D and E, D seems in...
- by way2kailash
Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:15 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Survey -- plz post with explanation..
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2836
Re: Survey -- plz post with explanation..
A. "Subscribe to" is not paralle to "have subscription to". Also Verbose. B. Not parallel. C. Not parallel. D. Plenty of reasons. E. Correct Choice. IMO E. A recent survey regarding the use of the Internet by the nation’s top business leaders found that nearly ninety-five perce...
- by way2kailash
Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:23 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Survey -- plz post with explanation..
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2836
Independentely sufficient
As X is a factor of Y and Y factor of Z, x is a factor of Z Both statements are by themselves sufficient : A) XZ is even. For XZ to be even, X-odd Z- even, X- even Z - odd, X- even Z- even. As X is a factor of Z, X-even and Z- odd is not possible as anything multiplied by even is even. So in remaini...
- by way2kailash
Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:30 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: gmat Prep
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1302
Re: Trees in a certain park
If 20% percent of the trees in a certain park are evergreen, and 40 % of the non evergreens are maple trees, and there are 75 % as many oak trees as maple trees in the park, what percent of the trees in the park are not maples,oaks or evergreens? a) 10% b) 12 % C) 20 % d) 24% E) 25 % I just wanted ...
- by way2kailash
Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:37 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Trees in a certain park
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8515
There are quite a few good ways to do this kind of problem. One way is to imagine nine donuts: O O O O O O O O O Now, say we put two partitions ('|') among our donuts: O O | O O O | O O O O We've just worked out a way to add three positive integers to get a sum of 9 (just count the donuts in each z...
- by way2kailash
Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:28 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: combination
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3923
Re: Cant see how A
IMO A time taken 4 minutes plz check the pic 1) pics 3 and 4 satisfy now plug in numbers pic 3: a=-5, b=-2 a.|b|=-10 a-b=-3 a.|b|<a-b pic4: a=-5, b=4 a.|b|=-20 a-b=-9 SUFFICIENT 2)pics 1 satisfies pic 1: a=5,b=2 a.|b|=10 a-b=3 but when b=0, it is the opposite. NOT SUFF How is it A? a<0 Ex a= -1, b=...
- by way2kailash
Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:17 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: 'Though this be madness yet there is method in it.'
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7970
Cant see how A
IMO A time taken 4 minutes plz check the pic 1) pics 3 and 4 satisfy now plug in numbers pic 3: a=-5, b=-2 a.|b|=-10 a-b=-3 a.|b|<a-b pic4: a=-5, b=4 a.|b|=-20 a-b=-9 SUFFICIENT 2)pics 1 satisfies pic 1: a=5,b=2 a.|b|=10 a-b=3 but when b=0, it is the opposite. NOT SUFF How is it A? a<0 Ex a= -1, b=...
- by way2kailash
Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:35 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: 'Though this be madness yet there is method in it.'
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7970
Triangle similarity
Answer 30.
Lets say AB is the person standing 10 m from the canal and DE be the rod on near bank. C be the point on further bank that coincides with top of the rod. In here triangle ABC is similar to triangle DEC as all angles have same measure.
- by way2kailash
Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:05 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Width of canal
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1308