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The best advice (courtesy of MGMAT) is to treat inference questions like RC inference. Don't go too far from the information they provide. If the information has not been stated in the passage, then it's wrong. To illustrate, I picked this question from a search on this forum. Below is an excerpt fr...
- by leswm
Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:54 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: GENERAL STRATEGIES TO INFERENCE QUSTIONS
- Replies: 1
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D Both conditions must exist in order to enter lock i.e. 1) Warning lights not flashing 2) No boats in the lock. If either 1 or 2 (or both) don't exist, then he won't enter lock. It's like saying in order to live you must eat and breathe. If you're told that someone died, then it must be that A) the...
- by leswm
Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:54 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Try this
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2173
A mouthful of a stem! I can quickly eliminate A and C because they're trying to trick us into thinking there's some direct correlation. E is out because no one is discussing "stability of weather". I was left with B and D. I took out B because I didn't buy that comparison, and didn't have ...
- by leswm
Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:44 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Temperatures in the Pacific Northwest
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2190
Bidisha800, I hate to say this, but I think that you are mostly right in your answers. That's why I can't ignore your responses. Look, this forum is intended to benefit everyone, so asking you to extend that courtesy to others shouldn't be too much to ask. You're benefiting just as much from the que...
- by leswm
Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:54 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Help please
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4275
Bidisha800, you are in the wrong forum. Please post your answers to "showoff.brag.forum.com". You are wasting space and people's time by listing down answers with no explanations and showing us your practice scores. These are of no use to anyone but your ego.
- by leswm
Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:42 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Help please
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4275
Would you please break down the reasoning behind your answer. You are not helping anyone by just writing down the answer. You might as well guess a random answer and post it.
- by leswm
Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:38 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Astronomer
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3598
buskool, the key to "must be true" kind of questions is to stick with the information they give you in the premises . Yes, I agree with you that they could increased capital taxes. In fact a better answer would have been something like.. govt will have to increase goods-and-services tax or...
- by leswm
Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:41 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Canadians now increasingly engage in “out shopping,”
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6751
I'm thinking B a) if the TV writers are the movie writers, then we have a problem b/c they won't be creating movies either. c) according to premise, if the programming declines then viewership declines. So you better hope that the strike will affect programming. Otherwise, if TV stations buy good sh...
- by leswm
Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:15 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: TV Writer Union
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1766
IMO E First, we can all agree that population growth will decrease because of the new proposal, so D is out. But we don't know whether a) people will have a string of girls then stop at the first boy they get, or b) the first kid will be a boy then they stop because they have to use birth control. T...
- by leswm
Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:06 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: monogamous
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4737
A is correct b/c it's the only thing that must be true. Canadians now increasingly engage in “out shopping,” which is shopping across the national border, where prices are lower. Prices are lower outside of Canada in large part because the goods-and-services tax that pays for Canadian social service...
- by leswm
Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:43 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Canadians now increasingly engage in “out shopping,”
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6751
I would say D. Largest volcano found in Mars. No such volcano would exist on earth b/c the earth's crust is to thin to support. (A) The surface of Mars is less subject to forces of erosion than is the surface of the Earth. No one said anything about erosion. (B) The highest volcanoes on Mars occur w...
- by leswm
Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:59 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Volcano
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2967
I'm curious, where did you find this question? It just doesn't seem GMAT-ish. Argument: 2 day tickets cost 40% < 30-day tickets, but since they're non-refundable, long-term gains will be huge. A is the most appealing, though I don't like it. The others are just out. Here's why: (B) Tickets requiring...
- by leswm
Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:45 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Airlines and discounted tickets
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2163
Help with advanced question
I found the manhattan gmat question of the week: If abc is not 0, what is the value of ? (a^3 + b^3 + c^3) / abc ( a^3 is a-cubed, b^3 is b-cubed...) (1) |a|=1, |b|=2, |c|=3 (2) a + b + c = 0 (A) Statement (1) alone is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. (B) Statement (2) alone is...
- by leswm
Thu May 17, 2007 7:31 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Help with advanced question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2349