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> total permutations of = 6P2 =15
Samir,
Not that this number is used in the problem, but 6P2 is 30, not 15.
- by naren_nayak
Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:41 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: SET 28 : Good prob. quest....but confusing OA...PL.TRY
- Replies: 10
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Stacey, A minor mistake towards the end... > 300,000 > C > So the costs are at least 300,000. So profit is at most 200,000, but they could be below or above 150,000. Can't tell. Answer is E. C < 300,000 (Your last step assumed the opposite) Profit = 500,000 - 300,000 = 200,000 Profits are 200k in th...
- by naren_nayak
Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:41 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: need help on ds qs from gmatprep1
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3924
- by naren_nayak
Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:48 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: GMAT Powerprep -Number properties question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1728
Since std dev = 6 => 1 std dev = 6, 2 std dev = 12.
1 std dev below the mean (which is 21) is 21-6 = 15 hours
2 std dev below the mean = 21 - 12 = 9 hours
Time Pat watched TV is between 9 and 15 hours. 12 is the only answer that falls in this range. Hence D.
- by naren_nayak
Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:05 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: GMATPrep Test 1 : PS #32
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1639
I don't know if this is the easiest method, but I try to focus just on being compliant with the original conditions with values that go against the conditon mentioned in the individual questions. In this case, the conditions given are that d is positive & 0 < 1 - (c/d) < 1 i.e. 0 < (d-c)/d < 1 F...
- by naren_nayak
Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:54 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: How to pick values for such problems
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2109
> so total is 6! * 7! Samir, Shouldn't that be 7! * 7! ? The first seat you considered for the 1st woman can take 1 of 7 women so 7 * 6! The only configuration in which 7 men and 7 women can be seated around a table so that no two women are seated next to each other is to alternate, as Samir said. M...
- by naren_nayak
Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:59 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Tough GMAT PS question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2403
Bob just filled his car's gas tank with 20 gallons of gasohol, a mixture consisting of 5% ethanol and 95% gasoline. If his car runs best on a mixture consisting of 10% ethanol and 90% gasoline, how many gallons of ethanol must he add into the gas tank for his car to achieve optimum performance? 20 g...
- by naren_nayak
Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:36 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: MGMAT CAT 600-700 ratio question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2959
Adding to Samir's answer:
> 2). S2=43
>similarly 633 =43 +11x
> i.e 590/11 produces a remainder hence this is not a term
For 2, 633 could be part of the S1, S3, S5... sequence, and since S1 is not specified, 2 is insufficient.
- by naren_nayak
Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:33 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Sequence
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2555
I think the answer is C. a) You could have x=1, y=4: 1 2 4 5 5 8 => Range = 7, which is < 9 OR x=9, y=13: 2 4 5 8 9 13 => Range = 10, which is > 9 Hence A is insufficient. b) You could have x=8,y=12: 2 4 5 8 8 12 => Range = 10, which is > 9 OR x=8, y=9: 2 4 5 8 8 9 => Range = 7, which is < 9 Hence B...
- by naren_nayak
Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:19 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Range...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1466
So dogged were Frances Perkins’ investigations of the garment industry, and her lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent, Alfred E. Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt recruited Perkins to work within the government, rather than as a social worker. A. and her lobbying for wage and hour reform wa...
- by naren_nayak
Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:03 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Brutal SC - SET 27 Q17
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2453
- by naren_nayak
Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:08 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Brutal SC #49
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6876
One could also use the process of elimination here: (54,820)^2 should have a 0 in the unit's position & (54,822)^2 should end with a 4. The average of these two numbers will have a 2 in the unit's position. That eliminates A, B, C & E (A ends with a 1, B & C end with a .25 and E ends wit...
- by naren_nayak
Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:21 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Manhattan Challenge question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1897
- by naren_nayak
Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:37 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: OG 11th edition, practice question #125
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2687
OG 11th edition, practice question #125
If r & s are positive integers, is r/s an integer? (1) Every factor of s is also a factor of r (2) Every prime factor of s is also a prime factor of r OA is A. I don't get it. Isn't the following possible? Scenario 1: r = 4 = 1*2*2, s = 2 = 1*2; r/s = 4/2 => r/s is an integer Scenario 2: r = 5 =...
- by naren_nayak
Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:45 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: OG 11th edition, practice question #125
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2687