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IMO its C.

First premise talks about this year's data and the second refers to all the complaints against inefficient staff so far. The option 'C' just restates what is given.

by ksundar

Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:12 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: cr-hw-10-6- take more from me
Replies: 7
Views: 1639

What is the average height of n people in the group? 1. The average height of n/3 tallest people in the group is 6 feet and the rest average height is 5 feet. 2. The sum of n height is 190 feet. I really doing understand the wording of statment 1. Anyone care to explain. The correct answer is A Sta...

by ksundar

Tue Nov 30, 2010 4:09 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Tricky Wording
Replies: 5
Views: 1609

The annual rent collected by corp from certain rent was x percent more in 98 than in 97 and y percent less in 99 than 98. was the annual rent collected by corp in 99 more than in 97? a. x > y b. xy/100 < x -y Correct answer is B. Please explain logic..... Plug in that 1997 rent = 100. Increase in 1...

by ksundar

Mon Nov 29, 2010 4:23 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: OG DS#120
Replies: 4
Views: 1394

1) By substitution, x = 10 & Y = 5 (x >y) Rent collected in 99 will be more than rent collected in 97 If x = -10 & y = -5. Rent collected in 99 will be less than rent collected in 97 Insufficient 2) xy > 100X-100Y Substitute the same values for X = 10 & -10, get Y values. The Rent collec...

by ksundar

Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:32 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: OG DS#120
Replies: 4
Views: 1394

If A, then B

If A, then B. If B, then C. If C, then D. If all of the statements above are true, which of the following must also be true? (A) If D, then A. (B) If not B, then not C. (C) If not D, then not A. (D) If D, then E. (E) If not A, then not D. Can someone explain the reasoning behind the answer choice pl...

by ksundar

Sun Nov 21, 2010 3:38 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: If A, then B
Replies: 1
Views: 1133

With the stem, we know k is an integer.
From statement 1, 2#k=3 we can deduce that # is addition and k can take the value of 1 only.
From the second statement, we cannot say what the sign is or what the value of k can be. Not Sufficient.

So the answer is A.

by ksundar

Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:47 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: One of Two Arithmetic Operations
Replies: 3
Views: 2753

The length of the second side can vary between 0 to 1 unless its a straight. If you know what the value of x is, you can probably use the 2nd statement to figure out the length of the two sides. Please someone explain me how the area can be calculated, just for my understanding. I need some rest bef...

by ksundar

Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:26 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Area of Triangle
Replies: 8
Views: 1804

But b can be either a positive number or a negative number. which leaves us with -a.b and (-b,a) can be in the first or the second quadrant. If x and y are positive, then (-x,y) will be in the 2nd quadrant. If x and y are negative, coordinates would be in the 4th quadrant. So to me, with both statem...

by ksundar

Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:45 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: quadrant problem
Replies: 21
Views: 12404

Solve the equations to get x>0 and x>y.

Statement 1: Y is negative which means x>y. Sufficient.
Statement 2: Clearly not sufficient or irrelevant.

Answer is A.

by ksundar

Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:34 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Interesting GMATFix Problem-48
Replies: 6
Views: 1299

If we take the first statement, It is in sufficient because 98 is 9 + 8 = 17, is a prime number and 16 is 1+6=7 is a prime number. So we cannot prove that n < 80. Not sufficient. Second statement, if n > 80, every number should have a 8 and a 9. Numbers 8 and 9 are not prime numbers, so anything gre...

by ksundar

Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:20 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Integers
Replies: 2
Views: 1137

Yes. Area will remain the same. But without knowing what the x coordinate is, we will not know what the area of the triangle is. Shouldn't the answer be 'E' as we cannot find the answer even using the second clue?

by ksundar

Thu Oct 14, 2010 11:42 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Area of Triangle
Replies: 8
Views: 1804

There are 216 different possible combinations. Total sum of 3 numbers of each dice can be between 3 and 18. Joe has to get a number greater than 10 which means, out of 16 numbers (sum of 3 dice) possible he can get only 8 numbers greater than 10. 8 is half of 16. So B is the answer.

by ksundar

Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:26 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Stumped by a probability problem
Replies: 5
Views: 1791

oops I missed one more input in the question. Damn! Agree with D.

by ksundar

Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:53 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: knewton vr 15
Replies: 4
Views: 1159

Let X be even number's count and y be odd number count.

Dice was rolled 21 times. So x+y = 21
From the second statement, 5x+2y = 78

We need both the statements to solve the problem.

Answer is C

by ksundar

Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:50 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: knewton vr 15
Replies: 4
Views: 1159

But co primes need not have the two numbers as primes and can have the GCD as 1, correct?

ex GCD(5,6) is 1.

by ksundar

Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:12 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: A number N when expressed as product of prime factors ..
Replies: 9
Views: 4979