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Still not sure on why choices B is incorrect, can someone please help :( B says that " Both federal and state income tax rates have been lowered considerably during Verdant's term in office" , doesnt this mean that lowered revenues are the cause of lowered spending.. lowered revenues is th...
- by Focus_gmat
Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:54 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: State’s budget
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1892
IMO A should be the answer, as this option shows that money in the special savings a/c is not increasing because SUBSTANTIAL no of people are withdrawing.D actually strengthens the conclusion as money in the special savings a/c is increasing as people are transferring additional funds
- by Focus_gmat
Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:44 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: weakens
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1996
IMO D a)Country Z, which also neighbors Country Y, has not experienced an increase in cases of tuberculosis. Irrelevant. b)Current medical technology is not capable of detecting all carriers of tuberculosis. [Even though it doesnt catch all carriers, may be it will catch some and help curb the disea...
- by Focus_gmat
Tue Feb 02, 2010 6:34 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: weaken the argument
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1796
IMO C should be the answer a)High schools would be wise to incorporate personal finance classes into their core curricula. Arg doesnt say what is wise b)At least one-third of high school seniors work part-time jobs after school. Not evident from arg C)The number of high school seniors with significa...
- by Focus_gmat
Tue Feb 02, 2010 6:12 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: inference
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2512
I chose C because the argument says.."The purpose of the proposed law requiring a doctor's prescription for obtaining hypodermic needles is to lower the incidence of drug-related deaths" C says...the law would not be helpful in lowering the incidence of deaths and hence does not achieve it...
- by Focus_gmat
Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:09 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: hypodermic needles
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3858
- by Focus_gmat
Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:29 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: How is the Essay Writing.?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1273
C shows an issue with the treatise from the early 1500’s , but the conclusion of the argument is about
treatises from the late 1500’s. Hence C cannot be the answer
- by Focus_gmat
Fri Jan 08, 2010 5:06 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: 1
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5068
A,C and D can be eliminated due to wrong tense.The context is in nineteenth century , so a past tense should be used.Past perfect ( had visited ) and present perfect ( have visited ) are wrong here.'that were forming' sounds wrong in B.
- by Focus_gmat
Wed Jan 06, 2010 5:42 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Need explanation
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3837
- by Focus_gmat
Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:45 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Computerization and modern methods..
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1538
Computerization and modern methods..
Computerization and modern methods of managing voter registration have improved the integrity of election results while at the same time they have placed unprecedented trust in a few private corporations, having been ignored by the mainstream press since their nearly silent rise to power more than a...
- by Focus_gmat
Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:33 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Computerization and modern methods..
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1538
IMO D is the answer. A and E are out of scope.The argument is that strigent rules led to increase in more problems being reported.The missing link here is that airlines are now made to report the problems due to stricter rules.B and C talk about mech problems but not about reports. Whats the OA ?
- by Focus_gmat
Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:55 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Airplane Crash
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2122
- by Focus_gmat
Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:16 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Smithtown University
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10134
- by Focus_gmat
Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:02 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: alligator population
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8487
IMO B if spill happened 5 yrs ago... and the female turtles come after 1o yrs.. then it can happen that when the spill happened the female turtles were in sea and were not ready to lay eggs.. and are now returning to lay eggs from last 5 yrs..( increase in number of turtles coming to Baker's beach ...
- by Focus_gmat
Tue Dec 22, 2009 4:27 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: turtles
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2335
IMO D is the answer. Prediction of environmentalist:Turtle population will decline. Author's argument:Turtle population will not decline due to increase in no of egg laying turtles. We need to undermine author's argument.The author is assuming that increase of egg laying turtles will lead to more no...
- by Focus_gmat
Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:45 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: turtles
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2335