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Since none of the statements are giving you information about the the relationship between a and b; the solution is E 
- by Pharo
Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:40 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Mgmat: Absolute value DS
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1301
Wow seriously good :) The only way I can think of is actually getting your hands dirty and doing it. (You will only need fast calculation skills :P) Let's say f(x) = x! + (x+1) f(2) = 2! + (2+1) = 5 f(3) = 3! + (3+1) = 10; at this stage we know that if x is odd, we know that f(x) does not output a p...
- by Pharo
Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:27 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Manhattan:Divisibility of primes
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1031
Are you sure this is a valid question? I can see no way of drawing a linear function with these requirements. (This also does not fit in the "Data Sufficiency" type of questions) The first condition states that f is an increasing function in the {1,2} range (thus the function will look li...
- by Pharo
Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:33 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Function
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2460
- by Pharo
Sun Apr 08, 2012 2:04 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: DS question on prep 1
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1010
I always remind myself that "GMAT is trying to trick me". I don't like to get tricked, so I try not to let GMAT trick me.
That is how i reason with gmat questions 
- by Pharo
Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:25 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Reasoning vs learning content. How do you learn the first?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 626
Is x negative? (1) 2x > x^2 (2) x < 1 [spoiler]OA: A. I have a doubt in how we arrive at the answer from statement 1. Simplifying we get, x^2 - 2x <0 x(x-2)<0 x<0 x-2<0 x<0 x<2. What am I doing wrong here?[/spoiler] Hey man! From your rearrangement: x^2 - 2x <0 x(x-2)<0 ; this statement is correct ...
- by Pharo
Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:33 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Doubt in inequality
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1154
It says "every" but it does not say "how many". I was given this great advice: "do not assume anything in gmat questions"
- by Pharo
Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:02 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: prime factor DS
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1149
The easiest way to solve this is by drawing: Imagine the row starts from left with a male. You will have 4 people to choose from. Next a female. You have 4 people (4 females) to choose from. Next will be a male, 3 options (since you already chose 1). And female with 3 options etc.. So it will look l...
- by Pharo
Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:55 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: probability help
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1411
- by Pharo
Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:30 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: A good SC question.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1466
Hey man, I agree with you.. "From" sounds more natural to me as well. However, after reducing the choices to B and D, let's check it out. B is the correct one as the OA says. D is not correct because it is missing some parts. The correct form would have been: "at the busiest times, ha...
- by Pharo
Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:10 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: A good SC question.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1466
The answer should in fact be A :) When you are listing some stuff and separating them with commas you have to make sure that those stuff are of the same type. B)change is from : to ;. The : is perfectly fine. So B is eliminated. C)"force and acc. were related" is wrong here. It should be &...
- by Pharo
Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:48 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Punctuation question...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1074
Ques: A person saves each year Rs 100 more than he saved in the preceding year, and he saves Rs 200 the first year. How many years would it take for his savings, not including interest, to amount to Rs 23000 ? OA: 20 I know my strategy is wrong, but could not figure Why? Please advise My Thoughts: ...
- by Pharo
Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:33 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Arithmetic Progression
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1567
Hey man! Relax and take it easy :) Just remember this : Time always passes and these frustrating study times will pass as well! Just make the best of it! It is almost the last mile before the race finishes. You made it all the way here, are you going to quit now??! That is how I made myself study in...
- by Pharo
Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:18 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Not in the mood to study. Possible Burnout?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3373
- by Pharo
Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:06 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Al, Pablo, and Marsha driving
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1962
Hey dude! I believe the question is missing a vital part : The function f is defined for all postive integers n by the following rule: f(n) is the number of positive integers each of which is less than n and has no positive factor in common with n other than 1 . If p is any prime number, then f(p) =...
- by Pharo
Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:01 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: GMAT Prep Question - Function
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1279