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Here's how I do it. 120 to 180 included is 61 integers (180-120+1; +1 because of the "included" part), half of which are even. Since 120 and 180 are already even in this set (the extremes), we know we have 31 even integers out of 61. Then you find the average of 120 and 180, which is 150. ...
- by jeremy8
Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:16 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Help - Problem Solving Question! sitting GMAT soon
- Replies: 4
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Not sure how to do it conceptually, but plugging numbers works very quickly. Just try all the combinations of c+d=11 knowing they're both positive integers and plug them into 5c+8d 1+10, you know d can't be 10 because that's already greater than any of the answer choices, so you try 50+8=58, nowhere...
- by jeremy8
Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:04 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: EIV 4th Ed. Ch. 10 problem set Question 8 -- please help
- Replies: 3
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I think the answer is B). Statement 1 tells us that the score is between 50 and 90. Taking two extremes, 50 and 59, we see that the bonus on 50 would be 10, which is 20% of 50, so the bonus would be greater than 17% of the base score. 59 would still yield a bonus of 10 on the base score, but 0.17*59...
- by jeremy8
Tue Jul 06, 2010 4:07 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: percentage & Number theory
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2241
You're welcome, good luck for your preparation!ace001 wrote: Thanks so much for your help and time!
- by jeremy8
Tue Jul 06, 2010 2:13 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Please help me im having trouble!!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2914
I think the Official Guides and their supplements are the most important, because they contain tons of problems from actual GMAT material. Personally I use the MGMAT quant books to study. They're very well written and go in depth about every subject you're going to find on the test, including specif...
- by jeremy8
Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:08 am- Forum: GMAT Math
- Topic: regular math --> gmat math
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1110
Answer is B. Fund A made 12% interest over that common 2 year period. That's 240$, so at the end of that 2 year period, Fund A has 2240$. Fund B made 30% compounded anually, which is different from 60% over 2 years. Compounded means that after the first year, it had made 30% on 1000$, which is 300$,...
- by jeremy8
Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:50 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Please help me im having trouble!!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2914
good question!! correct me if i am wrong please! the only way of making a square would be if the dimensions are perfect squares? so in that case if the longer end is 4 mts it would suffice ? how do you get 2/5? on another note, dimensions could be anyting right? cz root2 * root2 could also be the d...
- by jeremy8
Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:43 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: gmatclub clever wire problem
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2571
You're welcomemj78ind wrote:@Jeremy Thanks
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- by jeremy8
Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:41 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: gmat club - tough one
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1441
Another approach: A -C + B =even D + B - A = odd Thus, A -C + B + (D + B - A) = odd OR 2B - C + D is odd, since 2B is even, -C + D has to be odd Another option, A -C + B - (D + B - A) = odd OR 2A - (C+D) is odd since 2A is even, C+D has to be odd Hence pick C Brilliant, love it!
- by jeremy8
Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:17 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: gmat club - tough one
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1441
- by jeremy8
Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:26 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: sliced horizontally
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3305
I'd say B after an insane approximation, but....drawing it, I got: Basically, the hypothenuse goes from (0,1.4) to (5,0). Using it as the base, since it's a diagonal respectively to the x axis, it's a little more than 5 units long. The height would be from point (2, sqr of 10) to a 90 degree angle o...
- by jeremy8
Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:55 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: closest to the area
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1189
Establish a list of 4^N to see the cycle: 4,16,64,256,1024... So when N is even, the last digit is always 6 and when N is odd, the last digit is 4. We can rephrase as: Is N even or odd? 1) N^2 is divisible by 4 means N has at least one factor of 2, so Sufficient. 2) N+2 is divisible by 6 means that ...
- by jeremy8
Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:42 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: 4^N concept
- Replies: 2
- Views: 910
the concept which needs to sink in is perhaps... if A+B is even A-B and B-A are also even similarly if A+B is odd A-B and B-A are also odd Exactly. The other thing I really want to take away from this is what to look for in this kind of problem. I had all the necessary knowledge required to find th...
- by jeremy8
Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:19 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: gmat club - tough one
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1441
conceptually yes.... infact...when i tried to solve this conceptually...i too got into a mess....and gave up... this is how it is explained so neatly in gmatclub test.. Rewrite A - C + B as (A + B) - C and D + B - A as D + (B - A) . If A + B is even, B - A is even too. If A + B is odd, B - A is odd...
- by jeremy8
Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:05 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: gmat club - tough one
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1441
let A=2,B=0,C=0,D=3 Satisfies both A-C+B is even and D + B - A is odd eliminates options D and E let A=1,B=1,c=0,D=3 eliminates A,B pick C Great solution, that's really smart. This problem is really interesting. Is there a way to solve this conceptually without plugging numbers? I know it's probabl...
- by jeremy8
Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:52 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: gmat club - tough one
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1441