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OG Verbal review Q.no 69
When people evade income taxes by not declaring taxable income,a vicious cycle results.Tax evasion forces lawmakers to raise income tax rates,which causes the tax burden on nonevading taxpayers to become heavier.This,in turn,encourages even more taxpayers to evade income taxes by hiding taxable inco...
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Sat Oct 09, 2010 5:43 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: OG Verbal review Q.no 69
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I highly recommend you to study powerscore cr bible first and see if you are improving!! Hi, I would like to have some advise on how to improve the CR accuracy.I currently have a accuracy level of 50%.My verbal score is very low.I would like to improve it in one month's time.Because I have schedule...
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Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:04 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Pls advise on CR strategy
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Pls advise on CR strategy
Hi, I would like to have some advise on how to improve the CR accuracy.I currently have a accuracy level of 50%.My verbal score is very low.I would like to improve it in one month's time.Because I have scheduled my GMAT exam on the end of the month.Is it better to take a e-GMAT course for 2 hrs to i...
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Tue Oct 05, 2010 8:12 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Pls advise on CR strategy
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Another approach: Usually such questions have a solution which has the power = 0, and when we are substituting values 0 seems like a good choice too. When we substitute 0 we get solutions for B, C and D. Now to eliminate between A and E, try out other numbers. 1 solves E thus we are left with A thr...
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Sun Oct 03, 2010 7:44 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: MGMAT CAT exam question
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Hi I got this question in a MGMAT CAT exam.If any of you can solve this question using different method ,please let me know. Each of the following equations has at least one solution EXCEPT –2^n = (–2)^-n 2^-n = (–2)^n 2^n = (–2)^-n (–2)^n = –2^n (–2)^-n = –2^-n The usual method is ...
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Fri Oct 01, 2010 6:50 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: MGMAT CAT exam question
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MGMAT CAT exam question
Hi I got this question in a MGMAT CAT exam.If any of you can solve this question using different method ,please let me know. Each of the following equations has at least one solution EXCEPT –2^n = (–2)^-n 2^-n = (–2)^n 2^n = (–2)^-n (–2)^n = –2^n (–2)^-n = –2^-n The usual method is t...
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Thu Sep 30, 2010 12:39 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: MGMAT CAT exam question
- Replies: 4
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Thank you for the explanation. [/i] I need one more clarification please.Since 1/4 of 8 is 2 .How did you decide that it is 7th no ? Since 1/4 of the terms are above the number we want, and since there are 8 terms, there will be: (1/4)(8) = 2 terms above the correct answer. Since there are 8 terms ...
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Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:44 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: GMAT prep problem -How to get the answer
- Replies: 5
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38,69,22,73,31,47,13,82 Which of the following numbers is greater than three fourths of the numbers but less than one-fourths of the numbers in the list above ? I didn't note down all the 5 answer choices.But the correct answer is 71.Could anyone pls help me to arrive at the answer? Hi, the first t...
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Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:12 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: GMAT prep problem -How to get the answer
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38,69,22,73,31,47,13,82 Which of the following numbers is greater than three fourths of the numbers but less than one-fourths of the numbers in the list above ? I didn't note down all the 5 answer choices.But the correct answer is 71.Could anyone pls help me to arrive at the answer? Hi, the first t...
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Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:53 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: GMAT prep problem -How to get the answer
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GMAT prep problem -How to get the answer
38,69,22,73,31,47,13,82
Which of the following numbers is greater than three fourths of the numbers but less than one-fourths of the numbers in the list above ?
I didn't note down all the 5 answer choices.But the correct answer is 71.Could anyone pls help me to arrive at the answer?
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Fri Aug 20, 2010 4:06 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: GMAT prep problem -How to get the answer
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Concision clarification
This is from Manhattan GMAT SC book In GMC advanced chapter Although most consumers are suspicious of such offers, colin wants to purchase the two-for-one vacation package. Consumers suspect such offers is unidiomatic.So I cannot modify the first part of the above sentence. But the sentence Many dir...
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Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:15 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Concision clarification
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It was really helpful.Thanks Hi, Assuming y=4 The greatest integer less than y is 3 and the greatest integer equal to y is 4. I am afraid this may not be right. The greatest integer lesser than or equal to 4 is 4. hence, if y = 4; [y] = 4. hence, y-[y] = 0 If d = y-[y], then d is less than 1 indeed....
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Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:14 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: OG quant review inequality problem
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OG quant review inequality problem
[y] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to y.Is d < 1? 1) d= y-[y] 2) [d] =0 I could not understand the explanation for this problem.Very confusing.Can anybody pls tell me a simple approach to this problem. I tried this problem in the following manner. Assuming y=4 The greatest integer l...
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Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:45 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: OG quant review inequality problem
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Fri May 14, 2010 11:26 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: when to simplify ?
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Anyone planning to take GMAT later this year? I am interested in joining a Study Group to help me keep motivated. Weeknights and Weekends would work for me. I am planning to take GMAT by end of Aug.Weekends would be great.I live in Boston area and I am interested to join the study group.You can mai...
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Tue May 04, 2010 2:42 pm- Forum: Let's Meet Up
- Topic: Study Group in Boston
- Replies: 25
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