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Another percent problem
t Daifu university, 40% of all students are both members of a student organization and want to reduce their tuition costs. 20% of those students who want to reduce tuition are not members of the student organization. What percentage of all Daifu students want to reduce tuition? * 20% * 30% * 40% * 5...
- by jcmsolis
Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:57 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Another percent problem
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PS Percentage problem
A 4 cm cube is cut into 1 cm cubes. What is the percentage increase in the surface area after such cutting?
* 4%
* 166%
* 266%
* 300%
* 400%
- by jcmsolis
Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:56 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: PS Percentage problem
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1752
Re: Advancment in technology CR
Thanks Stuart, That was a really nice explanation. I am sure other members will find it useful as well. [quote="Stuart Kovinsky"][quote="jcmsolis"]I found this CR in another forum. Could you please explain it? Advancement in technology occurs primarily in areas in which customers...
- by jcmsolis
Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:14 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Advancment in technology CR
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3654
Advancment in technology CR
I found this CR in another forum. Could you please explain it? Advancement in technology occurs primarily in areas in which customers have expressed an interest. Only certain businesses are currently demanding advancements in telecommunications technology. Accordingly, future advances in telecommuni...
- by jcmsolis
Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:03 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Advancment in technology CR
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3654
Tough CR
Johnson is on firm ground when he asserts that the early editors of Dickinson’s poetry often distorted her intentions. Yet Johnson’s own, more faithful, text is still guilty of its own forms of distortion. To standardize Dickinson’s often indecipherable handwritten punctuation by the use of the dash...
- by jcmsolis
Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:52 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Tough CR
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2761
The OA is C. Many thanks for the explanation. [quote="hopetobeat"][quote="rchadha7"]ans is C 100/21 Let revenue last month be r Given 220*p=1.1r (220 tckts at p price gives 110% ) r = 220p/1.1 = 200p ---- last months revenue Now if price is incresed by 5% 200(1.05p) = 210p -- thi...
- by jcmsolis
Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:47 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Circus tickets
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2323
Operation with symbols
If P# = p/(p-1), what is the value of P##?
a) p/(p-1)
b) 1/p
c) p
d) 2-p
e) p-1
- by jcmsolis
Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:08 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Operation with symbols
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1467
Circus tickets
If the circus were to sell all of its 220 tickets for this month's performance at their usual price, the revenue from sales would be 10% greater than that collected last month. However, the circus raised the ticket price by 5% and sold only 200 tickets as a result. What percent less was last month's...
- by jcmsolis
Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:03 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Circus tickets
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2323
Average Speed from ManhattanGmat
Average speed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martha takes a road trip from point A to point B. She drives x percent of the distance at 60 miles per hour and the remainder at 50 miles per hour. If Martha's average speed for the entire trip is represen...
- by jcmsolis
Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:23 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Average Speed from ManhattanGmat
- Replies: 4
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Earth's river salt into ocean
The Earth’s rivers constantly carry dissolved salts into its oceans. Clearly, therefore, by taking the resulting increase in salt levels in the oceans over the past hundred years and then determining how many centuries of such increases it would have taken the oceans to reach current salt levels fro...
- by jcmsolis
Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:07 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Earth's river salt into ocean
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14064
Re: I beat it too-740
Congratulations for such a great score! I wish I could obtain that amazing number.
Let us know your story.
Regards[
quote="raj_verma"]Took my GMAT today! 740 ( Q 50 V 40)
I am On seventh sky!
Post the details later!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]
- by jcmsolis
Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:22 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: I beat it too-740
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2788