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Very good question indeed. I would have actually gone with (B) because of as well as that of at the end of the option, this is the only option that compares *success* of 1)newer and smaller companies and 2) large Conglomerates - correctly. But rest of the words in (B) are not the best; on GDay I wou...

by g_beatthegmat

Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:06 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: S Korea and Japan
Replies: 15
Views: 3753

Has to be (C). Here's why - A small marketing consortium wanted to get more young people to take up chess. Since chess is most enjoyable when two people of equal ability play one another, the group believed that few people play chess because it is so hard to find a suitable opponent. The conclusion ...

by g_beatthegmat

Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:34 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Chess
Replies: 10
Views: 3122

For Question # 3 - Q-3 Solve x^2 + 8x + 7 less than 0 A-3 I do - (x+7) (x+1) less than 0 x+7 less than 0 or x less than -7 x+1 less than 0 or x less than -1 so -7 less than x less than -1 Is this OK ? If you see above closely , you got x less than -7 and x less than -1, x less than both -1 and -7, ...

by g_beatthegmat

Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:04 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Inequality problems
Replies: 13
Views: 4781

Question # 2. 4 / (x - 2) Less than 2 => 2 / (x - 2) less than 1 ... (i) Now, inequality (i) can be possible in two ways - 1) If the denominator (which is x-2) is greater than the numerator (2) then the left hand side would be less than 1. Putting the words into an equation - x -2 > 2 => x > 4 ... ...

by g_beatthegmat

Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:31 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Inequality problems
Replies: 13
Views: 4781

Great question to understand the difference between each..other & each..another.

Each ... other should be used when referring to two people
Each ... another should be used when referring to more than two people

"Both ... each other" is not idiomatic.

by g_beatthegmat

Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:01 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: pls explain..
Replies: 8
Views: 5206

:) interesting one. Let's do a POE. (A) A substance from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose, was recently discovered 50 times sweeter than sucrose modifies licorice plant which isn't the intended meaning (B) A substance, which was recently discovered, from the licorice plant, 50 times...


Fantastic. Thanks much Ian, this is definitely a faster approach than plugging in, specially for these types of questions.

by g_beatthegmat

Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:51 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Is plugging values the fastest way for this question?
Replies: 4
Views: 1417

(D). Both are sufficient as durgesh79 mentioned above because of the following reasons - i) Each of the angles is equal to exactly one of the other three angles . If the lines were perpendicular to each other, all the angles would have been equal to 90 degrees. But the statement says each of the ang...

by g_beatthegmat

Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:08 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: 2 intesecting lines..
Replies: 7
Views: 1929

(D) should be it. "warm up" is the correct use.

by g_beatthegmat

Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:50 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: "to" or "in order to" or "so that .
Replies: 3
Views: 1660

IMO it should be (E).

The decisions of John Marshall, the fourth chief justice, have had a greater influence than those of any other chief justice in history.

*those* have to be used immediately after *than* to correctly point to *decisions*.

OA??

by g_beatthegmat

Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:37 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: John Marshall question
Replies: 8
Views: 4473

Is plugging values the fastest way for this question?

Please refer to the screenshot attached.

What do you think is the best approach to such questions? Plugging values?

Thanks.

by g_beatthegmat

Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:58 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Is plugging values the fastest way for this question?
Replies: 4
Views: 1417

love the way durgesh says "he is busy posting the same thread on other forums" :D

fantastic catch durgesh!

by g_beatthegmat

Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:27 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: Scored 780 in GMAT
Replies: 8
Views: 3529
by g_beatthegmat

Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:44 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: pls,help, my freind, this SC
Replies: 13
Views: 3597

It is indeed (A). A. Tobacco advertising cannot be the only factor that affects the prevalence of smoking among teen-agers. In other words, where ever tobacco advertising exists, it MIGHT still be a factor that encourages teenagers to take up smoking. We cannot prove that it does not at all play a f...

by g_beatthegmat

Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:45 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Tobacco Advertising
Replies: 4
Views: 2399