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Please rate my essays - AWA

Analysis of an argument: The following appeared in a memorandum from the business department of the Apogee Company. “When the Apogee Company had all its operations in one location, it was more profitable than it is today. Therefore the Apogee Company should close down its field offices and conduct ...

by singh_amit19

Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:23 am
Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
Topic: Please rate my essays - AWA
Replies: 1
Views: 6259
by singh_amit19

Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:15 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Brutal SC - SET 27 Q17
Replies: 11
Views: 2458

PS - MGMAT - confusion

What is the units digit of the solution to 177^28 - 133^23?
PS NOT: ^ signifies raised to the power

(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 6
(E) 9

by singh_amit19

Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:18 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: PS - MGMAT - confusion
Replies: 2
Views: 1400

Re: GMAT GLUB top 100 Difficult Math Problems doubts

Hi, I downloaded and have been reviewing the 100 difficult math problems from this site: firstly, I want to say thats for gathering all the probs together, some are pretty challenging! Are these the difficult probs on the actual gmat, and what is the probability that these types of probs show up on...

by singh_amit19

Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:11 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: GMAT GLUB top 100 Difficult Math Problems doubts
Replies: 7
Views: 2717

SC - SET 27 Q18

The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will orbit the asteroid Eros for a year, slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago. A. to ma...

by singh_amit19

Sat Oct 06, 2007 1:29 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: SC - SET 27 Q18
Replies: 3
Views: 2092

I picked B.....as "her" doesn't have a clear referrant..."her" refers to Frances Perkins’ investigations instead of Frances Perkins

Please explain your choices!!!

by singh_amit19

Sat Oct 06, 2007 1:11 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Brutal SC - SET 27 Q17
Replies: 11
Views: 2458

Brutal SC - SET 27 Q17

So dogged were Frances Perkins’ investigations of the garment industry, and her lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent , Alfred E. Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt recruited Perkins to work within the government, rather than as a social worker. A. and her lobbying for wage and hour reform w...

by singh_amit19

Sat Oct 06, 2007 1:08 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Brutal SC - SET 27 Q17
Replies: 11
Views: 2458

i suppose it shud be ~20%

1 X 4C1 / 6C3 = 20%

by singh_amit19

Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:30 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Probability - MGAMT
Replies: 6
Views: 2009

Probability - MGAMT

Anthony and Michael sit on the six-member board of directors for company X. If the board is to be split up into 2 three-person subcommittees, what percent of all the possible subcommittees that include Michael also include Anthony?


20%
30%
40%
50%
60%

by singh_amit19

Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:25 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Probability - MGAMT
Replies: 6
Views: 2009

My appr:

I zeroed down to the answer

Number of days till the stock prices increased n = [sqrt(v+q)/p) + 1]

So, Total no. of days: n + 1

????

by singh_amit19

Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:10 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: PS - MGMAT CAT 1
Replies: 2
Views: 1359

PS - MGMAT CAT 1

An investor purchased a share of non-dividend-paying stock for p dollars on Monday. For a certain number of days, the value of the share increased by r percent per day. After this period of constant increase, the value of the share decreased the next day by q dollars and the investor decided to sell...

by singh_amit19

Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:05 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: PS - MGMAT CAT 1
Replies: 2
Views: 1359

My approach:

1 - probability of non-similar cards being picked up
= 1- 2 X (6C4/12C4)
= 31 / 33

Why i am wrong???

by singh_amit19

Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:48 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: MGMAT CAT - 1
Replies: 2
Views: 1403

MGMAT CAT - 1

Bill has a small deck of 12 playing cards made up of only 2 suits of 6 cards each. Each of the 6 cards within a suit has a different value from 1 to 6; thus, there are 2 cards in the deck that have the same value. Bill likes to play a game in which he shuffles the deck, turns over 4 cards, and looks...

by singh_amit19

Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:47 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: MGMAT CAT - 1
Replies: 2
Views: 1403

25 days & 9 Hours to GMAT Target is 7XX

Hi Folks, Need quick help from all the beat the GMAT members. I am taking my GMAT and I have 25days & 9hours left for that. I am targetting somewhere around 750. Just for the background info i have already taken GMAT once and could not touch my target score (during my last prep i was scoring on ...

by singh_amit19

Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:41 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: 25 days & 9 Hours to GMAT Target is 7XX
Replies: 6
Views: 2507