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Thanks so much. I get confused when a question uses inequalities. Can you please explain this? If - k^2 > 49, I thought k>7 or k>-7. Since k is an integer, I assumed k could be 8 and -6. But you say, k<-7 (which is correct as per the OA), please explain why. If k is an integer and k^2 -4 > 45 , then...

by crimson2283

Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:12 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: PS Question
Replies: 5
Views: 1241

PS Question

If k is an integer and k^2 -4 > 45 , then which of the following inequalities must be true?

2k > 13
8k > 56
k^2 > 62
k^3 > 512
k^2 > 523

by crimson2283

Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:34 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: PS Question
Replies: 5
Views: 1241

MGMAT Qn

The Diary of Anne Frank tells the true story of a young girl and her family that were hidden during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands by a gentile Dutch couple, though they were eventually discovered . · that were hidden during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands by a gentile Dutch couple, ...

by crimson2283

Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:55 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: MGMAT Qn
Replies: 12
Views: 2131
by crimson2283

Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:49 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: MGMAT Qn
Replies: 6
Views: 1294

MGMAT Qn

Though viewed from a distance, Saturn's main rings may appear to be smooth and continuous, they are in fact composed of thousands of separate icy ringlets when viewed up close . · Though viewed from a distance, Saturn's main rings may appear to be smooth and continuous, they are in fact composed o...

by crimson2283

Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:26 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: MGMAT Qn
Replies: 6
Views: 1294

SC Qn

A group of students in an American village has been selected for testing a new low-cost electronic notepad being built around a new class of green, power-stingy microchips that use a fraction of the electricity of current computer chips A. has been selected for testing a new low-cost electronic note...

by crimson2283

Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:19 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: SC Qn
Replies: 4
Views: 1118

CR Qn

Antoine : The alarming fact is that among children aged 19 years and younger, the number taking antipsychotic medicines soared 73 percent in the last four years. That is greater than the increase in the number of adults taking antipsychotic medicines during the same period. Lucy : But the use of an...

by crimson2283

Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:31 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: CR Qn
Replies: 7
Views: 2104

Usage of when - Please clarify

As the cost of wireless service has steadily dropped over the last year and as mobile phones have become increasingly common, many people are finding that they can avoid toll charges on their home phones, using their mobile phones for making long-distance calls at night or on weekends, at a time whi...

by crimson2283

Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:11 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Usage of when - Please clarify
Replies: 1
Views: 1022

IMO E

Like should be used. And women (plural subject) needs a plural verb (work)

btgyes wrote:Overwhelming proportion of women work OR WORKS

this is the confusion...

what is the subject here... and why...

overwhelming proportion OR women ?

plz comment

thanks...

by crimson2283

Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:01 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Gmat Prep
Replies: 20
Views: 5442

OA - E

I chose D. D is not the right answer because - Starting from should also have an ending at which is missing in this sentence (Explanation given in SC Grail)

by crimson2283

Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:03 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Interesting SC
Replies: 5
Views: 2045

Brian, Could you also explain the difference between instead of and rather than? Hey guys, Great discussion - and there's a lot of strategy to be learned from this one. First, look at the answer choices: there's a classic 3/2 split here between "had" and "have", so you should kno...

by crimson2283

Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:22 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG Verbal Review SC #39 Retiring Doctors
Replies: 9
Views: 6925

Interesting SC

Among the 1,500 sources of gamma rays Fermi has mapped so far, nothing resembles the bubble-shaped structures, that stretches across more than half of the visible sky from the constellation Virgo and the constellation Grus . A. that stretches across more than half of the visible sky from the constel...

by crimson2283

Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:20 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Interesting SC
Replies: 5
Views: 2045

Yes, can you please explain?

by crimson2283

Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:00 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: SC Qn
Replies: 6
Views: 2642

SC Qn

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by crimson2283

Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:40 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: SC Qn
Replies: 6
Views: 2642