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Pseudomonas fluorescens

Cultivation of a single crop on a given tract of land leads eventually to decreased yields. One reason for this is that harmful bacterial phytopathogens, organisms parasitic on plant hosts, increase in the soil surrounding plant roots. The problem can be cured by crop rotation, denying the pathogens...

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Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:03 pm
Forum: Reading Comprehension
Topic: Pseudomonas fluorescens
Replies: 1
Views: 2434

John Webster

Critics have long been puzzled by the inner contradictions of major characters in John Webster’s tragedies. In his The Duchess of Malfi, for instance, the Duchess is “good� in demonstrating the obvious tenderness and sincerity of her love for Antonio, but “bad� in igno...

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Wed Jun 01, 2016 9:21 pm
Forum: Reading Comprehension
Topic: John Webster
Replies: 1
Views: 2185

Could anybody shed some more light on what's wrong with option D?

by gmat_for_life

Mon May 30, 2016 7:39 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Advertisement:Anyone who exercises knows
Replies: 11
Views: 3675

GMAT Advanced Quant

If abcd ≠ 0, is abcd < 0?

1. a/b>c/d
2. b/a>d/c

[spoiler]OA is C. Could anyone please show some examples to prove that C is sufficient?[/spoiler]

Regards,
Amit

by gmat_for_life

Sun May 29, 2016 2:03 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: GMAT Advanced Quant
Replies: 7
Views: 2913

Thanks a lot Rich!

That was so silly of me indeed! Should have noticed the wordings of the question properly.

Regards,
Amit

by gmat_for_life

Thu May 26, 2016 10:55 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Manhattan Advanced Quant
Replies: 3
Views: 1745

Manhattan Advanced Quant

In a certain clothing store, the most expensive pair of socks sells for one dollar less than twice the price of the cheapest pair of socks. A customer notices that for exactly $18, she can buy three fewer pairs of the most expensive socks than the cheapest socks. What could be the number of pairs of...

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Thu May 26, 2016 9:43 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Manhattan Advanced Quant
Replies: 3
Views: 1745

Thanks a lot Rich! I think I understood why option C is the correct answer. Option C basically states that the suicides over the months of October and November were considerably lower over the previous and the later years whereas the same were quite high during the year of the crash, an observation ...

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Mon May 23, 2016 8:45 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Suicide Wave
Replies: 2
Views: 1458

Thanks a lot Mitch! Your explanations are quite detailed and well organized as always!!! :) Your explanation helped me understand the process to apply the contrapositive principle to statements which are of the form 'If A then B or C'. I'm not sure if this principle is tested on the GMAT but it was ...

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Mon May 23, 2016 8:34 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Aristotle Compilation LSAT CR
Replies: 13
Views: 3415

Suicide Wave

The “suicide wave� that followed the United States stock market crash of October 1929 is more legend than fact. Careful examination of the monthly figures on the causes of death in 1929 shows that the number of suicides in October and in November was comparatively low. In only three other months...

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Sat May 21, 2016 11:38 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Suicide Wave
Replies: 2
Views: 1458

Hello Experts,

I understand why option C to this question is correct. I believe its the 'reversal and negation' logic that has been utilized for option C. However, could you please help me understand the flaw behind the other options?

Regards,
Amit

by gmat_for_life

Sat May 21, 2016 10:56 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Aristotle Compilation LSAT CR
Replies: 13
Views: 3415

Hello Experts, I have a specific question with regards to option E. The solution that the author is proposing is regarding the 'Poor scientific work on the part of any one scientist'. However, if scientists work as a part of a team rather than alone, this plan would fail to be effective. Could you p...

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Thu May 19, 2016 11:55 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: CR LSAT
Replies: 3
Views: 3170

Thank you Ankur! My only question is that if we are able to prove with the aid of numbers that there were more sales CEO's in comparison with the the number of marketing CEO's, we would be able to expose a classic number percentage flaw in the above analysis. Its quite possible that despite a higher...

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Sun May 08, 2016 7:29 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: CEO's
Replies: 3
Views: 1611

CEO's

Most CEO’s have either sales or marketing experience prior to becoming the CEO. Data shows that, over the past decade, 30% of CEO’s who have prior sales experience have successfully transformed the strategy of a company and taken a company into a completely new direction whereas only 20% of CEOâ...

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Wed May 04, 2016 8:43 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: CEO's
Replies: 3
Views: 1611

Hello experts,

Can we write the original statement 1/(a-b)<b-a as (a-b)^2<-1?

Regards,
Amit

by gmat_for_life

Mon Apr 25, 2016 7:40 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Is 1/(a - b) < b - a ?
Replies: 4
Views: 5947

Hello experts, I was going through Ron's solution to this question. I realized that we have to pick numbers whose LCM is 30. Could you please let me know how to pick such numbers? Its easy to find the LCM when the numbers are given but to find those 2 numbers when the LCM is given is a bit confusing...

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Mon Apr 25, 2016 7:17 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: GMAT Prep question - really tough one - LCM, GCF factor etc.
Replies: 19
Views: 11070