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Hi Mitch, Can you please quickly confirm whether form of be-Verb + times + COMPARATIVE is considered CORRECT in GMAT ? The construction in red is acceptable when it serves to express how a subject CHANGES. An OA in the OG for Verbal: Its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT w...
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Wed Aug 28, 2019 4:21 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: CEO
- Replies: 25
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Archeologists have discovered ancient coins in near Antioch
Archeologists have discovered ancient coins in near Antioch, Syria from a variety of neighboring countries dating to the time of the Roman Empire. They have inferred that the Roman Empire established the Antioch as a center of trade, or at least a hub through which trade routes of many countries pas...
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Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:35 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Archeologists have discovered ancient coins in near Antioch
- Replies: 1
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In the past, every ten-percentage-point increase in cigarette prices in the country of Coponia has decreased per capita sales of cigarettes by four percent. Coponia is about to raise taxes on cigarettes by 9 cents per pack. The average price of cigarettes in Coponia is and has been for more than a ...
- by Mo2men
Tue Aug 20, 2019 8:06 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: cigarette
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7827
Can I square both sides in question stem as follows? No, you cannot do that - in general, if you have an inequality, if one side of the inequality might be negative, it is not correct to square both sides. For example, if you start with this inequality, which is clearly true: -3 < 2 then if you squ...
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Mon Aug 12, 2019 3:11 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: |a|-|b|<|a-b|?
- Replies: 3
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|a|-|b|<|a-b|?
Is |a|-|b|<|a-b|?
1) b^a<0
2) |b|>|a|
OA: B
Can I square both sides in question stem as follows?
Is (|a|-|b|)^2<(|a-b|)^2
a^2 -2 |a||b| + b^2 < a^2 -2 ab+ b^2
-2 |a||b| < -2 ab.......divide by -2
Is |a||b| > ab
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Sat Aug 10, 2019 12:13 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: |a|-|b|<|a-b|?
- Replies: 3
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Dear Guru, Can you please explain what the modifier "resulting from..." in choice (A) exactly modifies. Does it modify the clause 'later generation lost'? In this case I think it correct (as modification standpoint) or does it modify the adverbial clause, I think it nonsensical. Which one...
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Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:02 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: lots of phrases modify a noun, confusion!
- Replies: 8
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"To monitor" vs "for monitoring" >> what is the difference between these two? Generally, for + VERBing is an ADJECTIVE serving to modify a NOUN. A: The Breeding Bird Survey uses annual roadside counts along established routes for monitoring. Here, for monitoring seems to be an A...
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Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:44 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Organized in 1966 by the Fish and Wildlife
- Replies: 6
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Thanks GMATGuru and Ian, I still do not understand why combing both inequalities did not produce one conclusive solution. Should do not any pair verifying the combine inequality 9x > 10y also apply directly to each inequality separately ? Take for example x=y=-1 it makes 9x> 10x valid but it does no...
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Thu Jul 18, 2019 3:59 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Is x > y ?
- Replies: 4
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Is x > y ?
Is x > y ? 1) (2/5) x > (3/8) y 2) (3/7) x > (15/29) y OA: C Source: Expert Global My approach 1) (2/5) x > (3/8) y Simplifying 16x > 15y Let x =y=1.................16>15.........answer is No Let x =2 &y=1.................32>15.........answer is Yes Insufficient 2) (3/7) x > (15/29) y Simplifyin...
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Tue Jul 16, 2019 3:44 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Is x > y ?
- Replies: 4
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At an amusement park, tom bought a number of red tokens and green tokens. Each red token costs $0.09, and each green token costs $0.14. If Tom spent a total of exactly $2.06, how many token in total did Tom buy? A. 16 B. 17 C. 18 D. 19 E. 20 OA: D Source: Manhattan 0.09R + 0.14G = 2.06 9R + 14G = 2...
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Thu Jul 11, 2019 7:58 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: At an amusement park, tom bought a number of red tokens
- Replies: 4
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Ellipsis in comparison
I want to know how the ellipsis works in B? B: Carbon emissions will soar to a level more than one-third higher than that in 1990. Here, that serves to refer to level . Implied comparison: Carbon emissions will soar to a level more than one-third higher than the level in 1990. Dear GMATGuru, 1- The...
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Tue Jun 25, 2019 7:43 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Ellipsis in comparison
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2989
Comparison
For the Eastern World, the Buddha’s image in a state of meditation is as significant as the image of the crucified Christ for the West. A. For the Eastern World, the Buddha’s image in a state of meditation is as significant as the image of the crucified Christ for the West. B. The Buddha’s im...
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Sat Jun 22, 2019 10:40 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Comparison
- Replies: 0
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The city of Workney, in raising bus fares from $1.00 to $1.25, proposed that 18 fare tokens be sold for $20.00 to alleviate the extra burden of the fare increase on the city’s poor people. Critics suggested alternatively that 9 fare tokens be sold for $10.00, because a $20.00 outlay would be proh...
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Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:22 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: GMAT Official Guide 2019 The city of Workney
- Replies: 4
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Mixture problem
A vessel of capacity 2 liter has 25% of alcohol and another vessel of capacity 6 liter had 40% alcohol. Both liquids were poured out in one vessel.. What is approximately the new concentration of Mixture? A) 20% B) 30% C) 37.5% D) 50% E) 66.67% OA: C Dear GMAT Guru Can you please show the alligation...
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Wed Jun 12, 2019 9:33 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Mixture problem
- Replies: 3
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The principal feature of the redesigned checks is a series o
gmatguru, what are the errors in D ? D: printed instructions, including reminders to watch, comparing signatures Here, the function of comparing is unclear. Option 1: reminders to watch, reminders comparing signatures This option implies that the REMINDERS are comparing signatures -- a nonsensical ...
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Wed May 29, 2019 7:27 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The principal feature of the redesigned checks is a series o
- Replies: 17
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