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Mitch, Statement 2: If Rachel had thrown the die one more time, the probability of getting at least one x would have been 61/125. For the correct answer to be D, statement 2 must offer the SAME TWO FACTS as statement 1: Fact 1: The die is thrown two times (implying that ONE MORE TIME = THREE throws)...
- by vk_vinayak
Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:06 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Probability
- Replies: 5
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Hi, Below Q is not from any OG. Q: In the figure, BD is parallel to EG, AD = 6, DG = 4, and triangle AEF has an area of 75. What is the area of triangle ABC ? A) 27 B) 36 C) 45 D) 54 E) 63 http://s17.postimage.org/dbd9k4xej/figgggggg.jpg Answer = A . Please explain answer too ! Thankx... RULE: For ...
- by vk_vinayak
Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:29 am- Forum: GMAT Math
- Topic: Similar Figures Problem - Geometry
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3117
Rachel is throwing a die with sides numbered consecutively from 1 to x. What is the probability that she gets at least one x? (1) The probability of getting an x on either of the two times that Rachel throws the die is 1/5. (2) If Rachel had thrown the die one more time, the probability of getting ...
- by vk_vinayak
Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:13 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Probability
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1851
I agree with the explanation given below. Can you please explain why B is wrong and had been another option F. because the Would it have been correct/wrong? B is wrong because the relationship intended in the question is not causal. Sentence doesn't intend to discuss WHY the block of multimedia tex...
- by vk_vinayak
Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:56 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Block of Media
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1542
Is it a complete question? agrandh01 wrote:If a is to b is to c, is c positive?
1) c=2a
2) b^2=32
OA IS E
c = ?
- by vk_vinayak
Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:38 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: C positive?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 877
A block of multimedia text differs from a paragraph in a linear narrative in that the work is necessarily fragmented; each block of text must carry out its literary function independently. a.) in that the b.) since the c.) because of the d.) due to the e.) that the Answer is a Does e spoil the mean...
- by vk_vinayak
Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:25 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Block of Media
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1542
The subject does not change - "transplanting" is the subject in both clauses. Therefore, it does not need to be repeated and can be elided. So, you're saying that repetition of the subject is not an issue between D and E, and that E is incorrect only because of the redundancy? Please conf...
- by vk_vinayak
Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:19 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SVA One of the + Plural noun
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2672
The number of students assigned to special “disruptive behavior� classes in a school district has dropped by 55% over the past decade. The district superintendent gives all the credit for the decrease to teachers for providing better discipline and guidance in appropriate classroom etiquette to...
- by vk_vinayak
Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:19 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: The number of students assigned to special “disruptive
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2283
I have posted the sentence as well as the reasoning from their explanation. They have claimed the ditto reasoning. I don't want to add the complete question because then the discussion around the concept will get derailed. Thanks! Sure; I just wanted the correct answer choice for comparison. Anyway...
- by vk_vinayak
Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:06 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: veritas - pronoun antecedent
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1536
The bold-faced 'their' lacks antecedent. (family is singular, hence their can't apply to family's). The second 'their' applies to people.imskpwr wrote:Can someone use of "their" in explain option B,
their appreciation that as people dehydrate, their
- by vk_vinayak
Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:27 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Ordeal
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1586
@Kasia, Good question: I have doubt regarding D V/s E. One of the main differences between D and E -- that you didn't discuss -- is repetition of the subject in the second clause of E. I believe, since you are using COMMA + AND, it results in a separate clause and hence subject must be present in th...
- by vk_vinayak
Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:02 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SVA One of the + Plural noun
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2672
Plays by Aphra Behn, performed by the Duke’s Company, were published in England in the 1670s, making her one of the first female authors to earn a living by writing. The explanation says that the pronoun 'her' cannot refer to 'Aphra Behn' because it is not the subject of the sentence (it’s the ...
- by vk_vinayak
Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:12 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: veritas - pronoun antecedent
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1536
It has recently been shown that SIDS likely occurs more due to the fact that persistent high levels of hemoglobin are found in infants suffering from the syndrome than lung immaturity. due to the fact that persistent high levels of hemoglobin are found in infants suffering from the syndrome than lu...
- by vk_vinayak
Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:14 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SIDS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1900
Although Napoleon’s army entered Russia with far more supplies than they had in their previous campaigns , it had provisions for only twenty-four days. (A) they had in their previous campaigns (B) their previous campaigns had had (C) they had for any previous campaign (D) in their previous campai...
- by vk_vinayak
Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:13 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Napoleon's army
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1167
there are 100 cards numbered from 1 to 100 . If three cards are drawn at random and with replacement, what is the probability that the sum of three numbers on the cards so selected will be odd? a.1/4 b.3/8 c.1/2 d.5/8 e.3/4 Not sure if this method is correct. Two possibilities will make the sum odd...
- by vk_vinayak
Sat Sep 08, 2012 8:23 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: probability
- Replies: 1
- Views: 876