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1C 2A 3D 4A 5D 6C 7A Scooby..Number 5 is A. I didn´t get number 6 as C refers to short lived plants while we should look for a plant with more chances of fecundity. Can somebody expalin this? Tks Nice point Scooby, tks for Q.6, i was tempted by "flowering plant species dependent on insect poll...
- by El Cucu
Wed Jul 22, 2009 2:12 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: plant fecundity - pls answer and comment
- Replies: 8
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You can´t as the equation will result in an absurdness. Ask Ian or Ron or some other guru if you need the theoretical explanation.ogbeni wrote:"-x-1=2x-2 "
If you negated the left half of the equation, why didn't you negate the absolute value on the right half? (
- by El Cucu
Wed Jul 22, 2009 2:11 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Mod x
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1766
- by El Cucu
Wed Jul 22, 2009 2:04 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Mod x
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1766
Re: Women posing differently, can somebody help?
Eight women of eight different heights are to pose for a photo in two rows of four. Each woman in the second row must stand directly behind a shorter woman in the first row. In addition, all of the women in each row must be arranged in order of increasing height from left to right. Assuming that th...
- by El Cucu
Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:57 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Women posing differently, can somebody help?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1973
Re: Red Balls
Box W and Box V each contain several blue sticks and red sticks, and all of the red sticks have the same length. The length of each red stick is 18 inches less than the average length of the sticks in Box W and 6 inches greater than the average length of the sticks in Box V. What is the average (ar...
- by El Cucu
Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:56 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Red Balls
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1157
Re: Mod x
Is |x|< 1? (1) |x + 1| = 2|x - 1| (2) |x - 3|≠ 0 A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient. C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is suf...
- by El Cucu
Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:44 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Mod x
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1766
Re: Slope of the line
In the xy-plane, what is the slope of line l? (1) Line l dose not intersect the line with equation y = 1 - x. (2) Line l intersects the line with equation y = x – 1. A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement ...
- by El Cucu
Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:01 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Slope of the line
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1334
- by El Cucu
Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:38 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Gmat prep1 cr wasps
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1976
Re: Gmat prep1 SC1
Detailed explanation please. I chose C Answer should be A. I can´t see the entire sentence as when I enter in the post all the community sponsors pass through the middle of the sentence. However, the idea is that the hull is x and that the hull is y. Furthermore, the verb tense is simple present. H...
- by El Cucu
Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:26 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Gmat prep1 SC1
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1274
Scooby..Number 5 is A.scoobydooby wrote:1C 2A 3D 4A 5D 6C 7A
I didn´t get number 6 as C refers to short lived plants while we should look for a plant with more chances of fecundity. Can somebody expalin this? Tks
- by El Cucu
Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:01 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: plant fecundity - pls answer and comment
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3350
Re: some other ds from gmatprep
2 more.... I´m not very sure how to explain this. But try numbers Ej. x+y could be 4,5 or 3,5 and x-y could be 0,5 or 1,5. Multiples values for x and for y, so to know this we will need multiple equations, besides x can be positive and y negative or viceversa. Also the addition or subtraction of bo...
- by El Cucu
Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:34 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: some other ds from gmatprep
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1029
Re: one more
the last one, i promise... I) Insufficient. The slope of line k is negative. This means that the line passes through 0,0 coming from up left to down right, crossing quadrants II and IV, so b can be positve or negative. Insufficient. II)Insufficient. a<b One positive and one negative but which one a...
- by El Cucu
Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:18 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: one more
- Replies: 2
- Views: 866
Re: Hard to understand this one
Guys I am having trouble getting a better explanation with this one. I wasn't satisfied with the one given by manhattan guys. Can someone break it down to me in simpler steps pls? Is the positive integer N a perfect square? (1) The number of distinct factors of N is even. (2) The sum of all distinc...
- by El Cucu
Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:50 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Hard to understand this one
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1942
Re: If 2^x.....- 3(2^13), what is the value of x?
Factor the expression 2^x-2 (2^2 - 1)=3. 2^13, 2^x-2 .(3)= (3).2^13, x-2=13, x=15alexdallas wrote:anyone can help with this one?
thank you
- by El Cucu
Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:56 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: If 2^x.....- 3(2^13), what is the value of x?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1242
Re: Uncontrolled dioxins
Hi All, In the following question, the OA is [spoiler] E [/spoiler]. Can someone please tell what is wrong with[spoiler] D .[/spoiler] A report by the American Academy for the Advancement of Science has concluded that much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed c...
- by El Cucu
Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:26 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Uncontrolled dioxins
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3514