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GmatKiss wrote:
GmatKiss wrote:IMO: E
and i guess this is not a valid GMAT question!
And yes, this is more LSAT than GMAT - the GMAT tends to stay away from formal logic If A-> then B type questions.

by Geva@EconomistGMAT

Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:36 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: critical reasoning problem
Replies: 11
Views: 2237

E is not true. If the departmental store is 2 floor then it WONT have an elevator. So 'some' in the option is incorrect. correct E option would look like "All 2 floor department stores do not have elevators" '2 floor department store' is different from the 'second floor of some department...

by Geva@EconomistGMAT

Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:33 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: critical reasoning problem
Replies: 11
Views: 2237

forrestgump, acc to C, anything before 60000 BC with Carbon Dating is unreliable. That means Carbon dating around 52000BC was reliable. This means that whatever skeptics pointed out was acceptable. How does this weaken what skeptics say? We are trying to weaken the skeptics' view. But the skeptics ...

by Geva@EconomistGMAT

Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:25 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Carbon Dating
Replies: 7
Views: 2058

Mel: The official salary for judges has always been too low to attract the best Candidates to the job. The legislature's move to raise the salary has done nothing to improve the situation, because it was coupled with a ban on receiving money for lectures and teaching engagements. Pat: No, the raise...

by Geva@EconomistGMAT

Sun Oct 09, 2011 5:50 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: official salary for judges
Replies: 7
Views: 2014

Mel: The official salary for judges has always been too low to attract the best Candidates to the job. The legislature's move to raise the salary has done nothing to improve the situation, because it was coupled with a ban on receiving money for lectures and teaching engagements. Pat: No, the raise...

by Geva@EconomistGMAT

Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:19 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: official salary for judges
Replies: 7
Views: 2014

Q4: You need stat. (1) to fix them as integers, otherwise for stat. (2) x can be 2 and y=4.5, in which case (1+4.5)^3 is not an even integer - it is not an integer at all. If x and y are integers, then the only possible options for xy=9 are x=3, y=3, or x=1, y=9 - bot of which will yield an even int...

by Geva@EconomistGMAT

Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:14 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Several math probs, pls help to explain me, 600+
Replies: 4
Views: 1547

Q3: Stat. (1) and (2) are both insufficient because m can be 100 (and then m^3 = 10^6, with 7 digits) or 400 = 4*10^2 (in which case m^3 = 64*10^6) = 8 digits)

by Geva@EconomistGMAT

Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:10 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Several math probs, pls help to explain me, 600+
Replies: 4
Views: 1547

(1) if X>1 and Y>1, is X<Y? (1) X^2/(XY+X)<1 (2) XY/Y^2-Y<1 I chose D, but OA is E ,why???? Stat. (1) X^2/(XY+X) = x^2/x(y+1) = x/y+1<1 Multiply times y+1 (you can do that because it's positive, since y>1) x<y+1 so if x is smaller than y+1, does that mean that x is smaller than y? Not necessarily: I...

by Geva@EconomistGMAT

Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:03 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Several math probs, pls help to explain me, 600+
Replies: 4
Views: 1547

Hi, I started my prep 3 months ago. In my first mock, (GMATprep1) I scored 500. I knew I had a long way to go, so I started my prep and till last month my max mock score was 610(Q40, V35) (veritas prep). Then I reviewed the mocks again and found that I was doing worst in DS in quant and CR and RC i...

by Geva@EconomistGMAT

Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:39 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: 3 days to go
Replies: 1
Views: 994

Ok, that's TOO much information to process :) It's difficult to say with certainty from the score report you included, but your average time for each question format in data sufficiency and all verbal formats is lower than expected. Would I be correct in saying that you tend to finish the sections ...

by Geva@EconomistGMAT

Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:32 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Test in 3 weeks. What to do ??
Replies: 6
Views: 1308

Need more info/input. How have you been preparing? Score breakdowns? Time management in each section? GMATPREP results (the only test I truly trust in terms of score prediction) Thanks a lot for your reply! Please find a bit about my background below I work full time, take care of a part time busin...

by Geva@EconomistGMAT

Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:50 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Test in 3 weeks. What to do ??
Replies: 6
Views: 1308

Correctly measuring the productivity of service workers is complex. Consider, for example, postal workers: they are often said to be more productive if more letters are delivered per postal worker. But is this really true? What if more letters are lost or delayed per worker at the same time that mo...

by Geva@EconomistGMAT

Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:17 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Postal Service
Replies: 10
Views: 2215

Wow, Geva thank you so much for that. Just one more question. I read your article with the Ruffe fish (lovely post btw) and I realized that in that particular question, I was able to capture the crux of the argument. The argument was very clear in my mind and I knew in essence what was the kind of ...

by Geva@EconomistGMAT

Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:33 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: another MGMAT CAT Googly
Replies: 21
Views: 3632

Wow, Geva thank you so much for that. Just one more question. I read your article with the Ruffe fish (lovely post btw) and I realized that in that particular question, I was able to capture the crux of the argument. The argument was very clear in my mind and I knew in essence what was the kind of ...

by Geva@EconomistGMAT

Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:30 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: another MGMAT CAT Googly
Replies: 21
Views: 3632