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- by winniethepooh
Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:50 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: A Manhattan Cat question.
- Replies: 12
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Is 'when' justified?
Is the use of 'when' in the non-underlined portion justified?
'When' is used to describe/indicate a time frame.
Wouldn't 'If' provide a better construction in this sentence?
Please provide reasons for your choice!
- by winniethepooh
Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:06 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Is 'when' justified?
- Replies: 5
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I know that 'which' is correctly used after a comma to modify a noun preceding comma OR after a noun + preposition + noun to modify the noun before preposition (or other uses as context suggests). My question is: When ( if ever) is 'which' correctly used within a phrase? Such as, in option B 'which'...
- by winniethepooh
Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:56 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Proper uses of phrases including 'which'
- Replies: 4
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Proper uses of phrases including 'which'
Each year, thousands of salmon swim to spawn up the rivers of Maine,only a few of which are genetically recognizable descendants of the salmon that swam up the same rivers centuries ago. a. Same as underlined b. spawn by swimming up the rivers of Maine, only a few of which c. swim up the rivers of M...
- by winniethepooh
Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:27 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Proper uses of phrases including 'which'
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1729
- by winniethepooh
Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:26 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: A Manhattan Cat question.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3275
A Manhattan Cat question.
Spanish guitarist and composer Andres Segovia led the twentieth-century revival of the classical guitar, which was not considered sufficiently prestigious enough to be a concert instrument . Segovia led the twentieth-century revival of the classical guitar, which was not considered sufficiently pres...
- by winniethepooh
Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:03 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: A Manhattan Cat question.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3275
Let S be the set of all the two-digit natural numbers with distinct digits. In how many ways can the ordered pair (P, Q) be selected such that P and Q belong to S and have at least one digit in common? 4032 2720 2439 2529 2448 Number of integers in S: Tens digit can be any digit 1 through 9 = 9 cho...
- by winniethepooh
Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:55 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: distinct
- Replies: 33
- Views: 16282
I think the answer should be D. The whole passage talks about advertisement expenses. The two advertisement type discussed are television advertisement(traditional advertisement/traditional advertisement outlet)and the internet based advertisement. The passage also discusses which is better in the s...
- by winniethepooh
Sat Feb 18, 2012 1:34 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: internet marketing
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3899
- by winniethepooh
Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:40 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: GMat prep problem: Although the industrial union
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1671
I have a very basic way to solve this. 0 is straight away out as explained by Brent above. now to find least possible value of x + 4/x lets equate it to each answer choice. So, x + 4/x = 1 ; x^2 + 4 = x ; x^2 - x + 4 =0 _____ (1) similarly, equation with 2, 3 and 4 you get, x^2 -2x + 4 = 0 _____(2) ...
- by winniethepooh
Sun Feb 12, 2012 12:48 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Confusing problem
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1789
Wow Mitch, as always your explanations make such a lot of sense!!
That's really helpful in saving time!!
Thanks a lot.
- by winniethepooh
Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:29 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Manhattan Gmat problem
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2257
√{3√80 + 3/(9+4√5)} = ? If the answer choices are sufficiently different, we can ballpark the answer quickly: √(3√80 + 3/(9+4√5)) ≈ √(3*9 + fraction) ≈ √27 ≈ 3√7. Hi Mitch, I didn't understand how did you get to the step in bold red above. Just to correct √27 = 3√3
- by winniethepooh
Thu Dec 15, 2011 6:22 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Manhattan Gmat problem
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2257
- by winniethepooh
Thu Dec 15, 2011 6:18 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Manhattan Gmat problem
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2257
- by winniethepooh
Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:44 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Manhattan Gmat problem
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2257
- by winniethepooh
Sun Nov 13, 2011 7:21 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Veritas prep
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1197