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- by mals24
Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:46 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Comparison As vs Like
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1398
this is an official question and should be studied. Yes Sir!!! :) Answer should be E . A fraction is a terminating decimal if the denominator is of the form: 2^n or 5^m or 2^n*5^m. A, C, D are out straight away because their denominators have 3 as one of the factors. Between B and E 128 = 2^7 So E ...
- by mals24
Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:55 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: terminating decimal, pls help
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1848
Total Cost: T Fixed Cost: F Variable Cost: V Given: T =F+V V decreased by 5%. St1: F increased by 13% Before Jan: T =F+V In Jan: T = 1.13F + 0.95V This statement is insuff as we need more information regarding the relationship between F and V. St2: F =5V T =6V. This statement gives us a relationship...
- by mals24
Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:23 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: fc vc
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1300
Your welcome :) Yup Ritish it is a general rule. You can find it in the Manhattan SC guide as well (or any other GMAT SC guide under the subject-verb agreeement section). So you can safely use it. Basically in sentence correction questions, it is usually better to get rid of the middleman, i.e. your...
- by mals24
Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:36 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: help wit this SC:A new generation of
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2955
http://www.beatthegmat.com/many-of-them ... =patchwork
Apparently this question has caused some good amount of confusion before as well 
- by mals24
Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:11 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: That refers to patchwork or green fields ?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3879
usually i follow this rule "In order to distinguish the subject of your sentence, ask "Who?" or "What?" in front of the verb" when i applied the strategy for the above question what prompted the development of more coplex currency designs..? ans:a new generation of sop...
- by mals24
Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:01 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: help wit this SC:A new generation of
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2955
Re: SC practise 4
Although India had committed himself to facing out the mining of asbestos, it has not kept it's word. A.had committed himself to facing out the mining of asbestos, it has not kept it's Pronouns himself (used for people) and it (used for things) dont match. Also we need 'its' not 'it's'. It's is rea...
- by mals24
Sun Apr 19, 2009 3:43 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: SC practise 4
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1506
I'll go with B 'that' should refer to patchwork, which is the subject, and not field work, which is a middleman in this question (anything after 'of' is considered a middle man so you can ignore the phrase 'of field work') Hence we need the singular surrounds and not the plural surround. So that eli...
- by mals24
Sun Apr 19, 2009 3:31 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: That refers to patchwork or green fields ?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3879
Is 1/p > r/(r^2 + 2) ? St 1: p = r Plug in values for p Let p = r = -2 LHS: 1/-2 RHS: -2/6 -0.5< -0.3 Answer to the question is No. Let p = r = 2 LHS: 0.5 RHS: 0.3 0.5>0.3 Answer to the question is Yes St 1 is insuff St 2: r>0...not sufficient. Combining we know that p and r are positive. So 1/p > r...
- by mals24
Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:04 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: GMAT Prep #2 - HELP
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3275
- by mals24
Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:50 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: n integer
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1220
Re: madagascar research site
495. Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, which has made it an ideal site for researching rare flora and fauna. (A) Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, which has made it (B) Madagascar was one o...
- by mals24
Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:23 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: madagascar research site
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3471
Re: question from gmat prep
@xunil56
This is why St 1 is not suff.Vemuri wrote:
1. a^n = 64 ==> 2^6 or 4^3 or 8^2. So, a can be equal to 2,4 or 8. So, insufficient.
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- by mals24
Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:25 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: question from gmat prep
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1531
This is like a remainder question in disguise. So the question is basically saying, n when divided by 5 leaves a remainder of 2. n when divided by 6 leaves a remainder of 1. what is the remainder when n is divided by 7? n = 5a + 2 n = 6b + 1 5a + 2 = 6b + 1 6b-5a = 1 Now what are the two numbers, on...
- by mals24
Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:13 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Advanced GMAT Math QuestionsVersion
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2613
There are various ways to solve this question. Ill give you 2. You can either change number of cars first or the number of workers. 1. change the number of cars first. 6w-->4c-->2d 6w-->6c-->x x = 2*6/4 = 3 days 6w-->6c-->3d 8w-->6c-->y y = 3*6/8 = 9/4 days. 2. change the number of workers first. 6w...
- by mals24
Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:54 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Ratio/Proportion: 3 variables
- Replies: 9
- Views: 47890
Pick a no is not a good strategy, all the mod questions are solvable step by step, I have recently paid huge price to such ad-hoc methods when I ended up scoring a mere 47 in quant and so ruining up my chance to apply for an mba this year. Oppurtunity cost is too much, in practice look for a method...
- by mals24
Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:04 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Is X>0?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3668