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In anticipation of the coming year, Tecumseh Autos, a nation

In anticipation of the coming year, Tecumseh Autos, a national auto manufacturer, is anticipating sales of its vehicles. Tecumseh manufactures compact cars, sedans, minivans, trucks, SUVs, and sports cars. In all categories of vehicles, Tecumseh sets prices so that the profit per vehicle is, on ave...


A work with merits, The History of the United States (1801-

A work with merits, The History of the United States (1801-1817) , which Henry Adams thought was his masterpiece, has been neglected, and therefore, ironically, it is not as popular as his memoirs, The Education of Henry Adams , which he intended as a small publication for friends and which, after ...


Zhuangzi had an interpretation of Daoism that was highly ima

Zhuangzi had an interpretation of Daoism that was highly imaginative, but in terms of a lasting impact on the course of Chinese civilization this was not as influential as the interpretation of Confucianism of Mengzi, who was his contemporary . (A) Zhuangzi had an interpretation of Daoism that was ...


Many acids corrode many metals, such as iron and copper, and

Many acids corrode many metals, such as iron and copper, and oxygen does the same thing to them . (A) Many acids corrode many metals, such as iron and copper, and oxygen itself does the same thing to them. (B) Like many acids, oxygen itself has a corrosive effect on many metals, such as iron and co...


For parts of his life, Burroughs, a writer in self-imposed

For parts of his life, Burroughs, a writer in self-imposed exile, and in a similar way, Joyce lived a generation earlier, leaving Ireland and choosing to write about his homeland from a distance. (A) Burroughs, a writer in self-imposed exile, and in a similar way, Joyce lived a generation earlier, ...


After the merger of Fastco and Celeriton, the CFO of Fastco

After the merger of Fastco and Celeriton, the CFO of Fastco has been charged with reporting the earnings of the employees of both companies, and however he may choose to do so , he will have to abide by relevant state tax laws. (A) however he may choose to do so (B) in order to choose to do so (C) ...


Of all the things that Washington could have done in conduct

Of all the things that Washington could have done in conducting the American Revolution , the war against the British would not have succeeded without French intervention. (A) Of all the things that Washington could have done in conducting the American Revolution (B) Washington might have conducted...


Hi Mike, Just wanted to check, what is the level of this question? Thanks Dear Amrabdelnaby, I'm happy to respond. :-) This question is a somewhat easier question, certainly not a member of that mythological and highly suspicious category called "700+ questions." My friend, I am going to ...

by Mike@Magoosh

Thu Nov 19, 2015 10:31 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: In a company of only 20 employees, 10 employees make $80,000
Replies: 7
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Daniel Bernoulli (1700 – 1782) derived the famous fluid equation named after him, to explain an airplane’s wing’s generation of lift , and made a discovery that led to an early method of measuring blood pressure. to explain an airplane’s wing’s generation of lift.......seems to modify der...


Hi The sentence already has an it in the non-underlined part which refers to disease, then how can it be refer to parasite further in the sentence. As the rule states a pronoun must refer to the same antecedent in the complete sentence. Please explain Schistosomiasis, a disease caused by a parasiti...

by Mike@Magoosh

Sat Aug 29, 2015 10:55 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Schistosomiasis, a disease caused by a parasitic worm
Replies: 16
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With Arcsun Corporation announcing their new home video syst

With Arcsun Corporation announcing their new home video system, Playlite has to upgrade their systems to compete with them. (A) With Arcsun Corporation announcing their new home video system, Playlite has to upgrade their systems to compete with them (B) With Arcsun Corporation announcing its new h...


Hi mike, Could you please provide your approach on this. I looked on blogs also but all have provided negation test for all the options. This is time consuming. negation we can apply when we have only 2 options to save time. Please clarify this one. Although I marked this one right but took 3.5 min...


Suppose we have 7 numbers arranged in increasing order. 4,5,6,7,8,9,10---- The median would be (first term + last term)/2 i.e 7 in this case. Similarly in the question we are provided with median as 84 that would mean if a is the smallest length and 4a+14 is the largest then (a+4a+14)/2=84-----give...

by Mike@Magoosh

Tue Apr 21, 2015 11:59 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: OG 13 #183 Seven pieces of rope...
Replies: 20
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Suppose A and B are two events, not independent. Is the probability P(A and B) > 1/3? (1)P(A) = 0.8 and P(B) = 0.7 (2)P(A or B) = 0.9 OA is A My query is just this. Since the stem explicitly states that the two events are not independent, are we to assume that the two events ARE dependent? If that'...

by Mike@Magoosh

Mon Mar 30, 2015 1:41 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Expert help on this problem would be appreciated
Replies: 1
Views: 1454

Is x^2 - (4/3)x + (5/12) < 0?

Is x^2 - (4/3)x + (5/12) < 0?
Statement #1: 0 =< x
Statement #2: x is an integer

For a set of 14 challenging DS questions, including the OA & OE to this particular question, see:
http://magoosh.com/gmat/2015/gmat-data- ... questions/

Mike :-)

by Mike@Magoosh

Wed Mar 25, 2015 9:52 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Is x^2 - (4/3)x + (5/12) < 0?
Replies: 0
Views: 1064