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Re: GMAT prep question-Confusing one !

Many airline carriers are attempting to increase profitability while keeping overhead low by offering, in terms of flights, an equal amount as last year, doing so by using larger planes that fly more efficiently. A. an equal amount as last year,doing so by B. the same number offered last year C. an...

by Mo2men

Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:08 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: GMAT prep question-Confusing one !
Replies: 8
Views: 7137

Thai village crafts, as with other cultures, have developed through the principle that form follows function and incorporate readily available materials fashioned using traditional skills (A) as with (B) as did those of (C) as they have in (D) like in (E) like those of Only LIKE THINGS may be compa...

by Mo2men

Fri Nov 01, 2019 3:14 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: OG 2016 - SC #21
Replies: 10
Views: 7442

In a speech before the Senate Banking Committee, the chairman of the Federal Reserve painted an optimistic picture of the economy, suggesting to investors the central bank in the near future is not lowering interest rates. (A) suggesting to investors the central bank in the near future is not lower...

by Mo2men

Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:55 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: In a speech before the Senate Banking Committee, the chairma
Replies: 5
Views: 1702

Especially in the early years, new entrepreneurs may need to find resourceful ways, like renting temporary office space or using answering services, that make their company seem large and more firmly established than they may actually be. A) that make their company seem large B) to make their compa...

by Mo2men

Thu Oct 24, 2019 4:15 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Especially in the early years, new entrepreneurs may need to
Replies: 10
Views: 10261

In a speech before the Senate Banking Committee, the chairman of the Federal Reserve painted an optimistic picture of the economy, suggesting to investors the central bank in the near future is not lowering interest rates. (A) suggesting to investors the central bank in the near future is not lower...

by Mo2men

Wed Oct 23, 2019 3:06 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: In a speech before the Senate Banking Committee, the chairma
Replies: 5
Views: 1702

Each person attending a fund-raising party for a certain club was charged the same admission fee. How many people attended the party? (1) If the admission fee had been 0.75$ less and 100 more people had attended, the club would have received the same amount in admission fee. (2) If the admission fe...

by Mo2men

Wed Oct 09, 2019 2:20 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Each person attending a fund-raising party for a certain clu
Replies: 2
Views: 1117

Tara drove at an average speed of 50 miles per hour for the first 50 miles of her trip and then at an average speed of 75 miles per hour for the remaining 50 miles of her trip. If she made no stops during the trip, what was Tara's average speed, in miles per hour, for the entire trip? (A) 50 (B) 55...

by Mo2men

Mon Oct 07, 2019 4:33 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Tara drove at an average speed of 50 miles per hour
Replies: 3
Views: 979

GMAT advanced - Assumption - Distressed by his own personal

Distressed by his own personal tragedies, the Roman philosopher Cicero once asked himself whether a wise person should try to achieve the Stoic ideal of complete emotionlessness. Cicero reasoned that, however desirable the goal may be, a wise person could never attain it, since emotions are not sim...

by Mo2men

Mon Sep 23, 2019 3:35 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: GMAT advanced - Assumption - Distressed by his own personal
Replies: 3
Views: 1027

GMAT advanced - Assumption - Distressed by his own personal

Distressed by his own personal tragedies, the Roman philosopher Cicero once asked himself whether a wise person should try to achieve the Stoic ideal of complete emotionlessness. Cicero reasoned that, however desirable the goal may be, a wise person could never attain it, since emotions are not simp...

by Mo2men

Sun Sep 22, 2019 1:10 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: GMAT advanced - Assumption - Distressed by his own personal
Replies: 3
Views: 1027

Hey Guys I can't see the reasoning behind the following, Motorcycle-safety courses, offered by a number of organizations, teach motorcyclists important techniques for handling and for safely sharing the road with other road users. If more motorcyclists took these courses, there would be fewer serio...

by Mo2men

Sat Sep 21, 2019 1:54 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Motorcycle safety classes.
Replies: 6
Views: 8658

If ab is not equal to 0 and points (-a,b) & (-b,a) are in the same quadrant of the xy plane, is the point (-x,y) in the same quadrant? 1.xy>0 2.ax>0 The explanation for this problem has already been posted somewhere in this forum..but i still have my doubts on how to solve this one.ans is C..Ki...

by Mo2men

Sat Sep 14, 2019 7:27 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Coordinate geometry
Replies: 13
Views: 7598

photography

Net Total cost = 9 * 10 + 1 * 5 = 95 ..............Here, I added the half cost of 1 camera that I already paid as it is still a cost) where did I go wrong with my thinking? The portion in red does not reflect the question at hand. The question stem asks for the profit or loss as a percentage not of...

by Mo2men

Thu Sep 05, 2019 3:39 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: photography
Replies: 12
Views: 6065

photography

A photography dealer ordered 60 Model X cameras to be sold for $250 each, which represents a 20 percent markup over the dealer’s initial cost for each camera. Of the cameras ordered, 6 were never sold and were returned to the manufacturer for a refund of 50 percent of the dealer's initial cost. W...

by Mo2men

Thu Sep 05, 2019 2:54 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: photography
Replies: 12
Views: 6065

To GMATGuruNY.......GMATPrep...In little more than a decade

In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the world’s leading exporter of honey, with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going to the United States. A. with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going B. with the sale ...

by Mo2men

Thu Sep 05, 2019 11:25 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: To GMATGuruNY.......GMATPrep...In little more than a decade
Replies: 0
Views: 768

2- Sometimes the construction ' two times as + noun + as+ ' is wrong. When should it be correct or wrong usage? Generally, times as is followed not by a noun but by a MODIFIER: two times as MANY three times as MUCH four times as LIKELY Is the following sentence correct? which is valid construction ...

by Mo2men

Sun Sep 01, 2019 4:58 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: CEO
Replies: 25
Views: 5477