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Almost all of the books -- Must be true

Almost all of the books published in the past 150 years were printed on acidic paper. Unfortunately, every kind of acidic paper gradually destroys itself due to its very acidity. This process of deterioration can be slowed if the books are stored in a cool, dry environment. Techniques, which are now...

by codesnooker

Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:01 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Almost all of the books -- Must be true
Replies: 14
Views: 2503

No mathematician today -- Must be true

No mathematician today would flatly refuse to accept the results of an enormous computation as an adequate demonstration of the truth of a theorem. In 1976, however, this was not the case. Some mathematicians at that time refused to accept the results of a complex computer demonstration of a very si...

by codesnooker

Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:00 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: No mathematician today -- Must be true
Replies: 4
Views: 1895

John’s friends -- Must be true

All of John’s friends say they know someone who has smoked 40 cigarettes a day for the past 40 years and yet who is really fit and well. John does not know anyone like that and it is quite certain that he is not unique among his friends in this respect. If the statements in the passage are true, the...

by codesnooker

Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:59 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: John’s friends -- Must be true
Replies: 16
Views: 4552

Efficiency and redundancy - Must be true

Efficiency and redundancy are contradictory characteristics of linguistic systems: however, they can be used together to achieve usefulness and reliability in communication. If a spoken language is completely efficient, then every possible permutation of its basic language sounds can be an understan...

by codesnooker

Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:57 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Efficiency and redundancy - Must be true
Replies: 10
Views: 2500

Holiday receipts -- Must be true

Any idea, how to solve such questions???? Holiday receipts—the total sales recorded in the fourth quarter of the year—determine the economic success or failure of many retail businesses. Camco, a retailer selling just one camera model, is an excellent example. Camco’s holiday receipts, on average, ...

by codesnooker

Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:55 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Holiday receipts -- Must be true
Replies: 4
Views: 2188

C. Of the businesses that ceased operating in the state during the last ten years, only 5 percent were engaged in air-polluting industries. I think this is the answer. If only 5% are polluting, then the majority of the reduction in pollution came from restriction not from recession. Why not (B) or ...

by codesnooker

Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:35 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Clean Air Act
Replies: 5
Views: 1811

Clean Air Act

Since the passage of the state’s Clean Air Act ten years ago, the level of industrial pollutants in the air has fallen by an average of 18 percent. This suggests that the restrictions on industry embodied in the act have worked effectively. However, during the same period the state has also suffered...

by codesnooker

Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:56 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Clean Air Act
Replies: 5
Views: 1811

IMO (E). Though I was confused too between (B) and (E) but at the end I chose (E). B is wrong because Both agree that the public will be affected by publicity campaigns and this is not the point of issue. Point of argument is whether advertising health hazards of Tropical oil is good public health s...

by codesnooker

Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:54 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Tropical oils
Replies: 2
Views: 1314

(A) The prominent politicians cannot escape censure by their colleagues -> Applicable to only those politicians who have committed scandals . Think once again. Premise never talks about committing the scandal. It just talks about involvement. So we cannot refute option (A). IMO (A) Why (E) is wrong...

by codesnooker

Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:44 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Politician- reelect or censure?
Replies: 10
Views: 3259

IMO (E). There is some serious problem with this question. IMO we cannot directly cancel the powers for LHS. Since, the answer is given as (B), so let me try first to prove statement II as insufficient. -x * |x| > 0 It clearly means that x should be negative or x < 0 Now suppose, x = -1 then by the ...

by codesnooker

Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:27 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Inequality
Replies: 7
Views: 2003

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by codesnooker

Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:02 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: wow....feel really pumped up now!
Replies: 3
Views: 1390

In short, (C) has limited scope and reasoning is unclear. So we can drop choice (C).

by codesnooker

Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:49 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: 1000 CR test 10 Q 8
Replies: 4
Views: 1734

Re: 1000 CR test 10 Q 8

For the safety-conscious Swedish market, a United States manufacturer of desktop computers developed a special display screen that produces a much weaker electromagnetic field surrounding the user than do ordinary screens. Despite an advantage in this respect over its competitors, the manufacturer ...

by codesnooker

Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:46 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: 1000 CR test 10 Q 8
Replies: 4
Views: 1734

Okieeeee ....i got it!! the question asks for " THE ASSUMPTION OF THE PASSAGE" not for "THE POINT THAT STRENGTHENS" the argument. C does strengthening....and B is the assumption. Isnt it ????? All your valuable comments please..... B-) Exactly!!!! (C) is a factual statement that...

by codesnooker

Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:02 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: wood pulp
Replies: 19
Views: 5695