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IF A then B -conditional reasoning-is it GMAT type question?

Saw this question on Manhattan CAT. But the below looks more like a LSAT question. Can we expect such questions in actual GMAT. If, in a tennis tournament, a match reaches a fifth-set tiebreak, the lower-ranked player always loses the tiebreak (and, therefore, the match). If Rafael, the second-ranke...

by gmatrant

Sun Dec 23, 2012 1:43 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: IF A then B -conditional reasoning-is it GMAT type question?
Replies: 4
Views: 2026

Poverty Level

The United States government uses only a household's cash income before taxes to determine whether that household falls below the poverty line in a given year; capital gains, non-cash government benefits, and tax credits are not included. However, yearly cash income is not a fool-proof measure of a ...

by gmatrant

Sun Dec 23, 2012 1:31 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Poverty Level
Replies: 5
Views: 1415

government employees

International Policy Adviser: People over the age of 65 are underrepresented in the government of Country X. Because the government sets the country's policy priorities and passes new laws, the underrepresentation of people over the age of 65 results in a significant lack of consideration for issues...

by gmatrant

Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:06 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: government employees
Replies: 1
Views: 1183

Why can't 'it' refer to H1N1? I am a bit lost here, please explain?

by gmatrant

Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:13 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Ambiguous pronoun reference...
Replies: 2
Views: 1176

Ambiguous pronoun reference...

Because the 2009 swine flu was caused by the H1N1 virus – the same strain of influenza that caused the massive flu pandemic of 1918 – researchers were convinced that it had the potential to kill many millions of people, particularly children and the elderly In the above sentence what does 'it' p...

by gmatrant

Sun Dec 16, 2012 2:25 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Ambiguous pronoun reference...
Replies: 2
Views: 1176

Struggling with IR - How important is it?

Hi, I am really worried about the IR section. I hav been taking the manhattan GMAT CAT tests. Firstly, I am not able to complete the IR section and find it very time consuming. Secondly, my scores in the section hover around 3-5. I do manage about 700 to 730 out of 800. How critical is the IR score ...

by gmatrant

Sun Dec 16, 2012 1:58 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Struggling with IR - How important is it?
Replies: 3
Views: 1365

RC - Organization of the passage - komatiites

First identified in 1969, komatiites are Earth’s oldestknown volcanic rocks and contain three times as muchmagnesium as do most volcanic rocks. This chemicalcomposition suggests that komatiites formed from thehottest lava known ever to have erupted: a highconcentration of magnesium changes the phy...

by gmatrant

Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:29 pm
Forum: Reading Comprehension
Topic: RC - Organization of the passage - komatiites
Replies: 4
Views: 2039

Challenging SC - the not so 'which' rule

Unlike the team of consultants working for the company, whose argument rested on a questionable interpretation of a rule that only recently passed the FDA , the competitor's argument centered on what many legal experts consider a conservative interpretation of the FDA regulations. A)the argument fro...

by gmatrant

Wed Dec 12, 2012 11:37 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Challenging SC - the not so 'which' rule
Replies: 1
Views: 1469

practice tests - suggestions?

I have exhausted the MGMAT practice tests twice as part of my previous GMAT attempts. I do remember most of the questions. I am now looking for an alternate source for my practice tests. Going through the forums i find knewton or veritas as the next best source. Any suggestions as to of the two whic...

by gmatrant

Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:50 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: practice tests - suggestions?
Replies: 1
Views: 923

how to approach - Who provides accurate gmat tests?

Hi, I wrote my GMAT a few years back and got a score of 680, I then rewrote my GMAT early this year and got a score of 650. I plan to write my GMAT again end of November. I have gone through the MGMAT practice tests twice (during my above preparations) and have scored in the range of 680 to 740. Can...

by gmatrant

Wed Oct 10, 2012 9:46 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: how to approach - Who provides accurate gmat tests?
Replies: 1
Views: 988

Mike - Thanks for the explanation . Makes it very clear now.

Pemdas - Thanks for the pdf.

by gmatrant

Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:38 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Combining inequalities - Adding inequalities
Replies: 8
Views: 2429

he's not making any *assumptions* :) he simply forgot to add r+s from the right hand side of the first inequality to the right hand side of the second inequality. Together they will make r+s + r+s and translated into his example -3-3 -3-3=-12 and this will hold true for -9>-12 always. So one can sa...

by gmatrant

Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:38 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Combining inequalities - Adding inequalities
Replies: 8
Views: 2429

Combining inequalities - Adding inequalities

I was reading the Manhattan "Equations and Inequalities" book where in it stated that if two inequalities are given i) a > b ii) c > d the we can combine the two inequalities to state positively that a+c > b+d. But this does not hold true with the below problem Example DS problem Is p+q > ...

by gmatrant

Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:09 pm
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Combining inequalities - Adding inequalities
Replies: 8
Views: 2429

Tough and tricky modifier SC - Experts please verify

In contrast to accredited universities that can grant degrees and whose students can be eligible for federal aid, nonaccredited colleges, while still able to enroll students and to provide instruction, cannot provide their students with the same types of services . A) nonaccredited colleges, while s...

by gmatrant

Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:05 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Tough and tricky modifier SC - Experts please verify
Replies: 3
Views: 1497

using previously with a past tense verb

In the 18th century, Antoine Lavoisier demonstrated that combustion consumes oxygen; previously, many scientists had believed that combustion released phlogiston, an imaginary substance that was believed to extinguish flames. A)consumes oxygen; previously, many scientists had believed that combustio...

by gmatrant

Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:03 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: using previously with a past tense verb
Replies: 4
Views: 4090