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- by gmatdriller
Fri Sep 04, 2015 3:43 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: MGMAT Geometry
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4205
I saw the strange explanation for #2 and I can't wrap my head around it either. The employee worked a total of 54 hours and the explanation says no, he actually worked a total of 14 hours. What? Huh? Why? (2) also states he did not work more than 8 hours on any day, I concluded that on one day he c...
- by gmatdriller
Fri Sep 04, 2015 3:21 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: OG 12th Edition- SD 118
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2062
- by gmatdriller
Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:21 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3246
This one is pretty straightforward -- "gardens" is plural so Hanging Gardens of Babylon is plural. If this were the title of a book, it would be singular as it would be the title of a single work, but as it is, it's referring to plural gardens, so it's still plural. Karen v.H. GMAT Verbal...
- by gmatdriller
Sat Aug 22, 2015 9:58 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3246
- by gmatdriller
Fri Aug 21, 2015 1:35 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3246
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which stood near a grand palace known as “The Marvel of Mankind� were reputedly constructed by using a combination of baked bricks and lead coverings, are believed to have been destroyed during an earthquake in the first century A.D. A: were reputedly constructed ...
- by gmatdriller
Thu Aug 20, 2015 2:55 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3246
Due to the lack of resources
Due to the lack of resources, the city’s fund-raising project could be delayed by as much as four months . A: Due to the lack of resources, the city’s fund-raising project could be delayed by as much as four months. B: The reason that the city’s fund-raising project could be delayed by as muc...
- by gmatdriller
Thu Aug 20, 2015 2:26 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Due to the lack of resources
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2882
Thanks "ddg" for the response; however, I think the part of sentence referred to should be: "Adolf Hitler, whom historians have noted had a hypnotic effect on large audiences" Because, here, Adolf Hitler is acting as the subject and the "whom/who" is referenced in it. I...
- by gmatdriller
Wed Aug 19, 2015 9:52 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The German chancellor and dictator, Adolf Hitler
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2764
The German chancellor and dictator, Adolf Hitler
The German chancellor and dictator, Adolf Hitler, whom historians have noted had a hypnotic effect on large audiences, once debarred from public speaking, so he had to appoint Gregor Strasser to advance his political ambitions. A: The German chancellor and dictator, Adolf Hitler, whom historians ha...
- by gmatdriller
Wed Aug 19, 2015 4:57 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The German chancellor and dictator, Adolf Hitler
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2764
I agree with you, ddg.... Where MPE = Makers of PolyEthylene; MPP = Makers of Plastic Products MPE sells to MPP sells to Customers(public) If MPE(makers of polyethylene) decided not to reduce the price of PE's ,despite the cheap source, ofcourse MPP will not get any cost benefit resulting from the r...
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Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:12 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: As the US increased the production of natural gas
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1898
- by gmatdriller
Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:57 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Career
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1369
Between C and E, I'll go for C. C: "which CAUSE cutbacks in consumer spending" in C tends to refer to "employment rates" "starting a cycle of layoffs THAT lead..." as a consequence E: Recession can result from falling employment rates THAT are....., CAUSING....... and S...
- by gmatdriller
Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:56 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: An economic recession
- Replies: 1
- Views: 999
Btw C and E; I opt for C. C uses the expression: So X that Y... The cars are so luxurious that they command a greater demand in the market- they sell. E: in the newest models "that these cars sell" seems to suggest that the "cars" are the agents doing the selling? What do you thi...
- by gmatdriller
Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:27 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Responding to growing demand
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1463
As the US increased the production of natural gas
As the US increased the production of natural gas released from underground shale formations, creating more output of polyethylene, it was expected that makers of plastic products such as plastic trash bags, toys, containers etc., which use polyethylene as a raw material, would benefit from the same...
- by gmatdriller
Tue Aug 18, 2015 2:58 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: As the US increased the production of natural gas
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1898
Seventeenth-century English-women- Interesting OG RC q
It is an odd but indisputable fact that the Seventeenth-century English-women who are generally regarded as among the forerunners of modern feminism are almost all identified with the (5) Royalist side in the conflict between Royalists and Parliamentarians known as the English Civil Wars. Since Roya...
- by gmatdriller
Mon Aug 10, 2015 1:32 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: Seventeenth-century English-women- Interesting OG RC q
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3469