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Re: Cooks
. Some good cooks are gourmet cooks who pride themselves on always using extravagantly rich ingredients in elaborate recipes. Some good cooks can be characterized as fast-food cooks. They may use rich ingredients as long as the recipes are easy to follow and take little time. Other good cooks are h...
- by tritrantran
Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:05 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Cooks
- Replies: 7
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Re: Airplanes
. Some good cooks are gourmet cooks who pride themselves on always using extravagantly rich ingredients in elaborate recipes. Some good cooks can be characterized as fast-food cooks. They may use rich ingredients as long as the recipes are easy to follow and take little time. Other good cooks are h...
- by tritrantran
Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:04 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Airplanes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1673
Re: pyramids of Egypt
Rivaling the pyramids of Egypt or even the ancient cities of the Maya as an achievement, the army of terra-cotta warriors created to protect Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, in his afterlife is more than 2,000 years old and took 700,000 artisans more than 36 years to complete them. * took 700,...
- by tritrantran
Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:41 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: pyramids of Egypt
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9521
- by tritrantran
Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:09 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Airplane accidents
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4367
- by tritrantran
Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:41 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: GMAT PREP CR27 Logical completion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4619
Re: Shelby vs Jones
Shelby Industries manufactures and sells the same gauges as Jones Industries. Employee wages account for forty percent of the cost of manufacturing gauges at both Shelby Industries and Jones Industries. Shelby Industries is seeking a competitive advantage over Jones Industries. Therefore, to promot...
- by tritrantran
Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:27 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Shelby vs Jones
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8425
I pick D. If the news source does not find it advantageous, the number of accidents do not change.
What's the OA?
- by tritrantran
Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:40 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Airplane accidents
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4367
Here is another way arriving at the answer. The question asked to find the probability that atleast a car or van is selected. To get this, we can find the probability of not selecting a car and Van. Probability of not selecting the car and Van is equal to the probability of selecting an SUV and a T...
- by tritrantran
Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:27 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2270
Re: tough prime factor... GMAT Prep Test
Hey guys, I would just like to share this one: For every positive EVEN integer n, the function h(n) is defined to be the product of all the even integers from 2 to n, inclusive. If p is the smallest prime factor of h(100) + 1, then p is (A) between 2 and 10 (B) between 10 and 20 (C) between 20 and ...
- by tritrantran
Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:39 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: tough prime factor... GMAT Prep Test
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12524
Re: integer properties from readyforGMAT.com
k is a positive integer and 225 and 216 are both divisors of k. If k=2^a * 3^b * 5^c, where a, b and c are positive integers, what is the least possible value of a+b+c? (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8 OA [spoiler](E) 8[/spoiler] I got 9 :?: 225 = 15^2 = (3*5)^2 = 3^2*5^2 216 = 6^3 = (2*3)^3 = 2^3*3^3...
- by tritrantran
Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:22 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: integer properties from readyforGMAT.com
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3915
Re: Probability question
One week a certain vehicle rental outlet has a total of 40 cars, 12 trucks, 28 vans, and 20 SUV's available. Andre and Barbara went to the vehicle rental outlet and chose 2 vehicles at random, with the condition that Andre and Barara would not select two of the same type of vehicle (in other words,...
- by tritrantran
Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:56 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2270
Ah,
I forgot to go back and plug in the value to see if the statement y > 4 is still true.
Moral of story: For inequalities, go back and plug in your answer choices to validate if the statement is still true
- by tritrantran
Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:20 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: power prep DS
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2854
- by tritrantran
Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:15 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: GMAT preptest question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1545
Near the end of your reply, you say: b= -3 or b = 2 If b = -3, then a = 2 If b = -2, then a = 1 ( doesn't work -6 = ab) So a = 2, b =-3 But why are you offering -2 as a possible value for b? The equations are: -6 = ab a + b = -1 So if b = -3, then a = 2 but if b = 2, then a = -3 We don't know which...
- by tritrantran
Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:37 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Graphing question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1588
Re: GMAT preptest question
If m, r, x and y are positive numbers, is the ratio of m to r equal to the ratio of x to y? 1) The ratio of m to y is equal to the ratio of x to r 2) The ratio of m + x to r + y is equal to the ratio of x + y Help please! So it's asking if (m/r) = (x/y) cross multiply, is (my) = (rx) ? St (1) (m/y)...
- by tritrantran
Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:28 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: GMAT preptest question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1545