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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
Views: 2301

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

Wow, I fell for the trap and picked D as well. I like this question.

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

You're right, thanks for catching that. I can't figure out Statement (2) either.

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