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Each year companies in the United State could save as much as $58 billion annually by preventing illness among employees and gain as much as $200 billion through improving performance of workers if they simply provided offices with cleaner air. A. annually by preventing illness among employees and...
- by xcusemeplz2009
Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:26 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: parallelism
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1801
well i am not sure about any rules of comma following and , i may show my way of elimination Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride. Minivan...
- by xcusemeplz2009
Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:05 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Difficult comma question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3744
expanation for this s/c
The Anasazi settlements at Chaco Canyon were built on a spectacular scale with more than 75 carefully engineered structures,of up to 600 rooms each ,were connected by a complex regional system of roads. a) b)with more than 75 carefull engineered structures,of up to 600 rooms each, c)of more than 75 ...
- by xcusemeplz2009
Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:53 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: expanation for this s/c
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1112
IMO C x(y+z)>=o to know this we need to know x whether its a + or -ve and y+z whether its a + or -ve s1)!y+z!=!y!+!z! from this the takeovers are whenever Y>0 ; Z>0 and Y<0 => Z<0 and y=z and y # -z and we r given then x,Y And Z cant be 0 insuff as we dnt knw x S2) same and learnings are same when X...
- by xcusemeplz2009
Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:28 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: inequal...ds
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1640
IMO A s1) rut x > y same as +-x>y^2 now y^2 is always +ve and therfore for this statement to be true x must be +ve....(a -ve no. can not be > square of any no.) hence since x is +ve , x^3>x>y^2>y even if y is -ve s2) not suff when x=-2 and y=-3 x^3<y if x=2 and y=-1 x^3>y hence A Wats the OA
- by xcusemeplz2009
Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:58 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: inequal...ds roots
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1868
Re: X - Y > X + Y?
If x != -y, is (x-y) / (x+y) > 1? (1) X > 0 (2) Y < 0 Standard DS answers apply... OA: E I'm not sure how they got the right answer, so if you post, post your reasoning as well. IMO E simplifying (x-y)/(x+y)>1 (x-y)/(x+y)-1>0 -2y/(x+y)>0 to get the ans we need to know 3 things x +ve or -ve y + or -...
- by xcusemeplz2009
Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:49 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: X - Y > X + Y?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2270
Thanks xcusemeplz2009, I understand what you are saying there....but the problem is that I start losing a lot of time in selecting numbers and most of the time I am not sure if I am selecting the right number and then my mind starts calculating the time I am losing on the question rather than solvi...
- by xcusemeplz2009
Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:29 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Absolutes in DS
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1081
Re: Absolutes in DS
Example: Is |x-z|>|x-y|? 1. |z|>|y| 2. 0>x I always find myself struggling with absolute value problems and I am so frustrated that such questions just leave me blank!! I don't even know how to approach such questions, substitution is one way I know...but somehow I don't feel confident about number...
- by xcusemeplz2009
Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:46 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Absolutes in DS
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1081
- by xcusemeplz2009
Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:32 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: reserve tank
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2745
Thanks. I understand yuor explanation. but why it is wrong to assign d to each half, since both halves are equal ? I bet you have solved problems in which a person goes to town a in 20 miles/hour and goes back home in 40 miles/hour and to calculate the total average speed, we say 2d/(d/20 + d/40) g...
- by xcusemeplz2009
Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:06 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: VIC - Best Way To Solve?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4142
It'd be best to plug in numbers for this problem but in case you're wondering how to solve this problem algebraically: We're told that Bob bikes to school at a steady rate of x miles per hour. On a particular day, his bike has a flat tire exactly half way to school. Let's assume that the distance f...
- by xcusemeplz2009
Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:50 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: VIC - Best Way To Solve?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4142
imo 2/3 IE D EQN IS 4+6R=6/5(4+4R) SOLVING R=2/3 OA PLS Could you explain this equation ? Q4 0 4 1 4+r 2 4+2r 3 4+3r 4 4+4r 5 4+5r 6 4+6r relation given in q is that ht of 6th year is 1/5 taller than ht of 4th year ie is same as 6/5 of 4th year from the above chart 4+6r=6/5(4+4r) 20+30r=24+24r 6r=4...
- by xcusemeplz2009
Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:41 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Word problems
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4537
Re: re
I donot remember the source now but it was in critical reasoning and not SC what i want to emphasize is that according to Manhattan SC which should refer to noun preceding which ok i got your doubt well its better you check this link it conludes that which refers to eligible or main noun .... http:...
- by xcusemeplz2009
Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:41 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Please explain
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1342
1 is insuff as it depends on power of 3tarun.kirla wrote:sorry its p/q
1/3 is nonterminating
and we dnt know abt b and d
2 is suff as 3 in den gets cancelled out
- by xcusemeplz2009
Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:37 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: terminator pq
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1742
- by xcusemeplz2009
Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:26 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Please explain
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1342