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Hi, Can any expert please explain the ROLE of WHICH modifier in the following GMAT PREP questions: Although she had been known as an effective legislator first in the Texas Senate and later in the United States House of Representatives, not until Barbara Jordan's participation in the hearings on the...
- by CaptainM
Thu May 19, 2011 10:49 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: texas senate
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5336
in "strengthen" and "weaken" problems, the biggest difficulty is not straying away from the topics at hand -- you have to stay as close as possible to the content of the passage and its conclusion. this statement is perfect; it hits all three of the topics above, directly. (a) p...
- by CaptainM
Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:12 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Waterfront Properties
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4339
- by CaptainM
Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:06 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: I improved from 660 to 760. You can too.
- Replies: 37
- Views: 64164
Averages logic help!!
One doubt:
If the Qs says:
What is the average of five nos?
(1) the average of first three is 5(any number) and last 3 is 9(any number)
(2) the average of first 3 is 7 and last 2 is 8
These nos are random so plz don't calculate...just the logic plzz 
- by CaptainM
Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:53 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Averages logic help!!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 994
Ok I will try: (C) The progression from latent to acute W can occur only when the agent that causes acute W absorbs large quantities of fat from the patient's blood. The agent takes away ==>large quantities of fat that means==> the patient had large quantities of fat earlier. " ONLY " Ther...
- by CaptainM
Sun Oct 31, 2010 2:45 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Solve the Paradox
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2515
Now, these two statement each contain a SUFFICIENT and NECESSARY condition. In short, sufficient on the left, necessary on the right. In other words, ~WP is sufficient to tell us ~L, and L is sufficient to tell us WP. Could you Please explain how did you derive ~WP sufficient to tell us ~L ? So can...
- by CaptainM
Sun Oct 31, 2010 1:41 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Political theorist_LSAT CR.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2633
2) that the correlation was not just a coincidence Brilliant!!!A MUST READ FOR EVERY MBA ASPIRANT!!!! Two queries: First: Can this"2) that the correlation was not just a coincidence" be expressed as: 1) No cause still Effect present 2) Cause still no Effect Second: I tried using No cause ...
- by CaptainM
Sat Oct 30, 2010 11:02 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: On causal arguments
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10918
Hi bourne007 Awesome debrief!!!! You know what I had saved your debrief link as my bookmark hoping that one day when I will also achieve my dream score I will thank you but it could not happen.I retook GMAT today(2nd attempt :660(48Q 34V)) after a gap of 3 months(1st Attempt: 640(47Q 29V)) and now c...
- by CaptainM
Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:33 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: Scored 740 (If you have a dream, protect it)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12098
In the options A and C the usage of "the" is wrong because the term- "pension liabilities"- is not stated earlier in the sentence.("the growing pension liabilities") (A) the growing pension liabilities; this leads (C) the growth in their pension liabilities, which lead...
- by CaptainM
Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:26 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: MGMAT SC
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11548
- by CaptainM
Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:09 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: GMAT 720 (Q50, V39) Non-native speaker strategy
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10120
I can see the idiom "pronounced XY" only in the OA...Would someone please tell me if that's the only way to use "pronounced"?
- by CaptainM
Sun Oct 10, 2010 11:50 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: prep questions
- Replies: 43
- Views: 29469
I read in one of the posts that "comma+including" should modify the previous Noun, but I fail to understand how does that rule applies to the correct option E here and to OAs in the following GPREP questions. Please help me understand the right stuff. ....instructions that the company hope...
- by CaptainM
Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:22 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: The principal feature of the r
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12993
How to GAIN SPEED in tough CR...plz help
Hi All I am soon(10 days) going to retake GMAT but still slow in CR. I generally take around 3-3:15 mins to solve tough CRs. The pain area for me is not the tricks or the logic or the concepts etc but I take a lot of time trying to understand the Stimulus(given passage) .I tend to re-read and re-rea...
- by CaptainM
Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:59 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: How to GAIN SPEED in tough CR...plz help
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1147
C. The growth of the global economy since 1990 exceeds that which had been for 10,000 years from the beginning of agriculture Could someone please explain the usage of "no comma+ which" in general. I read somewhere that only preposition can be used before "no comma+ which".How tr...
- by CaptainM
Thu Oct 07, 2010 7:55 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: GMAT PREP SC
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7691
Could someone please explain what's wrong in the following reasoning? Stimulus says" Catalytic converters , devices designed to reduce nitrogen dioxide emissions, have been required in all new cars in Donia since 1993 "......... Yet although the proportion of new cars in Donia’s capital ...
- by CaptainM
Mon Oct 04, 2010 1:07 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Nitrogen Dioxide in Donia (GPREP)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7405