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Algebraic equation - machines

hello, I can pick numbers to solve this, but can you show me the proper equation? A company has two types of machines, type R and type S. Operating at a constant rate, a machine of type R does a certain job in 36 hours and a machine of type S does the same job in 18 hours. If the company used the sa...

by szDave

Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:49 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Algebraic equation - machines
Replies: 4
Views: 1328

Word Translations - algebraic

Hello, can you give me an explanation. Thanks! Three grades of milk are 1 percent, 2 percent, and 3 percent fat by volume. If x gallons of the 1 percent grade, y gallons of the 2 percent grade, and z gallons of the 3 percent grade are mixed to give x + y + z gallons of a 1.5 percent grade, what is x...

by szDave

Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:35 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Word Translations - algebraic
Replies: 1
Views: 827

Probability with balls

Hi all! Each of the 25 balls in a certain box is either red, blue, or white and has a number from 1 to 10 painted on it. If one ball is to be selected at random from the box, what is the probability that the ball selected will either be white or have an even number painted on it? (1) The probability...

by szDave

Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:30 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Probability with balls
Replies: 2
Views: 1320

Furnished Combinatorics

Hello, To furnish a room in a model home, an interior decorator is to select 2 chairs and 2 tables from a collection of chairs and tables in a warehouse that are all different from each other. If there are 5 chairs in the warehouse and if 150 different combinations are possible, how many tables are ...

by szDave

Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:26 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Furnished Combinatorics
Replies: 6
Views: 1906

Wire cut into two pieces

Hello, had trouble with this. Can you give me an explanation for why E is the right answer? A thin piece of wire 40 meters long is cut into two pieces. One piece is used to form a circle with radius r, and the other is used to form a square. No wire is left over. Which of the following represents th...

by szDave

Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:19 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Wire cut into two pieces
Replies: 2
Views: 1415

divisibility

If x and y are integers greater than 1, is x a multiple of y? (1) 3y^2 + 7y = x (2) x^2 — x is a multiple of y. a) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. b) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient. c) BOTH statements TOGET...

by szDave

Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:08 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: divisibility
Replies: 2
Views: 1065

Remainder

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I was just thinking on this problem, and if I pick numbers for 1) e.g.: 8, or 14, the remainder is 2 always - Sufficient, The same applies for 2) e.g.: 17,32 - the remainder is 2. What is not correct in my solution?

by szDave

Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:49 am
Forum: Data Sufficiency
Topic: Remainder
Replies: 1
Views: 876

Kernland blank assumption

Which of the following, if true, most logically completes the reasoning in the passage? Kerniand’s government restricts the export of unprocessed cashew nuts in order to ensure a low-cost supply for domestic processing plants. Though the policy constrains farm income and limits the number of farme...

by szDave

Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:07 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Kernland blank assumption
Replies: 2
Views: 4202

Patents - weaken

Hello, I think the correct answer is C , if yes, why or why not? In countries in which new life-sustaining drugs cannot be patented, such drugs are sold at widely affordable prices; those same drugs, where patented, command premium prices because the patents shield patent-holding manufacturers from ...

by szDave

Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:43 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Patents - weaken
Replies: 2
Views: 864

O2 Boldface

Hello everyone! Had trouble with this one :S I guessed a), but was not correct. Which one, and why is that answer correct? One of the limiting factors in human physical performance Is the amount of oxygen that is absorbed by the muscles from the bloodstream. Accordingly, entrepreneurs have begun sel...

by szDave

Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:17 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: O2 Boldface
Replies: 2
Views: 1035

I am impressed by you! 4 ways to solve it! :)

by szDave

Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:06 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Coordinate Plane - triangle
Replies: 9
Views: 6435

Proportionality

Hello, I would like to ask you for an answer and explanation, thanks! The rate of a certain chemical reaction is directly proportional to the square of the concentration of chemical A present and inversely proportional to the concentration of chemical B present. If the concentration of chemical B is...

by szDave

Wed Jan 23, 2013 2:56 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Proportionality
Replies: 1
Views: 1226

Thanks for the useful replies!

by szDave

Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:07 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: The list of animals
Replies: 5
Views: 1080

Why are the other choices incorrect?

by szDave

Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:13 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Charles Lindbergh
Replies: 4
Views: 1117

Is it D, because the list of animals that exhibit - exhibit refers to the animals? and has been expanded refers to the list?

by szDave

Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:06 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: The list of animals
Replies: 5
Views: 1080