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A small country, Country S, has instituted a hefty tax on imported electronics in an attempt to protect the largest company and employer in the country. As a result of this import tax, the national electronics company is now able to compete in the electronics market. Which of the following can be in...
- by Cybermusings
Sun May 27, 2007 2:39 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: PR CR - Electronic goods
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2659
Statement II is clearly insufficient since it mentions nothing about either a or b. Statement I: says that b= 3^ (n+1) and a = 2^ (n+1)… Now with the law of exponents we know that 3^n+1 can also be written as 3^n * 3. Likewise 2^n+1 can be written as 2^n * 2. Hence b-a = (3^n * 3) – (2^n *2) ---- 1)...
- by Cybermusings
Sun May 27, 2007 1:52 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Yahoo Groups
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1692
- by Cybermusings
Sun May 27, 2007 12:20 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Inequality Question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2830
is |x| = y-z (1) x+y = z (2) x<0 Statement II : Clearly insufficient. Does not say anything about y and z...Hence rule out choices B and E Statement I : x+y = z...thus x = z-y If z = 2 and y = 2 ; then z-y = 0 and y-z = 0...here IxI = y-z If z = -4 and y = 6 then z-y = x = -10 and y-z = -10 and here...
- by Cybermusings
Sat May 26, 2007 11:42 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Yahoo Groups
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2461
One thing can be made out from the stem - AB = OC = OB = radius Hence Triangle ABO becomes an isoceles triangle.... Statement I : COD = 60 degrees...Hence angle COA = 180-60 = 120 degrees CBO = Angle BAO + Angle BOA (extrerior angle = sum of remote interior angles) = 2x Hence angle BAO = BOA = x Now...
- by Cybermusings
Sat May 26, 2007 11:33 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: OG question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1813
A committee of three people is to be chosen from four married couples. What is the number of different committees that can be chosen if two people who are married to each other cannot serve on the committee? A 16 B 24 C 26 D 30 E 32 Total committees possible (without restrictions) = 8C3 = 56 ways Co...
- by Cybermusings
Sat May 26, 2007 11:23 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: GMATPrep question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2104
Tires of a certain brand, when purchased new, last for four years. A customer can choose to purchase the new tires at a cost of $180 per tire or can have his current tires repaired at a cost of $40 per tire, a repair that will make the current tires last for one additional year. The average cost per...
- by Cybermusings
Sat May 26, 2007 11:14 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: PR problem - tires
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2601
- by Cybermusings
Sat May 26, 2007 11:36 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 800 test.com
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1709
- by Cybermusings
Sat May 26, 2007 11:32 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 800 test.com
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3524
his question was posted by jc114 and he says that OA is C. But I feel that answer is B x>0? (1)|x|>x^2 (2)x<|x^1| Statement I: IxI > x^2...This is possible when x lies between -1 and 0 or 0 and 1....Hence insufficient Statement II: x<Ix^1I This can happen when x is a negative number....Hence suffici...
- by Cybermusings
Sat May 26, 2007 11:26 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Beat the GMAT Question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1927
2. Four cups of milk are to be poured into a 2-cup bottle and a 4-cup bottle. If each bottle is to be filled to the same fraction of its capacity, how many cups of milk should be poured into the 4-cup bottle? (A) 2/3 (B) 7/3 (C) 5/2 (D) 8/3 (E) 3 Then capacity of the 4-cup bottle = 2 times the capac...
- by Cybermusings
Sat May 26, 2007 10:30 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: PS - Source - Beat the GMAT
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1703
OG 111- Question No. 132
I didn't particularly catch the explanation given in the OG....Please help! If the integer n is greater than 1, is n equal to 2? 1) n has exactly 2 positive factors 2) The difference of any 2 distinct positive factors of n is odd OA here is B....However, consider an example where n=4....Factors = 4,...
- by Cybermusings
Fri May 25, 2007 11:44 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: OG 111- Question No. 132
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1807
800 test.com
If Ted had not made the monthly payment, the credit bureau might have downgraded his credit rating. A) had not made the monthly payment, the credit bureau might have B) had not made the monthly payment, the credit bureau had C) should not have made the monthly payment, the credit bureau would have D...
- by Cybermusings
Fri May 25, 2007 11:07 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 800 test.com
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1709
800 test.com
Birds' feathers appear to have evolved from dinosaur scales well over 100 million years ago, Chinese scientists have shown, based on a fossil bird found in the Yixian mountains of northern China. A) Chinese scientists have shown, based on a fossil bird found in the Yixian mountains of northern China...
- by Cybermusings
Fri May 25, 2007 11:06 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 800 test.com
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3524
800 test.com
In the Gulf of Mexico's 'dead zone,' every summer aquatic life is smothered in an area as large as the state of New Jersey, <which, according to scientists, is caused by excess nitrogen flushed down the Mississippi River.> A) which, according to scientists, is caused by excess nitrogen flushed down ...
- by Cybermusings
Fri May 25, 2007 11:04 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: 800 test.com
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2060