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So, do you mean that "x is 3 times greater than y" and "x is 3 times y" are the same?DanaJ wrote:k is three times greater than m means that m taken three times equals k or that k = 3m.
If you had smth like "k is 300% greater than m", then indeed k would be m + 3m or 4m.
Yes, "x is 3 times greater than y" is equivalent to "x is 3 times y".Uri wrote: So, do you mean that "x is 3 times greater than y" and "x is 3 times y" are the same?
x is 300% of y. this means x=3y
x is 300% greater than y means x = 3y + y = 4y
how is my initial statement (k is three times greater than m) different from this second statement (x is 300% greater than y)?
I've perhaps never faced problem with this type of translation. But just to be on the safe side, i'd like to know the difference, so that a simple mistake does not cost me a valuable point in GMAT.
