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challenge problem
We invite you to test your GMAT knowledge for a chance to win! Each week, we will post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week’s drawing for a free Manhattan GMAT Prep item. Tell your friends to get out their scrap paper and start solving!
Here is this week’s problem:

The octagon in the diagram above is regular: all of its sides are of equal length, and all of its angles are of equal measure. If the octagon’s perimeter is 8 inches, and every other vertex of the octagon is connected to create a square as shown above, what is the area of the square?

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Here are the free GMAT events we’re holding this week. All times are local unless otherwise specified.

5/20/13- Glendale, CA  - Free Trial Class - 6:30PM- 9:30PM

5/21/13- Online - Free Trial Class - 8:00PM- 11:00PM (EDT)

5/21/13- Online - Assessing Your MBA Profile presented by mbaMission- 9:00PM-10:30PM (EDT)

5/21/13- San Francisco, CA - Free Trial Class-  6:30PM-9:30PM

5/22/13- Santa Monica- Free Trial Class-  6:30PM- 9:30PM

5/22/13- New York, NY -MBA Missions Myths Destroyed presented by mbaMission- 7:30PM- 9:00PM

5/22/13- London- Free Trial Class - 6:30PM- 9:30PM

Looking for more free events? Check out our Free Events Listings Page.

challenge problem
We invite you to test your GMAT knowledge for a chance to win! Each week, we will post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week’s drawing for a free Manhattan GMAT Prep item. Tell your friends to get out their scrap paper and start solving!
Here is this week’s problem:

If 5a + 7b = k, where a and b are positive integers, what is the largest possible value of k for which exactly one pair of integers (ab) makes the equation true?

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Here are the free GMAT events we’re holding this week. All times are local unless otherwise specified.

5/6/13- Irvine, CA - Free Trial Class - 6:30PM- 9:30PM

5/6/13- New York, NY  - Free Trial Class - 6:30PM- 9:30PM

5/6/13- Online- Thursdays with Ron- 9:00PM-10:30PM (EDT)

5/7/13- Durham, NC  - Free Trial Class-  6:30PM-9:30PM

5/7/13- Houston, TX - Free Trial Class-  7:00PM- 10:00PM (EDT)

5/7/13- Washington, DC - Free Trial Class - 6:30PM- 9:30PM

5/8/13- Online   Free Trial Class - 8:00PM- 11:00PM (EDT)

5/8/13- Toronto, ON - Free Trial Class - 6:30PM- 9:30PM

5/9/13- San Francisco, CA - Free Trial Class - 6:30PM- 9:30PM

5/9/13- Austin, TX- GMAT Preview- 6:30PM- 8:30PM

5/9/13- West Hollywood, CA- Free Trial Class- 6:30PM- 9:30PM

5/9/13- Online- MBA Admissions Myths Destroyed presented by mbaMission- 12:00PM- 1:30PM (EDT)

5/11/13- Boston, MA- Free Trial Class- 10:00AM- 1:00PM

5/11/13- Online- Free Trial Class- 1:00AM- 4:00PM

5/12/13- Ann Arbor, MI- Free Trial Class- 5:00PM- 8:00PM

Looking for more free events? Check out our Free Events Listings Page.

challenge problem
We invite you to test your GMAT knowledge for a chance to win! Each week, we will post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week’s drawing for a free Manhattan GMAT Prep item. Tell your friends to get out their scrap paper and start solving!
Here is this week’s problem:

In a certain type of tiling called Penrose P3 tiling, two types of rhombi fill a space without gaps or overlaps: wide rhombi and narrow rhombi. If five of the wide rhombi can meet symmetrically at a single point, while ten of the narrow rhombi can, what is the ratio of the largest angle in one narrow rhombus to the largest angle in one wide rhombus?

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Here are the free GMAT events we’re holding this week. All times are local unless otherwise specified.

4/29/13- Denver, CO - Free Trial Class - 6:30PM- 9:30PM

4/29/13- Boston, MA  - Free Trial Class - 6:30PM- 9:30PM

5/2/13- Online- Thursdays with Ron- 7:30PM-8:03PM (EDT)

5/4/13- Santa Monica, CA - Free Trial Class-  2:00PM-5:00PM

5/5/13- Online - Free Trial Class-  7:00PM- 10:00PM (EDT)

5/5/13- New York, NY - Free Trial Class - 2:00PM- 5:00PM

4/25/13- London  - Free Trial Class - 6:30PM- 9:30PM

Looking for more free events? Check out our Free Events Listings Page.

challenge problem
We invite you to test your GMAT knowledge for a chance to win! Each week, we will post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week’s drawing for a free Manhattan GMAT Prep item. Tell your friends to get out their scrap paper and start solving!
Here is this week’s problem:

If x is positive, what is the value of |x – 3| – 2|x – 4| + 2|x – 6| – |x – 7| ?

(1) x is an odd integer.

(2) x > 6

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Here are the free GMAT events we’re holding this week. All times are local unless otherwise specified.

4/23/13- Arlington, VA - Free Trial Class - 6:30PM- 9:30PM

4/23/13- Santa Monica, CA - Free Trial Class - 6:30PM- 9:30PM

4/23/13- New York, NY- MBA Admissions Myths Destroyed presented by mbaMission- 7:30PM-9:00PM

4/23/13- San Antonio, TX - Free Trial Class-  6:30PM-9:30PM

4/24/13- San Francisco, CA - Free Trial Class-  6:30PM- 9:30PM

4/24/13- New York, NY - Free Trial Class - 6:30PM- 9:30PM

4/25/13- London  - Free Trial Class - 6:30PM- 9:30PM

4/25/13- Chicago, IL - Free Trial Class - 6:30PM- 9:30PM

4/25/13- Online - Free Trial Class- 8:00PM- 11:00PM (EDT)

4/28/13- San Francisco, CA - Free Trial Class- 5:30PM- 8:30PM

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