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Re: Some patients who do not respond

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:39:00 GMT

GMAT Prep Verbal

Replies : Post subject : Re: Some patients who do not respond This is a very interesting case. Notice, first, that the comma -ing phrase having... been prescribed a drug... does one of the two jobs that comma -ing constructions are supposed to do: it describes the manner in which ... more ... Statistics : 7 Replies || 2168 Views Last post by mschwrtz

Re: Although fruit can no longer grow once it is picked

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:35:09 GMT

GMAT Prep Verbal

Replies : Post subject : Re: Although fruit can no longer grow once it is picked Dear ron, in the option E 'just as human beings do when they breathe' isn't this construction a little odd? I feel, it suggests that there are instances when human beings do not breathe. ... more ... Statistics : 9 Replies || 719 Views Last post by karteekavadhanula

Re: CR: Smithtown University's fund-raisers succeeded

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:18:18 GMT

GMAT Prep Verbal

Replies : Post subject : Re: CR: Smithtown University's fund-raisers succeeded Here's one additional consideration, though perhaps one implicit in some of the remarks above. The conclusion is not simply that the canvassing effort is insufficient, it is the entire claim that The high success rate shows insufficient canvassing effort. ... more ... Statistics : 7 Replies || 1090 Views Last post by mschwrtz

Re: SC: The agreement, the first to formally require industrial

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:54:12 GMT

GMAT Prep Verbal

Replies : Post subject : Re: SC: The agreement, the first to formally require industrial I haven't really noticed this expression much on the GMAT, but what is there conforms to Standard Written English. Gloss the adverbial modifier "such that" as "in such a way that." Some people use "such ... more ... Statistics : 12 Replies || 1811 Views Last post by mschwrtz

GMAT 690 (Q47;V37)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:30:27 GMT

Business Schools

Post subject : GMAT 690 (Q47;V37) Hi. I just gave my exam a day ago. I am disappointed that I couldn't cross the "bar" (700), but that is it. What are my prospects from here? I have 5.5 years of exp today in IT - mainframe technology (domain - healthcare). ... more ... Statistics : 1 Post || 4 Views Post by komal.naithani

Re: MGMAT question help with the strategy? pls..

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:29:43 GMT

ManhattanGMAT CAT Math

Replies : Post subject : Re: MGMAT question help with the strategy? pls.. Good catch, then. more ... Statistics : 3 Replies || 12 Views Last post by mschwrtz

Re: CAT 1 - trouble with triangles

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:28:24 GMT

ManhattanGMAT CAT Math

Replies : Post subject : Re: CAT 1 - trouble with triangles 1) A triangle with sides of length 2, 2, and 1 would be isosceles, though not right isosceles. 2) Sorry that we didn't get back to you before your exam. 3) When you bump a thread, it just ... more ... Statistics : 5 Replies || 339 Views Last post by mschwrtz

Re: Score on math section

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:23:44 GMT

ManhattanGMAT CAT Math

Replies : Post subject : Re: Score on math section Like the GMAT, our CATs don't use the entire nominal range of scores. I believe that 51 is tops for either test. Where was your estimated percentile over the course of the test? I'm guessing very high. When you review ... more ... Statistics : 3 Replies || 27 Views Last post by mschwrtz

Re: Circular Track

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:18:33 GMT

ManhattanGMAT CAT Math

Replies : Post subject : Re: Circular Track nehajadoo, the tests are adaptive ONE AT A TIME, just as you understood. Our tests happen to share a pool of questions, so that the one person might see a question on CAT 1 that another sees on CAT 4. Until you ... more ... Statistics : 11 Replies || 1121 Views Last post by mschwrtz

Re: If x2/9 – 4/y2 = 12, what is the value of x? (1) x/3 + 2/y

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:13:48 GMT

ManhattanGMAT CAT Math

Replies : Post subject : Re: If x2/9 – 4/y2 = 12, what is the value of x? (1) x/3 + 2/y ty more ... Statistics : 7 Replies || 219 Views Last post by mschwrtz

Re: MGMAT: College Scholarship

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:13:04 GMT

ManhattanGMAT CAT Math

Replies : Post subject : Re: MGMAT: College Scholarship 1) Your use of the anagram method is correct. 2) for simple problems, the anagram method correctly applied will yield the same expression as will a correct translation directly into the combinatoric --n!/(n-r)!r!--or permutation--n!/(n-r)!. Think of the anagram method as a ... more ... Statistics : 11 Replies || 1026 Views Last post by mschwrtz

Re: In the figure, ABC is

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:56:58 GMT

ManhattanGMAT CAT Math

Replies : Post subject : Re: In the figure, ABC is Can we say that diameter DB bisects angle ABC because triangle ABC is equilateral? I'm not sure that I follow this question. Do you mean to ask whether we can say this without considering S2? Then the answer is ... more ... Statistics : 6 Replies || 920 Views Last post by mschwrtz

Re: cube

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:48:25 GMT

ManhattanGMAT CAT Math

Replies : Post subject : Re: cube Right. By the way, the original size of the cube is irrelevant. Each of the resulting small cubes is similar to the original cube. The volume:volume ratio of two similar solids is the cube of the line:line ration of the solids. In this ... more ... Statistics : 3 Replies || 55 Views Last post by mschwrtz

Re: In the rectangular coordinate system, are the points (a, b)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:44:29 GMT

ManhattanGMAT CAT Math

Replies : Post subject : Re: In the rectangular coordinate system, are the points (a, b) Good enough then? more ... Statistics : 6 Replies || 160 Views Last post by mschwrtz

Re: HELP!! NUMBER PROPERTIES QUESTION

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:43:30 GMT

ManhattanGMAT CAT Math

Replies : Post subject : Re: HELP!! NUMBER PROPERTIES QUESTION As with so many questions, the trick here is to represent the values as products of primes. Well, primes and variables, in this case. (327)(510)(z) = (58)(914)(xy) becomes 2*3*3*5*17*109*z=2*2*29*457*x*y You can divide the two sides by much, but 3*3*5*17*109*z=2*29*457*x*y... Hmm, ... more ... Statistics : 2 Post || 57 Views Last post by mschwrtz