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You are right on the point, Stan. It's all about mental toughness. I gave GMAT this Monday (10/13) and I had a near melt down during the verbal section because I tried to guess the difficulty level of the questions I was solving. I know it sounds stupid but guessing difficulty level of questions is so difficult not to do.

Essay Question: The following appeared in the editorial section of a local newspaper: “The inflow of immigrant workers into our community has put a downward pressure on wages. In fact, the average compensation of unskilled labor in our city has declined by nearly 10% over the past 5 years. Therefore, to protect our local economy, it is essential to impose a moratorium on further immigration.” Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. Point out flaws in the argument's logic and analyze the argument's underlying assumptions. In addition, evaluate how supporting evidence is used and what evidence might counter the argument's conclusion. You may also discuss what additional evidence could be used to strengthen the argument or what changes would make the argument more logically sound. Response: The author of this argument concludes that immigration into the local community should be curbed in order to protect the local economy. This might look like a simple 'cause and effect' argument at first glance, but I believe that information that the author provides to justify his solution is incomplete and that logic that he uses to arrive at that solution is incorrect. Although the author quotes only the wages trends for the unskilled labor, he seems to infer that the immigrants are causing the wages of the entire local industry to decline. There is possibility that only that unskilled labor might be affected and putting restrictions on inflow of just that might solve the problem. Further, there is no information provided about the general state of the economy. If the economy is general is in recession, then that might be the cause of the problem. The industries in the locality might be closing or moving out which in turn might increasing unemployment. This could lead to surplus of available labor and this could be the main reason of the decrease in wages. Ironically, it’s a possibility that what author states as the cause of problem might be infact the solution. If immigration of workers with skill set that is not currently available in the local economy is encouraged then new industries might be attracted into the town. These industries might generate additional work opportunities for the local workers and thus stimulate the economy. I believe that the author needs to provide information such as the wage trend of the entire pool of local workers that is inline with scope of his conclusion. Moreover he needs to address other external factors such as state of the economy that might be playing a role before proposing the solution to stop immigration. I would conclude my analysis by stating that the argument in its current state fails to convince me.

% increase would be 39.5 * 100 / 60.5 = 65 approx So ans would be D

I am getting following answers 1) 1.17 2) French fries = 1.62 3) Savings for a year = 160. This matches with the answer you have provided.

BTW I think that pareshpandit's solution ('for no chord, other than the diameter, can have a right angle') is a proof.

I dont know the actual proof behind this, but I used the following rule 1) Angle formed by an tangent and chord and having its vertex on the circle. Tangent Chord Angle = Intercepted Arc 2) Angle Formed Inside of a Circle by Two Intersecting Chords Angle Formed Inside by Two Chords = Sum of Intercepted Arcs 3) Angle Formed Outside of a Circle by Two Intersecting Chords Angle Formed Outside = Difference of Intercepted Arcs (Larger Arc - Smaller Arc) HTH

Angle ABD = 90 and A,B,C,D lie on circle. Therefore arc ACD = 2 (Angle ABD) = 180 So AD is a diameter. Don't know if you are looking for this kind of explanation...

Ans : B i.e. 3 Assume each machine can complete job in x days. Therefore 6( 1/x) = (1/12) x = 72 i.e. each machine can complete job in 72 days working alone. Lets assume y machines can complete job in 8 days. So y(1/72) = (1/8) y = 9 Addition machines required = 9 - 6 = 3

Wow... A study group is just what I wanted. I am definitely IN. I am planning to appear for GMAT sometime in early April. Some material I am planning to use - Kaplan Premier Program - Kaplan 800 - OG 11 - GMAT prep tests - Manhattan SC Guide Suggestions for any other material are most welcome. Currently I am trying to fit all of this in a 14 week study plan...

Amazing Score !!! Congrats. Any specific tips w.r.t Quant section? How was the difficulty level compared to the problems you practiced from OG/GMAC Paper tests?

hey pal...ur story is so similar to mine.. Best luck for apps...

I would also like to know the same...:)

Amazing score... Congrats.

Hey...congrats...

Hi hitzs, The main difference between GMATprep test and the real thing (that I felt) is that in GMATprep there are some sitters esp in Quant section interspersed with the tough ones...in real GMAT hard bin questions kept coming one after another...no sitters. This cost me time because I made every effort to solve them correctly. I might have defn made some mistakes though, plus I had to randomly guess last 3~4 Qs. I feel this ultimately led to a score of 47 in quant. Also in verbal section I had to hurry up in last 10 mins. I won't say that difficulty level of Qs in real GMAT is higher than those in GMATprep, but I would defn suggest completing each section in GMATprep in 70 mins instead of in 75 mins... Hope this helps.