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Just back from the center. Not too happy with the score ,, but not hating it either. Will post a debrief if it will help anybody.

I am getting 'E' for 1. Could someone explain the answer 'C' .. Plz !!

Yes 'A' is the OA ...

Yes 'A' ..

Yeah ,, D and E look equally good to me .. The only problem in 'E' might be the 'primary evidence' part. Would go for 'D'.

Consumers in California seeking personal loans have fewer banks to turn to than do consumers elsewhere in the United States. This shortage of competition among banks explains why interest rates on personal loans in California are higher than in any other region of the United States. Which of the following, if true, most substantially weakens the conclusion above? (A) Because of the comparatively high wages they must pay to attract qualified workers, California banks charge depositors more than banks elsewhere do for many of the services they offer. (B) Personal loans are riskier than other types of loans, such as home mortgage loans, that banks make. © Since bank deposits in California are covered by the same type of insurance that guarantees bank deposits in other parts of the United States, they are no less secure than deposits elsewhere. (D) The proportion of consumers who default on their personal loans is lower in California than in any other region of the United States.(A) (E) Interest rates paid by California banks to depositors are lower than those paid by banks in other parts of the United States because in California there is less competition to attract depositors. Pls discuss ....

I will also go for 'E'.

'C' is fine....

Guys ,,,, I am not getting convinced by all the explanations .. The only fault I could find with 'C' is the use of 'winning times'. While in 'D', 'winning' is correctly used as an adjective, in 'C' it's use could be misjudged for a verb, which would change the meaning of the sentence. Please rectify ... BTW I also chose 'C' initially ..

Should be 'D'.

Yes ,,, philosopher is right ... I should be 'C'

here the expenditure of ... produces is correct form ... 'D' is correct.

My call is 'C' ...

This is clearly 'E' ,,, Read it like this ... A collection of poems, the first book by .... and only the second published by ..., was published in the 1770's..

'A' is good.

'B' is correct

'E' doesn't make sense to me for 1. It doesn't talk abt lyme disease ...

'D' is correct..

yes ,, definitely 'A' ..

Yes ''E"

OA is 'B' ...

Geek ,,,, Great show !!! Congrats .....

Very good qsn .... GMAT-HELP is correct. The catch is in the phrase '20% of the couples who order dessert don't order coffee'

Biometric access-control systems—those using fingerprints, voiceprints, etc., to regulate admittance to restricted areas—work by degrees of similarity, not by identity. After all, even the same finger will rarely leave exactly identical prints. Such systems can be adjusted to minimize refusals of access to legitimate access-seekers. Such adjustments, however, increase the likelihood of admitting impostors. Which of the following conclusions is most strongly supported by the information above? (A) If a biometric access-control system were made to work by identity, it would not produce any correct admittance decisions. (B) If a biometric access-control system reliably prevents impostors from being admitted, it will sometimes turn away legitimate access-seekers. © Biometric access-control systems are appropriate only in situations in which admittance of impostors is less of a problem than is mistaken refusal of access. (D) Nonbiometric access-control systems—based, for example, on numerical codes—are less likely than biometric ones to admit impostors.（B） (E) Anyone choosing an access-control system should base the choice solely on the ratio of false refusals to false admittances.

perfect stucco.... 'B' is the answer.