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  1. In fraction x/y, where x and y are positive integers, what is the value of y ? 1. the least common denominator of x/y and 1/3 is 6. 2. x = 1. Ans is E. I did not understand the meaning of least common denominator ?
  2. jeffq, what is the correct answer to the queastion you posted ?
  3. If Z1(1 is subscript), Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5…… Zn is a series of consecutive positive integers, is the sum of all the integers in the series odd ? a) (Z1 + Z2 + Z3 + Z4 + Z5 + …… + Zn)/n is and odd integer b) n is odd Ans is A.
  4. A box contains 100 balls, numbered from 1 to 100. If three balls are selected at random and with replacement from the box, what is the probability that the sum of three numbers on the balls selected from the box will be odd? a)1/4 b)3/8 c)1/2 d)5/8 e)3/4 Answer - C We can have the sum in two ways Odd-Odd-Odd & Even-Even-Odd. The probablity of this 1/2*1/2*1/2 There can be four combinations Odd-Odd-Odd Even-Even-Odd Odd-Even-Even Even-Odd-Even Therefore 4/8 = 1/2.
  5. A certain box contains 6 marbels, 3 red, 2 blue, 1 white. If 3 marbles are selected at reandom, what is the probability that no red marbel will be drawn ? Ans is 1/20. Can anyone explain how ?
  6. My question is that are we talking about the commision the salesman receives from selling the tv sets or the profit made by selling. If pofit is 25% then cost price of each set is 260 and profit on each sale is 65 , then 200/65 = 4(next whole no) but if we are talking about the commision of the salesman then we answer 3 is correct. My question is with the word used profit instead of the commission.
  7. isha

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    How would you round off 0.246 to tenth's ? 0.246 round off to hundreth's would be 0.25 0.25 round off to tenth's would be 0.3
  8. If a digit h is the hundreth's digit in the decimal d= 0.2h6, what is the value of d, rounded to the nearest tenth ? (1) d (2) h My answer is E, but best answer is D. The explaination is for h>=5 d is 0.3 but for h for h = 4, d= 0.246 which is 0.25 or 0.3 when rounded Is the answer in the official guide wrong ?
  9. Thanks, I just assumed that we know the parking rate for 1st hour when the total was 3.75.
  10. Apart from Princeton, Kaplan, Arco, ETS, can anyone suggest more study guides especially for verbal. I need more practice.
  11. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With its abundance of noun inflections, Icelandic is one of several Germanic languages that is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when translated into English. a: is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when translated into English b: are compact when they are written, but they can lengthen considerably when they are translated in English. c: is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when being translated into English. d: are compact when written but can lengthen considerably in English translation. e: is compact when it is written but can lengthen considerably when translated in English. I think B is the best answer(A,C, & E are out because they use singular verb), because in D "in English translation" is as if while the translation the language lengthens.
  12. A television salesman makes a profit of 25 percent on all sales. How many televisions will he have to sell for $325 each to make a total profit of at least $200 ? a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 8 e. 15 The best answer is A. I thought the question is talking about the profit made by selling the product, but instead it is talking about the commission of the salesperson. I did not catch this easily. Does anybody think that this question is easy?
  13. Yesterday Nan parked her car at a certain parking garage that charges more for the first hour than for additional hour. If Nan's total parking charge at the garage yesterday was $3.75, for how many hours of parking was charged? 1 Parking charges at the garage are $0.75 for the first hour and $0.50 for each additional hour or fraction of hour. 2. If the change for the first hour had been $1.00, Nan's total parking charge would have been $4.00 The answer is A, I had chosen D, I assumed that the charge for additional hours remained same in 2. With the information given in 2 is my assumption wrong ?
  14. Condition 1 l*w = A If length doubled area will increase by 64. Therefore, (2*l)*w = A +64 2*A = A + 64 since lw = A A = 64 Condition 2 l*w = A If width is halved area will decrease by 32. Therefore, l*(w/2) = A - 32
  15. A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses to discourage poachers; the question is whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are trimmed. (A) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are (B) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one once their horns are © whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see rhinoceroses once the animals' horns have been (D) if tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses once the animals' horns are (E) if tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one after the animals' horns have been Between C & D why is C better ? Is have been trimmed better than are trimmed ?
  16. We cannot use "they" for organization so A, B & E are out. D has changed the original sentence that 73 ou tof 607 So C is the correct answer
  17. 10. The general's hopes for success in battle were dashed as a result of the willingness of the native population to cooperate with the enemy. (A) as a result of the willingness of the native population to cooperate with the enemy (B) because the native population was willing to cooperate with the enemy © insofar as the native population was willing to cooperate with the enemy (D) because the native population would have a willingness to cooperate with the enemy (E) by the native population's apparent willingness to cooperate with the enemy My answer is E, correct answer is B 23. Should we be told that our recommendations pertinent to the kind of use made of our vehicles have been accepted, we will gladly cooperate with the ultimate plan. (A) Should we be told that our recommendations pertinent to the kind of use made of our vehicles have been accepted, we will (B) If we are told that recommendations about use of our vehicles has been accepted, we will © Should we be told that our recommendations for the use made of our vehicles have been accepted, we will (D) Our being told of the acceptance of our recommendations pertinent to use made of our vehicles should cause us to (E) Our being told of all recommendations about the use of our vehicles being accepted will cause us to My answer is B, correct answer is C 37. Married women raising young children do not respond to social stresses as poorly as unmarried women do. (A) as poorly as unmarried women do (B) as much as unmarried women do © as poorly as unmarried women (D) as much as unmarried women have (E) as well as unmarried women My answer is C, correct answer is A. Isn't "do" in A unnecessary. It is clear that we are comparing married women with unmarried women ?
  18. 38. Ibsen's plays posed as great a challenge to middle-class Scandinavians' expectations of the drama that almost a century later Edward Albee will offer to theatre goers in America. (A) that almost a century later Edward Albee will offer (B) that, almost a centry later, Edward Albee would offer © that, almost a centry later, Edward Albee did offer (D) just as, almost a century later, Edward Albee offered (E) as, almost a century later, Edward Albee would offer my choice was D but correct is E Is "would offer" in E correct ?
  19. 19. A cryptographer has intercepted an enemy message that is in code. He knows that the code is a simple substitution of numbers for letters. Which of the following would be the least helpful in breaking the code? (A) Knowing the frequency with which the vowels of the language are used (B) Knowing the frequency with which two vowels appear together in the language © Knowing the frequency with which odd numbers appear relative to even numbers in the message (D) Knowing the conjugation of the verb to be in the language on which the code is based (E) Knowing every word in the language that begins with the letter R C is correct, I picked up E
  20. 17. Cartoons in movies or on television often contains a hero or heroine who perform amazing feats in order to help unfortunate victims. (A) contains a hero or heroine who perform (B) contain a hero or heroine who perform © contain a hero or heroine who performs (D) contains a hero or heroine that perform (E) contain a hero or heroine which performs Contains a hero or herroine is singular so we cannot have perform A,B D are ruled out. D - which performs, for people you use who not which
  21. 28. What are the values of A and B? (1) 2A - 3B = 17 (2) 6B + 4A = -34 (A) statement 1 alone is sufficient to answer the question, but statement 2 alone is not sufficient (B) statement 2 alone is sufficient to answer the question, but statement 1 alone is not sufficient © both statements together are needed to answer the question, but neither statement alone is sufficient (D) either statement by itself is sufficient to answer the question (E) not enough facts are given to answer the question I think its C.
  22. A survey of American business schools concludes that female students are more concerned about job discrimination than male students. (A) female students are more concerned about job discrimination than male students (B) female students are more concerned about job discrimination than male students are © female students, as opposed to male students, are more conderned about job discrimination (D) female students are more concerned about job discrimination than male students are concerned (E) female students are more concerned about job discrimination than their male counterparts 11. Correct is B but I had chosen E I think A is better thab B, B has unnecessary "are"
  23. Thanks Erin and Arti. What do you mean by 'Unofficial' or 'Official' guide ?
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