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Oh!! thanks yowas for helping me see!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/herxlnc/14gprep1.jpg When I do this I get x... root[-(x)*(asbx)] given that x root[-(-x)*(abs(-x))] root[(x)*(x)] root[x^2] = x Can someone please explain why the answer is -ve....not sure what I've done wrong

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/herxlnc/circleintersectstriangle-1.jpg Very different question...This was my thinking behind it.... I guess it could intersect at one point as well Not sure how it would intersect at 4 or 5 points

I think it would be B 1st scenario first spot does not include 0 or 1 ... means 8 numbers to choose from second spot has a 0 ... means 1 number to choose from third spot has anything but zero ... means 9 numbers to choose from 8x1x9 = 72 2nd scenario first spot does not include 0 or 1 ... means 8 numbers to choose from second spot has a 1 ... means 1 number to choose from third spot has anything ... means 10 numbers to choose from 8x1x10 = 80 72+80=152 What's the OA

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OA is D

If y is an integer and y = |x| + x, is y = 0? (1) x (2) y A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient. C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient. D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient. E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient. My answer is A.. stmt 1 tells us that x is negative, which would make the eqn in the stem equal to 0 for any value of x stmt 2 gives two or more possible choices for y ... y Please let me know your thoughts.

I understand now... THANK YOU! My main problem was that I was forgetting that stmt 1 was giving the "ratio" of the distributed stationary to each employee and not the actual number of stationary items each staff member received. 2:3:4 was the way the stationary was distributed, however that is the "lowest form" of the ratio... it could be in fact that each member received the stationary in the ratio of 4:6:8 OR 6:9:12 (the latter is better because the numbers work with the question) Thanks for your help and patience DWarrior!

Yes...Okay let me re-read the soln you posted...

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Thanks for the clarification DWarrior and vbhup2 ...but I still don't see it.. If stmt 1 says each employee individually received each stationary in that combination (pens/stationary = 2/9, pencils/stationarty = 3/9, pads/stationary = 4/9) why can it be also considered that each person got 6 pens, 9 pencils, 12 pads or any other combo. I don't see how we can consider any other combination of staff receiving stationary when stmt 1 gives us the break down. I feel like my thinking about stmt 1 is incorrect. I appreciate your time in explaining this to me!

A department manager distributed a number of pens, pencils, and pads among the staff in the department, with each staff member receiving x pens, y pencils, and z pads. How many staff members were in the department? (1) The numbers of pens, pencils, and pads that each staff member received were in the ratio 2:3:4, respectively. (2) The manager distributed a total of 18 pens, 27 pencils, and 36 pads. >> I'm not sure what I'm missing in my thinking here. I think the answers is C because... stmt 1 on it's own only gives the distribution of stationary each individual staff member got, (example, each staff member got a total of 9 stationary items...2/9 were pens, 3/9 were pencils, 4/9 were pads --> is my thinking right here?!?!?) not how many staff members there are (insufficient) stmt 2 on it's own tells about the total number of types of stationary distributed, nothing about the number of staff member there is (insufficient) stmt 1 & stmt 2 says if there are 18 pens distributed, and each person got 2, there must be 9 staff members, likewise, if there were 27 pencils distributed and each member got 3 pencils, there must be 9 staff members and lastly if there were 36 pads distributed and each member got 4, then there were 9 staff members all together. I need to know why the answer is not C, and E as other threads have discussed. Thanks guys and gals!

At the bottom of this link, you'll find a paragraph about "downloading the latest" topics for both types of essay. I hope that helps: Analytical Writing Assessment Section

I read that the ETS test has the same issues...however it is explicitly noted in the "info screens" before you start the test that this will occur aka you can only see your scores once etc. I learned it the hard way too..now everytime I write the scores down on a blank paper...just incase I click something and I'm left with only a mental image of my score!! Is it possible to see the answers to the questions? I didn't flag any of the questions..is that why?