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Hi Richa, There are a lot of books, both good and bad, available in the market. But since you are just starting off, i suggest you go in for the Official Guides for GMAT that GMAC publishes. You'll have a sample of real GMAT questions. And you can make your basics strong the way GMAT wants it to be. But i don't think this book will suffice if you want to score somewhere above 700. You'll have to practice tougher materials for that. But to get you started, the OG is more than sufficient. Thanks.

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IMO E. it is not clear what the pronoun 'their' in which may limit their potential to relieve is referring to - analgesic or patient. hence A, B and D can be eliminated. between C and E, E seems to be very explicit in what it is referring to. I've also read that the correct idiom is 'potential for causing'. This can be seen in the phrase - potential.... for relieving in E. thanks

IMO D. What's the OA?

IMO B Statement 1. m0 - is not enough as we get no information about n ---> INSUFF. Statement 2. 6m=9n ==> 2m=3n ==> 2m-3n=0 ---> SUFF. Hence B. Thanks.

IMO E Statement 1: K>0 It means that k is a positive value. But we get no information about x and y. Hence INSUFF. Statement 2: |x| It means that the absolute value of x Combining 1 & 2: Assume x=5, y=6, k=10 Hence the given relation becomes |5+10| Now assume x=-5, y=-6 and k=10. |-5+10| Since we can't conclude anything by combining the statements, E

If d > 0 and 0 I. c > 0 II. c/d III. c^2 + d^2 > 1 a. I only b. II only c. I and II only d. II and III only e. I, II and III Thanks in advance.

Can the positive integer p be expressed as the product of two integers, each of which is greater than 1? 1. 31 2. p is odd I shall post the OA shortly. If there is another thread that asks the same question, please post the link. Thanks in advance.

I marked D when i did the test. But the answer key says C - The price is 3 $.

IMO D. To maintain parallelism the idiom should be not X but Y. This form is seen only in D. Thanks.

IMO C. "The fact of" is not correct as in A. Also namely should refer to a noun, so it should be "considerable variation". For the same reason, B and E is also wrong. Between C and D, D is wrong because it uses "namely a considerable variation". "it is a fact that highlights" is wordy too. C gives a concise statement though i am not sure what the "it" after the first coma has as antecedent. Thanks

It is simple. Statement 2. Company R's revenue target for September of next year is $30,000 greater than its revenue for June of next year Target-sept = target-june+target-july+target-august = 30,000. if the target is given by x, then in each month the target increases by x so target-sept = 3x = 30,000 --> x=10,000 Thanks.

It is given in the question stem that a line from B to D bisects line ADC Thanks

IMO C. From the info given, AD=DC, angle BDC=BCD=2x. angle BAC = x. You need to draw a figure to understand the question properly. In addition, i have used lami's theorem to find the lengths, but i don't know if it is required in GMAT. I knew it and hence I used it. (Lami's theorem is that for any triangle, a/SinA = b/SinB = c/SinC where a,b,c are the lengths of the sides of a triangle and A,B,C are the included angles) Statement 1. AD=6. This means DC=6 and hence AC=12. But there is no information regarding the angles x and 2x. Hence INSUFF. Statement 2. x = 36 deg Here we get that angle BDC=BCD=2*36=72. and angle BAC=36. Thus for angle ABC, angle BAC = 36, BCA = 72 and ABC = 72. But there is no information on the length. Hence INSUFF. Combining 1 & 2, we have for triangle ABC LENGTH (AC) = 6 , ABC=72 and BAC=36. Using lami's theorem you will get AC/Sin ABC = BC/Sin BAC --> 12/Sin 72 = BC/Sin 36. You will be able to find BC from this equation. SUFF. Hence C Thanks.

IMO B. When you use consider you shouldn't use it in the form 'consider as' or 'consider to be'. Applying this rule here we see that the right form should be 'no one considered the management well organized' which is given by B. Thanks.

IMO B forget the long description between grassy fields and pampas, as i understand it the comparison is between the quickly disappearing grasslands and the sandpiper. This comparison is best in B ( though i think it isn't proper enough) Like the grassy fields.....the bird itself is vanishing, as seen in B. E also gives a fairly good connection but the problem is that it misses an "is" and substitutes a coma instead, making the sentence incomplete. Thanks

(A) Promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions approved by the board of directors - looks like death is an action(?) that the BoD will approve. (B) Promotions, retirements, and other actions which have been approved at the May meeting of the board of directors along with deaths - deaths must also be members in the BoD or perhaps they could be the friends of some of the members? © same problem as (A) (D) Meeting in May, the promotions, retirements, and other actions approved by the board of directors, including obituaries - promotions, retirements and other actions had the meeting in May, besides the same problem mentioned in (B). (E) is the answer and it makes the intended meaning crystal clear. 'its' in A and E refers to the board of directors itself. Someone enlighten me if there is a difference. Thanks

IMO A D and E should be eliminated in the beginning because "due to" means "caused by" or "attributable to" (not "because of"). B and C have a common error. While the economy's growth is in present tense, the analysts growth is in the past tense. This leaves only A which corrects both the faults. Thanks

IMO A The clause which occurs after a semi colon should be an independent clause (at least on GMAT). If you start the clause with C,D,E, this does not hold good. in A and B the its in in addition to its possibilities should modify leaves because we are talking about tea here (which is a product of leaves). What must be noted is that while the first clause refers to tea in general, the second clause is giving evidence for the first clause using a specific example. Between A and B i chose A because I remember seeing a question where the correct idiom was given as "potential for causing". The choices also convey the same meaning and so i think it should be A. Thanks

IMO C i reason so because an interval occurs between two events. The meaning that the correct sentence should imply is that the time interval between two successive passes of the halley's comet is 76 years. So i'd select A or C. but A does not complete the sentence - it seems that the time interval is between passing close to the earth and something else that isn't mentioned here. So i'm left with C which seems right. Thanks

IMO B. A, C and E unnecessarily use a "but". In D, the correction suggests that New York connects the Hudson river and the lakes at Buffalo ( or is it the wilderness that connects them?) But the correct sentence makes it look as if the Erie canal does not exist anymore. Is that true? Thanks

IMO D. In A it looks as if the warmth can be used only if the pump is installed in a farmers house. It won't work else where. Also, the house has to install the pump. in C and E, it looks as if the the engineer was able to report his finding only by installing the pump, not otherwise. This leaves us with B and D. I chose D because it correctly explains the farmer will install. I don't really have a problem with B but Bear's explanation seems logical though i wouldn't comprehend the meaning in that manner when reading normally. I just like D better because it has more clarity. Thanks. It was a good question

IMO C the correct idiom is not X but Y. The "are" that appears before not in the sentence is applicable to both X and Y and hence need not be repeated as seen in all other options. The other problem with E is the incorrect use of because of enhancing. I am not sure how to explain the error though. sorry. Thanks

IMO B. I think there is a parallelism error here. A means that children learned to count before the first time it was recognized that a pint..... The correct form should be A learns X before he learns Y. This form is seen in B, C, D. In these three options B looks to be the best because it maintains parallelism perfectly. would seems inappropriate in C and D is too wordy besides the inappropriate use of could. thanks

IMO D, The clause following the first coma should describe the drama that the sentence talks about. Only D and E does this. The problem with E is that the pronoun "it" at the end of the sentence has no noun to refer to. It looks like Hansberry herself turned the drama into a movie which cannot be inferred correctly. Thanks