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Today I wrote GMAT for the second time and I nailed the beast! 780 (99%) V46 (99%) Q51 (99%) [clap]:tup::D:)[banana][bounce] Thanks to all of you in this great forum. Special thanks goes to Erin and 800Bob - this score would not be possible without their posts. I am too excited to write a coherent debrief; I will post a detailed one in a couple of days. I am off to space out for the rest of the day!

I will tackle this question in another way. I am assuming x and y are non negative integers. If y>x, y! / x! will be always an integer. If x>y, not so. So the question is asking which one is bigger integer - x or y. Statement 1 answers that. Statement 2 does not. Answer is A. This works only when x and y are non negative integers.

Thanks GMATBong for your inputs.

Indian/Civil Engineer/Male - career changer Age: 28 Undergrad: Civil/IIT Kharagpur (GPA 3.1/4) Grad: MS in Civil Engineering at University of Nebraska GMAT: 730 (89%Q, 88%V) AWA 4.0 (28%) Work Ex: 3 yr in a mid-size midwestern civil engineering firm in Nebraska (Firm has 650+ people over 15 branches all over midwest and south). non-supervisory role but lots of client interactions and public meetings. Extra C - some charity/some community involvement/Nothing beyond average Where do I stand in regard to top 15 b-school? Stern/Chicago/Ross/Darden? Does my having a MS degree or low AWA hurt my chances? Do I need to retake GMAT to fix the AWA? I am positive to get a 750+ in a GMAT retake with better AWA, first one was a rush job. Thanks in advance.

Is it D?

I am lost here.

D, whats the OA?

I will go for D, whats the OA?

I will go for C. Causal relationship was not shown.

I am thinking B over A. It can not be C/D/E.

E. In a logic question, eliminate any option if you see "probably".

Definitely D. The support was that 1) same painting subject 2) same style. D robs both.

I will go for A. My reasoning is: in C, workers are not working, still getting free grains - so what harm?

Great writing, however I am not sure bullet points (1,2,3..) in AWA. I might be wrong.

another one for 15.

Sorry to ruin the party. X and Y are integers, so minimum value of y is zero when x is also zero. Prove me wrong.

(14, -5). x intercept 7, y intercept 5 => (x/7) + (y/5) =1 Only (14,-5) fits the equation.

If you read the stem, x is -ve. Assume x = -p, where p is positive. qrt(-x*|x|) = sqrt(p^2) = p = -x

Thanks MTG. I was at a loss.

Thats the longer way. The given term is actually (x^2-y^2)/(x-y), making the answer (x + y) A.

Flip it and then change the sign of the power. BTW, ans is 4.

0 and 8 for the first question.

The ans is A.

congrats.

congrats.