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Problem Solving (PS) | Re: The table above gives the gasoline costs and consumption rates for a c

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TargetMBA007 wrote:

I wonder, how common is it for GMAT to give redundant info? The additional info. about speed wasted a lot of time for me, but I guess the "speed" is not necessarily redundant info here, as they are trying to tell us, that the speed in both scenarios is "constant", which is what makes mileage comparable? I am guessing, this is done to counter the basic assumption, that generally speed impactsmileage?

KarishmaB Bunuel


Yes, there is a logic to giving that the mileages being compared are under same circumstances (same speed). Instead of saying 50, they could have said 'same speed' so in that sense you don't require the actual speed. Once in a while, GMAT official questions could give redundant information in a bid to test whether you are very clear on your understanding of the concepts. But it is not very common in Quant questions. Of course, Integrated Reasoning type of questions (Data Insights) will have a ton of redundant information so you need to learn how to
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