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GMAT Problem Solving (PS) | Re: At Company X senior sales representatives...

Archit143 wrote:HiCan anyone help me with the other version of the question where the answer will be 33%. I was trapped.But i am confused in the wording of the question.I suppose we are asked to...

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GMAT Data Sufficiency (DS) | Re: Divisible by 11

We are told that p is an integer, thus 2p cannot equal to -5 because in this case p is not an integer.Hope it's clear.[/quote]Understood, many thanks!

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GMAT Problem Solving (PS) | Re: In Pentagon PQRST, PQ = 3,OR =5,RS =2 and ST =5

RULE:In every polygon each side has to be less than the sum of the othersThe sum is 3+5+2+5=15So only 5 and 10.C

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GMAT Problem Solving (PS) | Re: Fractions

clciotola wrote:Hi All,any way to approch this kind of question very fast, please explain step by step if you canA receipe requires 2 1/2 (mixed number) cups of flour 2 3/4(mixed number) cups of sugar...

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GMAT Data Sufficiency (DS) | Re: In a certain business, production index p is...

SrinathVangala wrote:If P id directly proportional to E then what is the relation between them?Is it only P = E * xOr can it also be P = E*x + y.In both the cases P is directly proportional to E. As...

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GMAT Problem Solving (PS) | Re: Fractions

clciotola wrote:SrinathVangala wrote:D = 18(2/3) = 56/3T = 2(2/3) = 8/3 S = D/T = 7 Ho wdo you calculate T ( T = 2(2/3) = 8/3 )?? let a(b/c) be the mixed fraction.To convert it into a fraction. We can...

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GMAT Problem Solving (PS) | Re: What is the remainder???

This is how I solvedit:-\frac{3^{1989}}{7}=\frac{(7-4)^{1989}}{7} Every term in the expansion of(7-4)^{1989} would contain the number '7' except(-4)^{1989} So it ultimately reduces to finding the the...

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GMAT Problem Solving (PS) | Re: Distance/Rate Problem

In questions where you have the speeds given inmiles/hour , its convenient to convert the time from minutes to hours.The one who started half an hour (or 30 mins.) earlier must have traveled for...

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GMAT Problem Solving (PS) | Re: Integers 3n+2 and 8n+3 are divisible by an...

SergeNew wrote:Integers 3n+2 and 8n+3 are divisible by an integer p. If p is not equal to 1, then p equals to?A.2B.8C.7D.11E.63n + 2 is not divisible by 3 so 6 is ruled out.8n + 3 is odd and not...

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GMAT Problem Solving (PS) | Re: If a and b are positive integers, and

smartyman wrote:Dear mike,I still have problem understanding the following question, could you please further elaborate? ThanksQuestion:If a and b are positive integers, and (2^3)(3^4)(5^7) = (a^3)*b,...

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Integrated Reasoning (IR) | Re: For each of the following statements, select...

Excel format of the table attached. St1: The proportion of museums in D related to Science, History and Archaeology is greater than the proportion of museums in F devoted to the same% for D = 0.66%...

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GMAT Problem Solving (PS) | Re: If an integer n is to be chosen at random...

there are total 48 numbers in the form n*n+1*n+2 starting from 2,4,6,8,10.....96 for which it is divisible by 8.Additionally,there are 12 cases if there is 8 or a multiple of 8 that also divides the...

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GMAT Quantitative Section | Re: Shortcut for Odd and Even number type questions

Nice application. Watch out for the typo in e & f.

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GMAT Data Sufficiency (DS) | Re: Hard inequality: Is xy < 0

Sergiy wrote:Bunuel wrote:Yes, OA is E.Number plugging as AKProdigy87 did is probably the best way here. But still if needed below is short overview of algebra of this question:(1) y<0. Not...

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GMAT Problem Solving (PS) | Re: In Pentagon PQRST, PQ = 3,OR =5,RS =2 and ST =5

SrinathVangala wrote:In Pentagon PQRST, PQ = 3,QR =5,RS =2 and ST =5.Which of the lengths 5,10 and 15 could be the value of PT?A. 5 onlyB. 15 onlyC. 5 and 10 onlyD.10 and 15 onlyE. 5 , 10 and 15Merging...

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GMAT Problem Solving (PS) | Re: There are 8 teams in a certain league and...

pranav123 wrote:These type of problems can be solved with a simple diagram.1. Draw a table consisting of 8 columns and 8 rows.2. Divide the table by a diagonal and count the number of spaces including...

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GMAT Problem Solving (PS) | Re: how many numbers between 200 and 400

MzJavert wrote:Abhii46 wrote:There will be 10 numbers from 200 to 299 that will end with 3 ( 203, 213, 223........ 293 ).There will be 100 numbers from 300 to 400 that will begin with 3, we will not...

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GMAT Quantitative Section | Re: Shortcut for Odd and Even number type questions

vandygrad11 wrote:Nice application. Watch out for the typo in e & f.Thanks for informing ... rectified the typo

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GMAT Problem Solving (PS) | Re: 226. A large cube consists of 125 identical...

beyondgmatscore wrote:OK - let me try and explain this.The question says that a large cube is actually made up of 125 smaller cubes.Since 125 =5^3 , it implies that each side of the large cube is...

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GMAT Problem Solving (PS) | Re: Hypotenuse of isosceles right triangle given...

stormbind wrote:The perimeter of a certain isosceles right triangle is 16 + 16 * sqrt(2). What is the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle?A 8B 16C 4 sqrt(2)D 8 sqrt(2)E 16 sqrt(2)Please attack my...

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