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18:59:01 02:12 4 x Wrong PS - Exponents; Didn't get in 2nd attempt also. 2^96*(2^4-1)
18:59:58 00:57 5 x Correct
19:18:07 18:08 6 x Correct DS - Int properties; stmt 1 - (a) 2^3 / 2^2; (b) 6^8 / 2^3;
19:18:12 00:04 7 x Correct Spend arnd 5 mins on this Q; 7c1 * 10c2
19:18:19 00:07 8 x Wrong Careless error Spend arnd 7 mins on this Q; Didn't notice the word 'square'
19:18:23 00:03 9 x Correct
19:22:08 02:11 11 x Correct catch in the Q; area of border is given as 196; i.e, big sq
19:23:32 01:23 12 x Correct
19:51:51 02:20 19 x Correct In DS, if a stmt gives an eqn connecting male & female, in m
19:53:08 01:16 20 x Correct
19:59:20 02:21 24 x Wrong Careless error 6c2 + 6c1*2c1; forgot to add the second term.
20:00:43 01:22 25 x Correct
20:02:52 01:27 27 x Wrong Tricky Q; Got this wrong second time also.
20:03:59 01:06 28 x Correct
20:04:30 00:30 29 x Correct
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Test: Set 19 Quant
13:59:26 Wrong: 3
Number of
Total: 12:21 Percent: 0.918919 41
Question
15:11:47 Right: 34
Question to be on: 40
Notes
OA wrong
10:43:22 00:04 5 E Correct For both cases, if x & y are between 0 & 1, then the x^3 < y
10:43:24 00:01 6 B Correct The seq is 2,-3,5,-1,2,-3,etc. The cycle repeats in a block
10:43:25 00:01 7 D Correct Let A & B win max points; Let A win 1st and 5th place - tota
15:43:59 43:59 8 A Wrong 40a+60r = 560; a+r=10; Solving, a = 2; r = 8; 40a+60n=52(n+a
15:46:10 02:10 9 E Correct
15:46:56 00:46 10 D Wrong Careless error Silly careless mistake; took stmt2 & 1 together while solvin
15:47:43 00:46 11 D Correct
15:51:33 01:57 13 C Wrong OA wrong; Even with stmt 1 & 2, the angles could be 90,90,45
15:53:25 01:51 14 D Correct
16:12:37 01:11 22 A Wrong Important: Probability that heads occurs 3 times - 1/8; Prob
16:15:12 02:34 23 B Correct
However, A is telling
us the average speed
of P at the moment it
met Q. This is
crucial. After 2
16:22:30 01:21 29 D Wrong Careless error hours, P had traveled
PS exponents; Silly careless mistake; In my exam, I got this
70 x 2 = 140 miles
16:28:11 05:41 30 D Not sure Wrong The seq
from X. is 3,5,9,17 it
Therefore, etc. i.e, xn - xn-1 = 2^(n-1). Ans: 2^19
was 110 miles from Y.
16:28:52 00:40 31 C Correct
Q was 140 miles from
11:43:05 14:12 32 E Wrong X. Hence the answer.
x(y+z) = 0 -> x=0 or y=-z. But given that x<>0. So we've to
11:43:10 00:05 33 B Correct This is a very simple
yet very tricky
11:43:11 00:00 34 B Correct problem. No
calculations are
16:30:37 30:37 35 D Wrong necessary
16:31:23 00:46 36 C Correct
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Test: Gmat Test 17 - Quant (Took ten mins extra)
Start 14:13:06 Wrong: 11
Number of
Time left: 74:60
Total: Percent: 0.710526 35
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Stop Right: 27 Question to be on: 1
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Careless Concept Notes
Time Length # A B C D E Slow Not sure Correct Wrong
error error
14:14:15 01:09 1 B Correct
14:17:08 02:52 2 D Correct Important-Std deviation; (68+12+4) std dev distribution: 34%
14:21:24 04:16 3 A Correct stmt 1 => units digit = 9 + u; this will always give a carry
14:22:10 00:46 4 D Correct Stmt 1-> x=2k, y=3k, z=4k
Stmt 2-> n(x+y+z) = 18+24+36
14:25:55 03:44 5 C Wrong Stmt 1 & 2->k still unknown.
14:28:19 02:24 6 E Correct
14:29:57 01:37 7 E Wrong SD Q: Std dev is zero here if all the employees rec'vd the s
14:32:04 02:07 8 E Correct Isosceles triangle;
IMP: k(1+c/100)^2 = the
m sum of any two sides should be great
14:33:32 01:28 9 C Correct
(1+c/100) = m^1/2/k^1/2
14:34:03 00:30 10 C Correct
In 95,the cost will be
14:41:11 07:08 11 D No idea! Wrong m(1+c/100) = m(m^1/2)/k^1/2
14:43:10 01:59 12 B Correct
possible values for
14:49:19 06:08 13 A Correct Simpleto
m...4 Q;12....for
Took too much time to solve.
R=P is possible only if P=0 or Q=1.
14:50:05 00:46 14 D Correct n..anything
Stmt 1 P# 0.greater
than 13...
Stmt 2 0< Q < 20 -> Q can be 1 or it need not be.
14:51:44 01:38 15 E Correct Stmt 1 & 2 -> Q can be still 1 or not. So insuff.
what we have to find
14:52:08 00:24 16 A Correct out ? is n divisible
by m..this means n
14:53:24 01:15 17 D Wrong Careless error people can equally
Silly careless be
mistake
distributed in m
14:54:41 01:17 18 D Correct classes
IMP: Set theory.
14:55:22 00:40 19 D Correct stmt
From 1-> Qfor the the
sum integers
to be even,
can all theorthree
21. needs to be even integers.
U:
St1 :the stem,
Userfriendly
3n can be be 12
Stmt 2 -> Given that all are even.
F: Fast
14:57:57 02:35 20 B Wrong distributed
If
P: atleast
Price two of the three integers are even, they will be a multiple of
equally..3n is
15:00:07 02:09 21 C Correct divisible by
The key is to realize
m..insuff...does not is that the maxima in (P and ~U and ~F) happens whe
15:05:43 05:35 22 B Wrong help much
Even digits - 0,2,4,6,8; Thousands digit - 4 ways; Hundreds,
You will thus get 26 + 30 + 18 + x = 100
15:08:34 02:51 23 D Correct x = :
St2 2613n is
divisible by m...m
15:13:38 05:04 24 C Wrong 26 pc of 1200 is 312.
has values between 4
15:14:15 00:36 25 D Correct and 12..we know 13 is
a prime number..so m
15:18:18 04:03 26 C Wrong can't be a divisor
Geo; Circle eqn: x^2 of+ y^2 = r^2
13 ..but still 13n is
15:19:31 01:13 27 D Correct divisible by n..which
means n is divisible
15:32:52 13:20 28 E Wrong by m...so B
Couldn't solve the eqn; Didn't understand that it is 13+0.6x
With out sticker: Sum is 2X*0.75.
With sticker the amount is 13+X*0.6 .
Sticker saves is 2X*0.75> 13+X*0.6.
15:29:50 07:11 29 C Wrong X>14.4 i.e., 15 days. Hence the answer is B.
15:32:49 02:59 30 C Correct
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needs to be even integers.
14:25:55 03:44 5 D Wrong Important: Even with r=5; you don't get a soln for y.
14:28:19 02:24 6 E Correct
Since x<0, ans -x; ans is sqrt x^2, which is x or -x depending on x being
14:29:57 01:37 7 D Wrong
14:45:58 02:28 12 E Wrong Careless error DS - Formed the eqn; but then didn't see that with the two s
14:48:41 02:42 13 A Correct
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k and find which one satisfies x<y.
mately getting x<y; also didn't solve for D
Test: Set 14 Quant
Start 18:31:28 Wrong: 2
Number of
Time left: 74:59
Total: Percent: 0.945946 35
Question
Stop 19:27:06 Right: 35 Question to be on: 1
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Careless Concept Stmt1->If x=0.5, Notes
Time Length # A B C D E Slow Not sure Correct Wrong
error error sqrt(0.5) =0.7 & if
y=0.7, x^3 < y; If x
18:31:52 00:23 1 B Correct
& y >1, x^3 > y
18:32:17 00:25 2 E Correct Stmt2->If x=0.5,
y=0.3, x^3 < y; If x
18:33:16 00:58 3 C Correct & y >1, x^3 > y
Stmt1 & 2-> x=0.2,
18:35:02 01:45 4 C Correct sqrt(x)=0.14, y=0.1,
x^3 <y; If x & y >1,
18:39:40 04:38 5 B Wrong x^3 > y
18:41:20 01:40 6 B Correct
18:55:00 03:23 13 E Correct Stmt1 & 2 -> The angles can be 90,90,45,45 or 90,90,30,60
18:55:49 00:49 14 D Correct
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Test: Set 13 Quant
14:10:07 Wrong: 3
Number of
Total: 59:55 Percent: 0.918919 41
Question
15:10:02 Right: 34
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Time left: 15:4
Question to be on: 33
Notes
12C2
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Question to be on: 1
7 mins! The eqn for two variables which are related linearly is y = mx + b; where m is the slope and b is the y-inte
IMP: GCD
From A :GCD is 1
FROM B :Inconclusive
So A
Stmt 1: since 30^n > 1000, for any +ve value of n, the hundreds digit will always be 0
stmt 2: lets take n = 3,6,9... - based on stmt 1 - 30^3 >1000 and so are the other multiples.
ant will be a smaller value.....
14:45:30 05:46 2 C Not sure Correct Important: Probability Q - three rides. Probability of first
14:49:46 04:15 3 E Correct
15:01:30 04:20 7 C Correct Probability to select a white bush in the first pick -> 2/4
Probability to select a red bush in the second pick - > 2/3
15:04:28 02:57 8 D Correct Probability
The Q should to
be select a
read as red increase
60% bush in the
fromthird
77 topick
87. -> 1/2
Probability to select a white bush in the last pick -> 1
16:12:47 08:19 9 B Correct Total probability = 2/4 * 2/3 * 1/2 * 1 = 2/12 = 1/6
15:08:23 00:36 10 D Correct
15:17:19 08:56 11 D Correct m/2 + 2f/5 = 0.42(f+m); Solving, 4m = f; Now find f/f+m
15:18:05 00:46 12 B Correct
15:22:27 03:04 14 D Not sure Wrong Important: 10^50 = 10000……….50 zeroes; 10^50 - 74 = 9999…..(
15:23:40 01:13 15 A Correct
15:29:19 04:46 17 B Correct Pick nos; Let total employed = 64. Men employed = 48. Then w
15:34:33 05:13 18 B Correct
15:38:04 03:31 19 C Correct From stmt 2, A/(60000-A) = 3/2; From this A can be found. So
15:39:20 01:15 20 D Correct
16:08:40 08:40 35 E Wrong Stat 1 not suff. Stat 2 not suff. Together you know that bottom 35% is .L
16:09:41 01:00 36 D Correct 4P3. Remember 4P3 <> 4P1. It's only for combinations.
16:10:39 00:58 37 D Wrong Careless error Didn't take into account 'without being replaced'; took the
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t pick -> 2/4
pick - > 2/3
pick -> 1/2
pick -> 1
= 1/6
5/4 widgets in 3 days; So 5/12 widget in 1 day; Also 1/x + 1/(x-2) = 5/12; Now backsolve; Here x is for producing w widgets; So substitute ans choice divided by 2.
01
en = (300+100)/2 =200
is (300-100)/2 +1 =101
0= Ans
>y=4B
a(n)=a+(n-1)*d
ter 1 yr (365 days).
know that bottom 35% is .LE. 2 (i.e 1 or 2), and that top quartile is .GT. 4, so we know that the middle 40% is 3 .
Test: Set 7 Quant
10:31:30 Wrong: 6
Number of
Total: 16:46 Percent: 0.837838 35
Question
11:48:16 Right: 31
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Time left: 00:00
Question to be on: 35
Notes
4.5 mins!
Median Q
4C2*6C2 = 90
IMP: No of visits by Senior = 365*2/30 + 1 = 25
No of visits by junior = 365*2/20 +1 = 37
% greater = 37-25/25 * 100 = 48%
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Time left: 00:00
Question to be on: 41
Notes
DS
Integer properties
105 = 5*7*3....................
6*14 = 2*3*7*2
to get a multiple of 105 we are short with one 5........... and 25 gives it
SO B............
Simple Q
Test: Set 2 Math1
14:19:19 Wrong: 4
Number of
Total: 53:36 Percent: 0.84 35
Question
15:12:55 Right: 21
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Time left: 21:23
Question to be on: 26
Notes
Std dev Q
state2:
500,000-C>L
IMP DS
IMP PS; percentage increase is same
500000>2/3C+C
so,
300000>C
Tricky DS
(x-10)/10
SO PROFIT = (14.4-x)/x
IOS MORE THAN 200,000
Solving
Ans C for x,
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Time left: 00:00
Question to be on: 35
Notes
IMP: Probability
Inequality DS; Stmt 1-> Take y=1; Stmt 2-> Take y=-1. Ans:
Inequality DS
Take n=13
DS integer properties
/3, y = 2/3 which is < 1.
Test: Gmat Test 20 - Verbal (Took 6 mins extra)
Start 20:59:08 Wrong: 7
Number of
Time left:
Total: 81.00 Percent: 0.829268 41
Question
Stop 22:21:27 Right: 34 Question to be on: 1
Clear All
Time Question Feeling Result
Careless Concept Notes
Time Length # A B C D E Slow Not sure Correct Wrong
error error
21:02:08 02:08 1 D Correct
Question to be on: 35
Notes
17:08:18 01:47 15 B Wrong SC; B - wrong tense; A is the best of all choices, thou not
17:13:57 05:39 16 B Correct RC2 - Louis XIV; seamstresses' guild
17:15:11 01:14 17 A Correct RC2
17:16:22 01:11 18 D Correct RC2
17:17:17 00:54 19 A Correct RC2
17:17:52 00:35 20 E Correct
17:20:46 01:10 23 A Correct CR; A says that only popcorn sold 5%, all other products wer
17:26:46 05:59 24 E Correct RC3
17:28:04 01:18 25 C Correct RC3
17:29:22 01:18 26 D Correct RC3
17:29:56 00:34 27 B Correct
17:41:21 04:11 34 C Wrong RC4; c actually strengthens the author's case that virus is
17:54:09 12:48 35 A Correct RC4
17:53:58 11:53 36 C Correct RC4
17:52:14 09:28 37 D Correct RC4
17:52:06 08:10 38 E Correct
19:12:41 02:21 35 B Correct RC4; WIDC (high illness incidence in white lead factories)
19:16:24 03:42 36 A Wrong RC4
19:16:45 00:21 37 C Correct RC4
19:18:59 02:13 38 C Wrong Is it C or E?
19:19:50 00:50 39 B Correct
SC; b is correct because of parallelism
19:20:56 01:05 40 E Correct the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is so reflective
were it to do so...
19:22:28 01:32 41 C Wrong means were the ice to melt.
s so reflective
Test: Gmat Test 16 - Verbal; Last 8 Qs - 10 mins; Finished just on time
Don't be complacent; There were quite a few familiar Qs
Start Wrong: 4
Number of
Time left:
Total: Percent: 0.902439 35
Question
Stop Right: 37 Question to be on: 1
Clear All
Time Question Feeling Result
Careless Concept Notes
Time Length # A B C D E Slow Not sure Correct Wrong
error error
1 A Correct
E==>If farmers move to city and couldn't find a job, then may be the numb
2 E Correct C==> 'more' means it can be just +1
3 B Correct CR boldface
4 B Wrong CR assumption
5 E Correct RC1; Thomas Edison & George Westinghouse
6 B Wrong RC1; novelty means 'new & original'
7 E Correct RC1
8 D Correct
15 A Correct
16 A Correct
17 A Correct
20 D Wrong RC3; Got this Q wrong both times (in a previous test also)?
21 C Correct RC3
22 D Correct RC3
23 B Correct RC3
24 A Correct
25 C Correct Boldface CR
26 D Correct
27 E Correct SC
28 D Correct
29 D Correct
30 B Correct
31 A Correct
32 B Correct CR boldface
33 A Correct
39 E Correct
40 D Correct CR assumption
41 C Correct
a job, then may be the number of unemployed people will rise.
Test: Set 15 Verbal - Finished 9 mins earlier
Start 15:49:02 Wrong: 3
Number of
Time left: 74:60
Total: Percent: 0.925 35
Question
Stop 16:55:02 Right: 37 Question to be on: 1
Clear All
Time Question Feeling Result
Careless Concept Notes
Time Length # A B C D E Slow Not sure Correct Wrong
error error
15:49:48 00:46 1 D Correct
16:46:39 06:54 33 D Wrong RC4; The passage says that high interest rates were the reas
16:47:46 01:06 34 A Correct RC4
16:49:14 01:27 35 A Correct RC4
16:50:03 00:49 36 C Correct RC4
16:51:19 01:15 37 E Wrong E conveys that even after incurring a higher cost, the Ni am
16:52:30 01:11 38 D Correct SC - Subjunctive
16:53:16 00:46 39 E Correct
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Test: Set 14 Verbal
Start 19:40:48 Wrong: 2
Number of
Time left: 74:60
Total: Percent: 0.95122 35
Question
Stop 20:34:13 Right: 39 Question to be on: 1
Clear All
Time Question Feeling Result
Careless Concept Notes
Time Length # A B C D E Slow Not sure Correct Wrong
error error
19:41:54 01:05 1 B Correct
Question to be on: 38
Notes
SC
RC1
RC1
RC1
RC2
RC2
CR strengthen
CR asssumption
SC
RC3
RC3
RC3
SC-comparison
SC-comparison
Boldface CR
CR Arg completion
Test: Set 12 Verbal - Was lagging way behind; took 4 mins extra; Not many familiar Qs
12:14:47 Wrong: 6
Number of
Total: 24:28 Percent: 0.853659 35
Question
13:39:15 Right: 35
Question to be on: 1
Notes
RC1
RC1
reckon its no.3 .... cos what the community activist is saying that because the new discount store will draw shopper
So if the local stores suffer adversley then some of them will close due to backruptcy ... the most appropriate ques
DONT be tempted by B..its a red herring and is a throw off scent... because so what if most of them do their shoppin
SC Idiom & parallelism - ........as much because their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because shoppers were
CR Arg completion
RC2
RC2
RC2
CR strengthen
RC3 - IT productivity
Is it C? Keyword - productivity paradox
RC3
RC3
SC;
RC3 Modifier Q
Note the second part of the original sentence after the comma i.e. as seen in the rings....
This modifies/pertains to trees and the rate at which they grow. Thus, trees should be closer to the part after the
CR inference; Ans: d
RC4
RC4
RC4
CR weaken
nt store will draw shoppers away the local stores will suffer adversely.
the most appropriate question therefore to ask is C...if provides a direct comparison before and after the arrival of the disco
t of them do their shopping in local stores...what does this tell us nothing.... and certainly nothing about the effect of new s
.
ser to the part after the comma
nd after the arrival of the discount stores
09:35:50 Wrong: 5
Number of
Total: 15:35 Percent: 0.875 41
Question
10:51:25 Right: 35
Question to be on: 41
Notes
SC parallelism
RC1
RC1
RC1
CR Weaken
RC2
SC; In A, gas and electric company may intend as one single company; In E, the split is clear.
OA wrong
CR Arg completion
RC3
RC3
CR Boldface
SC tense
SC S/V
RC4
RC4
Test: Set 8 Verbal
21:43:31 Wrong: 7
Number of
Total: 37:35 Percent: 0.825 41
Question
23:21:06 Right: 33
22:35:16 01:47 20 E
Question to be on: 41
Notes
SC
SC
RC1
RC1
RC2
RC2
RC2
SC
CR Arg evaluation
SC-Subj/Verb
SC
Ambiguous Q
CR Boldface
CR Assumption
SC parallelism
SC Tense
RC3; Technological determinism & social constructivism
The author thinks that determinists were misrepresented and unduly undermined by the fashionable trend of constructi
RC3
Boldface CR
RC4
RC4
Arg criticism
SC parallelism
Arg Inference
SC fewer vs less
Test: Set 7 Verbal
10:10:52 Wrong: 6
Number of
Total: 05:07 Percent: 0.853659 35
Question
11:15:59 Right: 35
Question to be on: 35
Notes
SC-less vs fewer
RC1
RC1
RC1
RC2
RC2
SC - noun comparison
CR boldface
RC3
RC3
RC3
IMP
SC -CR assumption;
sentence Ans: a; There is no systematic difference in membership between the group of mechanics who do fir
construction
IMP CR weaken;
A -> Ink-jet printers in regular use frequently need new ink cartridges, and Printwell’s printers only accept Printw
E says 'past yr'
SC - parallelism; Should be prevent or inhibit; not prevent and inhibit; preventing or inhibiting ….reducing…
RC4
RC4
CR Strengthen
CR Arg evaluation
rinters only accept Printwell’s ink cartridges. (<--- since sales have increased, it's almost certain tht the need of Catridges
ibiting ….reducing…
ertain tht the need of Catridges is also more, & hence the money/revenue made by sales of catridges has increased & hence not Ne
dges has increased & hence not Necessary the Divison is providing less than it used to. Quite likely, it's even making larger pro
ikely, it's even making larger profits than it used to.)
Test: Set 6 Verbal
15:15:48 Wrong: 2
Number of
Total: 11:43 Percent: 0.95122 41
Question
16:27:31 Right: 39
Question to be on: 40
Notes
CR assumption
RC1
RC1; OA wrong
SC comparison
RC2
RC2
RC2
Boldface CR
Weaken CR
RC3; OA wrong
RC3; OA wrong
RC3
SC parallelism
CR Weaken
RC4 - Thailand's GDP
RC4
RC4
Test: Set 4 Verbal
15:28:49 Wrong: 2
Number of
Total: 07:44 Percent: 0.95122 35
Question
16:36:33 Right: 39
Question to be on: 32
Notes
RC1
RC2
RC2
RC2
SC; comparison
Boldface CR
Boldface CR
Assumption CR
RC3
RC3
RC3
Weaken CR
Weaken CR
Arg completion CR
RC4 - Aspen phenomenon
RC4
RC4
12:00:33 Wrong: 2
Number of
Total: 01:24 Percent: 0.95 35
Question
13:01:57 Right: 38
13:01:53 00:01 41
Time left: 13:35
Question to be on: 29
Notes
RC1
RC1
Inference CR (Statistics)
RC2
RC2
RC2
RC3
RC3
RC3
SC - Subj/Verb
21:50:30 Wrong: 9
Number of
Total: 13:06 Percent: 0.780488 35
Question
23:03:36 Right: 32
Question to be on: 35
Notes
SC Idiom - So..that
CR Boldface
SC
RC1
RC1
RC2
RC2
RC2
CR Boldface
RC3
RC3
RC3
SC
Inference CR
SC
RC4
RC4
CR weaken
CR Assumption
Test: Test 2 Verbal
17:59:33 Wrong: 0
Number of
Total: 32:25 Percent: 1 35
Question
18:31:58 Right: 17
Question to be on: 1
Notes
RC1
RC1
RC2
RC2
RC2
CR Arg completion; Y spends higher amount per year than does Z for same number of workers.
Two reasons can be possible:
1. The hourly wages are higher in Y than in Z.
OR
2. The workers in Y work for more number of hours than do the workers in Z.
D eliminates the 2nd posiiblity by saying that in no country workers work for higher number of hours.
r of hours.
Test: Set 1 Verbal
22:28:47 Wrong: 5
Number of
Total: 14:10 Percent: 0.878049 35
Question
23:42:57 Right: 36
Question to be on: 35
Notes
CR Boldface
RC1
RC2
RC2
RC2
CR Weaken
CR Inference
CR Strengthen
SC - Subject/Verb
CR Strengthen
Using the bone flute from the campsite, only the 3rd - 6th notes can be played where as the arg hypothesis is that t
SC parallelism
CR Boldface
SC Idiom - either….or
RC3
RC3
RC3
RC4 - Corporate purchasing; indirect purchases - supplier p
RC4