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  • RE: 730 V49 Q42 IR5
    Default Asked on August 17, 2014 in Student Debriefs.

    Thanks everyone!

    Anshu – Yes, the very same. That book is really helpful! What is your test date?

    Punyata – Will send it to you by EOD today.

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  • RE: Adv CR 126
    Default Asked on July 22, 2014 in Critical Reasoning.

    Hello,
    IMO A – would request your help in understanding why this option doesn’t work.

    Also, in D – I see a mathematical pitfall, please let me know if I am wrong. Explanation below:

    Lets say the buy price of the Govt is 100$ for 10 units therefore the total cost of accruing the helium is 1000$, now the current market price is 125$ for each unit. 
    Now 24% of 125$ would be 30$. If the market value of helium decreases even by 24%, the net selling price of one unit of helium would be 95$. If the government sells 9 units of helium at this price and 1 unit at 125$, the total amount it would gain is 
    95*9 + 125*1 = 980$ (this is the worst case scenario).
    Still running a debt of 20$, so this does not work.

    Thanks for your help!

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  • RE: PS In a survey of students
    Default Asked on July 8, 2014 in Sentence Correction.

    I solved this the following way:
    Each song was picked twice, so a total of 48 songs were picked, including duplication.

    Each student picked 2 songs, so number of students = 48/2 = 24.

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  • RE: Advance SC 64
    Default Asked on July 7, 2014 in Sentence Correction.

    I can try a different approach to this:
    The meaning of this sentence is that Like something is vanishing, the sandpiper is also vanishing.

    So, cutting out the flab, A would look like this:
    Like the grassy fields and old pastures (…), the sandpipers vanishing (….)

    Now you notice that a verb is missing. Let’s try the same with B:
    Like the grassy fields and old pastures (…), the bird itself is vanishing (…)

    Makes sense now 🙂 

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  • RE: SC Q177 Louisiana Purchase
    Default Asked on July 7, 2014 in Sentence Correction.

    Thanks a lot for your explanation Kunal!

    Still a bit confused though 🙁 Not entirely convinced that the ‘it’ is unambiguous.
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  • RE: adv sc q 27 set 2
    Default Asked on July 7, 2014 in Sentence Correction.
    Hello, 
    In this question

    Mideast immigrants’ rates of entrepreneurship exceed virtually every other immigrant group in the increasingly diverse United States economy.
    A. Mideast immigrants’ rates of entrepreneurship exceed
    B. Mideast immigrants are exhibiting rates of entrepreneurship exceeding
    C. Immigrants from the Mideast exhibit rates of entrepreneurship exceeding those of
    D. The rates of entrepreneurship in immigrants from the Mideast exceed
    E. The rates of Mideast immigrants’ entrepreneurship exceeds those of – See more at: 


    I still don’t understand why D is wrong – doesn’t it actually read “The rates of entrepreneurship in immigrants from the Mideast exceed [the rates of entrepreneurship] of every other immigrant group in in the increasingly diverse US economy”.

    Also,with the same logic placing OA (C) in the sentence
    “Immigrants from the Mideast exhibit rates of entrepreneurship exceeding those [the rates of entrepreneurship] of virtually every other immigrant group in the increasingly diverse United States economy”

    Isn’t this comparing ‘Immigrants from the Mideast’ with ‘the rates of entrepreneurship’? Please help.

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  • RE: SC Q177 Louisiana Purchase
    Default Asked on July 7, 2014 in Sentence Correction.
    In the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States acquired 828,000 square miles for about four cents an acre, which more than doubled the country’s size and that brought its western border within reach of the Pacific Ocean.
    A. In the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States acquired 828,000 square miles for about four cents an acre, which more than doubled the country’s size and that brought
    B. For about four cents an acre the United States acquired, in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, 828,000 square miles, more than doubling the country’s size and it brought
    C. With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States acquired 828,000 square miles for about four cents an acre, more than doubling its size and bringing
    D. The United States, in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, for about four cents an acre, acquired 828,000 square miles, more than doubling the country’s size, bringing
    E. Acquiring 828,000 square miles in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States bought it for about four cents an acre, more than doubling the country’s size and bringing

    OA is C I picked D – my argument against C was that ‘its’ is ambigious, did it double the size of Louisiana or the US? Please help! Thanks!

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