At his regular hourly rate, Don had estimated the labor…
June 26, 2015
GMAT OFFICIAL GUIDE PS Solution: To solve this problem we can translate the problem with the given information into an equation. Since we don’t know Don’s hourly rate nor …
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There are 8 teams in a certain league and each team…
June 26, 2015
GMAT OFFICIAL GUIDE PS Solution: We are given that there are 8 teams in a league and that each game is played by 2 teams. Note that each team …
An object thrown directly upward is at a height of h feet…
June 26, 2015
GMAT OFFICIAL GUIDE PS Solution: We are given an equation h = –16(t – 3)^2 + 150, with the following information: h = height of h feet t = …
A researcher plans to identify each participant in a certain…
June 26, 2015
GMAT OFFICIAL GUIDE PS Solution: Let’s use the answer choices to help us solve this problem. We are looking for the minimum number of letters that can be used. …
If 3 ＜ x ＜ 100, for how many values of x/3…
June 26, 2015
GMAT OFFICIAL GUIDE PS Solution: An easy way to solve this problem is to first write out all the perfect squares below 100 that result from squaring a prime …
The ratio 2 to 1/3 is equal to the ratio
June 26, 2015
GMAT OFFICIAL GUIDE PS Solution: When setting up ratios, we can set up a ratio in fraction form. For example, if we were told the ratio of a to …
At a supermarket, John spent 1/2 of his money on fresh fruit
June 26, 2015
GMAT OFFICIAL GUIDE PS Solution: Let’s let T = total number of dollars spent at the supermarket. With this variable we can set up an equation and determine T. …
If |y – ½| < 11/2, which of the following…
June 26, 2015
GMAT OFFICIAL GUIDE PS Solution: We must solve the inequality for two cases: Case 1: (y-1/2) is Positive: |y – ½| < 11/2 y – ½ < 11/2 Add …