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 …
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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 …
Each • in the mileage table above represents an entry…
June 26, 2015
GMAT OFFICIAL GUIDE PS Solution: This problem can best be solved using combinations. It is similar to a problem in which 30 sports teams are playing in a tournament …
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 …
150 is what percent of 30
June 26, 2015
GMAT OFFICIAL GUIDE PS Solution: To solve we can create a fairly simple word translation. Remember if we are asked “x is what percent of y”? we can set …
A bakery opened yesterday with its daily supply of 40 dozen…
June 26, 2015
GMAT OFFICIAL GUIDE PS Solution: The bakery began the day with 40 dozen rolls. Half of the rolls were sold by noon, so we know by noon we had …