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09 Oct 2010, 12:09
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I have been wondering about his for quite a while...needed to get it clarified
For students like me (INDIAN) who are to appear for tests in addition to the GMAT (like the IIM CAT-2010), some of the topics in QUANT are very advanced as compared to those that appear on the GMAT...
For eg: In Geometry, there might be certain theorems like the Basic Proportionality Theorem etc. which aid problem solving...
However, in the GMAT I believe the stress is not on a lot of theorems and formulas, but general problem solving..
So lets say on the GMAT, I get a DS question asking me to solve a particular problem on, lets say, Geometry...and I, being an Indian student, know that it can easily be solved by using the said theorem and suppose with that knowledge I get a answer B ( by finding that it is sufficient to answer the question with statement 2 alone ).
Now it is possible for another student, who knows nothing about the above mentioned theorem ( has never learned anything of the sort in his entire prep), solves the DS question and gets an answer C ( that is by using both the statements 1 & 2 ),
I have taken Geometry as a topic only for stating an example. It might occur in other topics too.
My questions are -
1) Can such a situation happen on the GMAT?
2) If it does, then what is the solution?
R J
For students like me (INDIAN) who are to appear for tests in addition to the GMAT (like the IIM CAT-2010), some of the topics in QUANT are very advanced as compared to those that appear on the GMAT...
For eg: In Geometry, there might be certain theorems like the Basic Proportionality Theorem etc. which aid problem solving...
However, in the GMAT I believe the stress is not on a lot of theorems and formulas, but general problem solving..
So lets say on the GMAT, I get a DS question asking me to solve a particular problem on, lets say, Geometry...and I, being an Indian student, know that it can easily be solved by using the said theorem and suppose with that knowledge I get a answer B ( by finding that it is sufficient to answer the question with statement 2 alone ).
Now it is possible for another student, who knows nothing about the above mentioned theorem ( has never learned anything of the sort in his entire prep), solves the DS question and gets an answer C ( that is by using both the statements 1 & 2 ),
I have taken Geometry as a topic only for stating an example. It might occur in other topics too.
My questions are -
1) Can such a situation happen on the GMAT?
2) If it does, then what is the solution?
R J
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09 Oct 2010, 15:23
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No, this can never happen
All the extra theorems you learn will at best help you get to the answer quicker (very rarely have I even seen that), you won't ever get a completely different answer ... math is math ... knowing a few extra theorems doesn't change the end result.
09 Oct 2010, 23:19
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[/quote]
No, this can never happen
All the extra theorems you learn will at best help you get to the answer quicker (very rarely have I even seen that), you won't ever get a completely different answer ... math is math ... knowing a few extra theorems doesn't change the end result.[/quote]
Hi Shrouded, thanks for the clarification...
What I basically wanted to question here is the scope of study on GMAT...and my doubt was over DS questions only (citing the above reasons) ...not problem solving ones...
Cheers,
RJ
No, this can never happen
All the extra theorems you learn will at best help you get to the answer quicker (very rarely have I even seen that), you won't ever get a completely different answer ... math is math ... knowing a few extra theorems doesn't change the end result.[/quote]
Hi Shrouded, thanks for the clarification...
What I basically wanted to question here is the scope of study on GMAT...and my doubt was over DS questions only (citing the above reasons) ...not problem solving ones...
Cheers,
RJ
