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hey saurya

Would you mind telling us the source of the questions that you post here?

They seem , well, different.

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Praet, inherited from my friend, who wrote GMAT last year. Are these Qs outdated or not of gmat type?
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Could you please explain why do u consider decreasing number of bulbs while the stem underlines that it is a simultaneous pick ?
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thanks saurya. what book are they from ?

questions are ok, was just curious.

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Could you please explain why do u consider decreasing number of bulbs while the stem underlines that it is a simultaneous pick ?

simultaneous or succint picks will give same result.
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Thanks Paul for your answer !

Do you have a link to an already solved example which would use both ways and find the same result ?
I think I am confused with problems where we have to consider replacement... I am in my verbal period...



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