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That’s because the removal of geometry was more of a marketing message... there is still geometric concepts being tested on the GMAT including the concepts of volume and the concept of area at least for a rectangle. A better messaging would be that pure geometric formulas are not tested and the scope of geometry is much smaller... but you are correct, the Pythagorean theorem is still an occasional visitor even on the data insights questions... there’s a famous one with a bad solution...
Funny that I was just discussing this with Bunuel. He’s definitely much more in tune with what shows up in the official questions
Check these two topics:
- GMAT Syllabus for Focus Edition
- Geometry Tested on GMAT Focus?
While specific geometry knowledge is not tested on GMAT Focus, not everything involving shapes, volumes, or areas requires specialized geometry knowledge. The area of a square or rectangle, the volume of a cube or rectangular solid, and the Pythagorean theorem are not considered specific geometry knowledge by the GMAT and can still be tested. Moreover, a question can involve shapes but test another area, such as combinations or other topics. There are several
questions involving these concepts in the GMAT Prep Focus mocks.
The chapter on coordinate geometry, including planes and slopes, is still present in the recent Official Guides. That said, it is tested to a much smaller extent. For example, you might see some questions involving graphs, either in Problem Solving or in Data Insights graph-based questions. However, those usually fall under the functions category rather than pure coordinate geometry, so they typically won’t involve distance calculations, angles, or similar topics.