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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?


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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?


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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.
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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... :-D
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...

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Well, if you are studying for the CAT anyway, then the extra knowledge will only help.

But as such the "scope" is less. And again, PS or DS, what I said is still applicable. At best, you might use a concept to get to the right answer quicker once in a while, you'll never to get to a different answer than someone who doesn't know it.
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Well, if you are studying for the CAT anyway, then the extra knowledge will only help.

But as such the "scope" is less. And again, PS or DS, what I said is still applicable. At best, you might use a concept to get to the right answer quicker once in a while, you'll never to get to a different answer than someone who doesn't know it.
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That removes my doubts..thanks a lot!! :)
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Totally agree with above commments. GMAT wont frame question where extra quant knwoledge will help with answering questions. If I remember correctly... trignometry is not mentioned in the OG but it is very easy to learn and helpful in answering questions..



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