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Monday, February 21, 2011
Statistics
By definition, the median of the combined set (A) must be any value at or between the medians of the two smaller sets (B and C).
Look at the link for example:http://www.beatthegmat.com/manhattan-gmat-700-challenge-problem-august-7-2006-t357.html
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Co-Ordinate Geometry
If the line has a negative slope, it passes through one of the following: II,I,IV ; II, III, IV; II, IV.
Alligation
The proportion needed of each starting percentage is the positive difference between the other 2 percentages.
Refer to the following link for examples : http://www.beatthegmat.com/mixture-t76266.html
Mean & Standard Deviation
1) If we multiply each element of a set by a common factor/ (or increase/decrease each element by fixed %) / ( increase/decrease each element by the same amount then):
New Mean or New SD = Old Mean or Old SD * common factor.
New Mean or New SD = Old Mean or old SD * (1+% increase/decrease)
New Mean or New SD = Old Mean or Old SD + increase/decrease in amount.
New Mean or New SD = Old Mean or Old SD * common factor.
New Mean or New SD = Old Mean or old SD * (1+% increase/decrease)
New Mean or New SD = Old Mean or Old SD + increase/decrease in amount.
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