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Yesterday, Manhattan GMAT posted a GMAT question on our blog. Today, they have followed up with the answer: You need to recognize the expression as a difference of squares. Like all other even powers, x8 is a square, equal to (x4)2, so we use the template a2 – b2 = (a + b)(a – b), … Read More  

Each week Manhattan GMAT posts a GMAT question on our blog and follows up with the answer the next day. Are you up for the challenge? em>x8 – y8 = (A) (x4 – y4)2 (B) (x4 + y4)(x2 + y2)(x + y)(x – y) (C) (x6 + y2)(x2 – y6) (D) (x4 – y4)(x2 – … Read More  

What have you been told about applying to business school and by whom? With the advent of chat rooms and blogs “armchair experts” often unintentionally propagate MBA admissions myths, which can linger and either undermine your confidence as an applicant or give you undue certainty. Some applicants are led to believe that schools want a … Read More  

Yesterday, Manhattan GMAT posted a GMAT question on our blog. Today, they have followed up with the answer: To solve this problem quickly, you might try to come up with likely values for x that would make the mean equal the median. One sort of set for which the mean equals the median is a … Read More  

Each week Manhattan GMAT posts a GMAT question on our blog and follows up with the answer the next day. Are you up for the challenge? Set S consists of 5 values, not necessarily in ascending order: {4, 8, 12, 16, x}. For how many values of x does the mean of set S equal … Read More