Columnist: The winner of this year's national spelling bee won by correctly spelling the spoken word Ursprache, which means "fame" in German. Given the richness of our language, why must we resort to words taken from modern foreign languages to challenge our best spellers? Ursprache is lis...

What i feel is that the main topic of contention and the feel of the arguement is that the contestants are given unusually difficult words from foreign languages .

this is contrary to the explanation given ...

Pls let me know if my line of thinking is apt!!!!

Whats the OA ? and what difficulty are u facing !!!

Columnist: The winner of this year's national spelling bee won by correctly spelling the spoken word Ursprache, which means "fame" in German. Given the richness of our language, why must we resort to words taken from modern foreign languages to challenge our best spellers? Ursprache is lis...

I had the same problem with the question .. OA.. But when u look the following sentence ... At the time, the Dutch, inveterate traders, were more interested in the spice trade than in the mercantile value of New Amsterdam and so accepted the offer. It kinda refers to the fact that New Amsterdam was ...

Well Apparently.. There is a small mistake in your concept.

The Rest of the family income stay the same ,i.e = 100-60=40

Mrs Lee's Income increases by 20%=60+12=72

Therefore, Total Family earnings = Mrs Lee + Rest of the family=72+40=112

Percentage=(72/112)*100=63.7%=appr 64%

Hope this helps!!!

I found this Q on GMAT prep If Z^n=1, what is the value of Z? 1. n is a non zero interger. 2. Z >0 from the first statement it is clear that if n is not equal to zero then Z=1 for satisfying the condition!!! from the second statement if Z> 0 then n =0 which doesnt give one specific value i,e Z...

Hi Guys , Fnd this Q on GMAT prep http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs942&d=09331&f=sector216.jpg Kindly refer to this image. My approach was that Sector ABC would comprise of arc AB and AC. Which subtend angle BAC and angle ACB. They are 60 degree each. there fore (60/360)*2*pi*r + (60/...

Unfortunately I dint note the OA down.

But ur point seems to make more sense. I forgot to take into consideration that Z=-1 ..Shiykes..

Seems that both the statements are required to obtain the answer.

I suppose it should be C