Thursday, August 14, 2008

The date is approaching... And as for any other GMAT writer, I have also started having the pangs of those last moments. The countdown has started and the D-day is just 11 days away. The best preparation for me now is to keep my cool and focus on whatever studied so far instead of trying to learn newer things. I know that. However, the concern for me at this time is to manage the abrupt increase in the workplace challenges - too many meetings, mid-year review for me, zonal review for northern India, additional responsibilities of some other function (I need to learn the art of saying no!), etc., etc., etc. Moreover, my social work meeting is also planned during these days. The last time when the group met, I was assigned a particular task of identifying the factors leading to the failures of NGOs and such other social sector organizations. I am to produce an in-depth write-up on this topic to the social work group and the irony is that I have not even started on this. Huhhhhh.....
Well, you would be thinking that if all that is to be done why the hell I am wasting time on writing this BLOG??? To get the answer go to my first blog... I am venting out....
Catch u later.
Bye. Bye.

Monday, August 4, 2008

I am writing down a probability problem which i faced during one of my CATs. For me probability is always a nightmare and if this kind of question gonna be present in the actual GMAT then God knows what will happen to me!!! Anyways, try giving the solution to this one.

Problem:
A fair coin with sides marked heads and tails is to be tossed eight times. What is the probability that the coin will land tails side up more than five times?

Options:
1) 37/256 2) 56/256 3) 65/256 4) 70/256 5) 81/256

I know Arun would be laughing at me ;) I know Arun (and for that matter any Engineer in our class) can do this problem with ease...

Would request everyone to share their own short-cut methods to crack maths/DS problems. This will surely help us to learn more in a limited time... I am waiting for your comments for this posting...

All the best guys/gals.