GMAT Rate Problems: Algebraic Answers

GMAT Rate Problems: Algebraic Answers

Welcome back to our series on GMAT quant rate problems. In this final article, we’ll explore problems that have algebraic expressions as answer choices. You have a few options whenever you encounter one of these problems, but this article will focus on solving them by...
GMAT Rate Problems: Change of Speed Problems

GMAT Rate Problems: Change of Speed Problems

Welcome back to our series on GMAT quant rate problems. In the last two articles, we saw how GMAT quant problems employ the concepts of average speed and instantaneous speed. This article will introduce methods for solving problems where the speed of a vehicle...
GMAT Rate Problems: Instantaneous Speed

GMAT Rate Problems: Instantaneous Speed

Welcome back to our series on GMAT quant rate problems. In the last article, we learned about average speed and observed various ways that data sufficiency problems can try to “trick” test-takers with this concept. This article will contrast average speed against...
GMAT Rate Problems: “Two Moving Objects”

GMAT Rate Problems: “Two Moving Objects”

Welcome back to our series on GMAT quant rate problems. The last two articles covered machines working together to complete a job. This article addresses problems that have two objects moving at given speeds instead of two machines working at given rates. Recall from...
GMAT Rate Problems: Master Methods for Combined Work Problems

GMAT Rate Problems: Master Methods for Combined Work Problems

Welcome back to our series on GMAT quant rates problems. This article will build upon the last and prepare you to easily solve combined work problems. To begin, let’s review the standard formula we learned last time: (1 / c) = (1 / a) + (1 / b) where c is the combined...