Hello, welcome to the virtual reality edition of GMAT Tuesdays. I've got my virtual reality glasses
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Uh hi we are diving into the official guide to the GMAT we are moving on to question number
two. In previous videos we looked at question number one and we looked at the passage uh for a
recap of the passage because this is going to be useful for this video uh remember that the
main idea of the passage is we're talking about two theories related to schooling fish schooling
the structure first paragraph is the intro second paragraph is theory a third paragraph is critics
of theory a plus the sort of beginnings of theory b and then the fourth paragraph is
all about theory b or idea b and then the tone is balanced ish and uh the author is basically
just presenting these two theories. If we take a look at question number two we're going to see
that it is a detailed question. Let me read the question for you real quick. The question says
according to the passage which is the key to knowing that it's a detailed question
both theory a and theory b have been developed to explain how and then we'll finish that idea with
the right answer. Um so uh since this is a detailed question we have specific uh steps that we want
to follow. One attack the passage which we did already, two we're going to rephrase the question
which we can do right now. Basically we're looking for an answer
we're looking at theory a and theory b and asking what do they both explain what is the
same between theory a and theory b uh we'll do a little research in the passage to go find out.
um I know that in the beginning is sort of the introduction of these two theories and
what they're about so that'll be a good place to look. I'll anticipate an answer. Um if you go
to the first paragraph we'll see they're talking about schooling as a way to avoid predators. So
the answer choice the correct answer should be something about avoiding predators and then
find finally step five we will eliminate uh any wrong answers until we arrive at the right answer.
Also good to note is the common wrong answers with detailed questions uh inferences. So anytime
that there's an inference where you have to combine or synthesize ideas in the passage
in a detailed question that's going to be a wrong answer because we're looking for things that are
just stated specifically in the passage. Um next a distortion where they're taking information the
passage and tweaking it a little bit or moving it around so that it's not completely accurate.
It might be half right and half wrong and then the new info uh answer choices those are answer
choices where they just introduce a new idea that isn't actually in the passage. Okay let's dive into
the answer choices. So answer choice e talks about fish hiding again we saw in the first question
there was an answer choice related to fish hiding behind each other this is a great example of how
uh the GMAT will sort of build up wrong answers across questions. So if you thought in the first
question that the answer was fish hiding behind each other you might jump to this wrong answer
as well. So they're almost uh baiting you to choose two wrong answers in a row but this is
new information. There's no, there's no talk of fish hiding behind each other or hiding at all really
when they school so that's not right uh answer. Choice b talks about protection, how schooling
is meant for protection and if you look in lines four through six in the introductory paragraph
that's exactly what it says it talks about schooling as a way to protect themselves
from predators. Answer choice c says uh that this differs from other behavior. Um it might but we
don't know because it's not talked about in the passage so this is new information that is not
supported by the passage. Uh answer choice d uh is in talks about make uh fish making rapid decisions
this also might be true but again there's no information in the passage to support it
so you would want to eliminate it and then finally answer choice e says that schooling allows fish
to survive around predators and you could make an inference based on some information in the passage
in the fourth paragraph that since some fish do live where predators are and they still school
they must be able to survive around predators but this is an inference you've sort of strolled
away from what is actually being stated in the passage and so you know that it doesn't work
for a detailed question. So the correct answer is b! All right I hope you liked this first edition
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