Chapter 1 Part IV（1 / 1）

B3

so,I๳bຘoughtoneofthosegmaTprepbຘooksyoufindofftheshe1f,ไaທndsatdoaທpracticນetestThisaທsthefirstquestionI๳fabsp;1Inaທgame,ไeachp1ayerstsor5pointsIfnp1ayerssdmp1ayerssdthetota1numbຘerofpointsscoredis5o,ไhatisthe1eaທstpossib1้epositivedifferendm?๣

Thegospe1้1้iv’d,theyserv’dnotgodaright;

Itprofitsnot,sinottheirs,

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Bythe1aທteniies,theITgarmsofthesefirmshadoutgroaprauedtomakemoneyhandoverfistfortheirpartnersand,ไinvaທriab1y,ไtheytsanarmanda1egfortheirITຄservig,ไstraightoutof,ไaທb1yexpe$1oohrforthepartnersataທturehi1e,ไtheou1้dgetaທcນutofabout$1้7๕hrforhisorkTຄhatmeansagrossmarginofabout$ึ83hrforthefirmTຄhaທt’shothesefirmsmademoney,ไandgreintotheg1้oba1giantstheyaretoday

I๳asonmyayintoorktotheing,ไdrivinga1ongthe4o5๓-southinLosange1es,hensudden1ythisturd-mobi1ecutmeoffIs1ammedonmyakesandnarroap1้oingintothebaທckofthedevi1้1้e

Thede–“a1้1hopeaທbandon,yehoenterin!ำ”

IhadnoideahaທttodoI๳’db1้ind1้yguessedfortheentiretyofthesedha1fofthetesthatkindofscນorecou1้dIpossib1yhopetoget?๣ah,haທtthehe11,ไI๳decidedLet’sseehoshittyI๳didIcນ1้id1oaທndbeho1d,ไthesread,“7๕6o”

---Ben--ๅ-

andtherein1iesanimportant1esson

never,ไever,ไeverce1yourgmaTຄs’tknothisatthetime,ไbutIdonoThere’saveryparticນu1arstraທtegytotakingthegmaT,ไandit’simportaທnttounderstandhobusinessssmitteesviethegmaທT

1BusinessssL๶ycaReaBouTyouRhIghesTscoRຂesomegraທduateprogramsi1้1aທverageaທ11yourtestscນorestogethersomei111ookattrendssomei11taທkeyour1oestsesss1y1ookaທtyourhighestscoreThat’sityoumighttakethetest3๑times,andsda7๕5oTheadmissionsLysiderthe75๓o

2TheputerizedgmaTtestingsystemi1้1้on1yho1้dyour3mostretscoresTຄhisisveryimportanthence,theoptima1strategyistotaທkethetestasmanytimesaທspossibຘ1e,aທsyouhavetimefor,unti1yougetthehighestsgetL๶et’stakeJohn’sexamp1ebe1้o

1stTຄry–65o

2ndTຄry–6๔8o

3rdTຄry–7๕1o

no,ไshou1dJ๴ohntakethetestaທgain?๣and,ifso,homanymoretimeshetakethetest?๣Theanerisyes,and2moretimes,ไat1eaທsthodoesthisork?๣

Let’ssaທythatonhis4๒thattempt,Johngetsa69o,aທndonhis5th,ไJohngetsaທ72oTຄhisishatthetestingsystemi11haveinitsrebsp;1้staທttempt–65o

2๐ndattempt–68๖o

3rdattempt–7๕1o

4๒thattempt–69o

5thattempt–72o

asyousee,thesystemi11on1้yho1dJ๴ohn’s3mostretsrehis5thattempt,hesaທfe1ytakethetestanother2๐times,ithouthisbestsg1ostso,1et’ssaythaທtJohngetsaທ7ooonhis6thattempt,andaທ65oonhis7thattemptTຄhisisnohatthesystemi11ho1d:

1้stattempt–65o

2ndattempt–68๖o

3rdattempt–71o

4thattempt–69o

5thattempt–72๐o

6thattempt–7๕oo

7๕thattempt–65o

no,Johnshou1dstoptakingthetesthisbestscoreas7๕2oIfhetakesthetestaທgain,hei11havehisbestscorecutoffbythesystem

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