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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
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Analogy questions

0 SAW: CARPENTER:: 02br
00A trowel: bricklayer 02br
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00The answer is B. I see it. But I don't see why the choice A can be excluded? :-s 0-
  

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0 "STRUT: WING:: 02br 00A. lever: handle 02br 00B. axle: wheel 02br 00C.

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  • 0 "STRUT: WING:: 02br 00A.
  • lever: handle 02br 00B.
  • axle: wheel 02br 00C.
  • buttress: wall 02br 00D.
  • beam: rivet 02br 00E.
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0 "STRUT: WING:: 02br
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00B. axle: wheel 02br
00C. buttress: wall 02br
00D. beam: rivet 02br
00E. well: pipe" 02br
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00Here is another analogy question. It’s easy to eliminate A. D and E, but it’s so hard for me to choose a better one among B and C. 0-
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0 Hi Jeff, 02br
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00first question: both saw and scissors are used to cut. 02br
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0 Jeff, I would choose C, since the buttress supports the wall, and the strut supports the wing, in a fixed position, while the wheel may turn on the axle. 02br
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00Hi Jeff, 12br
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10first question: both saw and scissors are used to cut. 12br
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00Thank you, Julielai. 02br
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00So you mean trowel is the tool used by bricklayer. But the question is it's not used to cut. Right? 0-
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10Jeff, I would choose C, since the buttress supports the wall, and the strut supports the wing, in a fixed position, while the wheel may turn on the axle. 12br
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00Thank you Anthony. 02br
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0 Hi Jeff, 02br
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I agree about the 'used to cut the material' aspect. On the other hand, you could say that a bricklayer uses a trowel to 'cut' the cement.

But perhaps 'wood' is to 'carpenter' as 'cloth' is to 'tailor' as 'brick' is to 'bricklayer'.

In which case, screws = thread = cement.

So yes, B...

MrP
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I like JA's analogy. But I suppose you could also say that while every wing, to function, must have struts, and every wheel, to function, must have an axle, not every wall must have a buttress.

I think this is one of those situations where whichever you choose will be wrong...

MrP
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Hi, Mr. P,

come to think of it, trowels and saws are handyman tools -- things to be sold in a hardware store. We probably won't find a pair of tailoring scissors there.

As for the other question, I guess we can argue that wing and wheel are related to modes of transportation...

Just a wild thought.
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0 The more I think about these things, the more confused I am. 0-
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