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Rich.C@EMPOWERgmat.com Elite Legendary Member
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Wed Jul 24, 2013 7:41 pm
Hi sarawutc,

The two Facts/statements in DS questions will NOT be contradictory, but one of them may contain "options" that the other does not.

In this question:

Fact 1 tells us that y > 4
Fact 2 tells us that y < 5

While your first reaction might be to call these two Facts contradictory, they're not....

IF you were dealing with a DS question that required you to Combine Facts, then there will be at least one possible answer (it's just that sometimes there's more than 1 answer and you're responsible to find those possibilities).

In this case, y could = 4.01, 4.5, 4.999999, etc.

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sarawutc Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts
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Wed Jul 24, 2013 11:55 am
Hi Experts,
I have one question as for this question.
The two statements are contradictory right ?
I thought we wouldn't confront this situation in GMAT though.

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Rich.C@EMPOWERgmat.com Elite Legendary Member
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Wed Jul 24, 2013 7:41 pm
Hi sarawutc,

The two Facts/statements in DS questions will NOT be contradictory, but one of them may contain "options" that the other does not.

In this question:

Fact 1 tells us that y > 4
Fact 2 tells us that y < 5

While your first reaction might be to call these two Facts contradictory, they're not....

IF you were dealing with a DS question that required you to Combine Facts, then there will be at least one possible answer (it's just that sometimes there's more than 1 answer and you're responsible to find those possibilities).

In this case, y could = 4.01, 4.5, 4.999999, etc.

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

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Contact Rich at Rich.C@empowergmat.com

sarawutc Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts
Joined
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Posted:
5 messages
Wed Jul 24, 2013 11:55 am
Hi Experts,
I have one question as for this question.
The two statements are contradictory right ?
I thought we wouldn't confront this situation in GMAT though.

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