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by Mo2men » Fri Apr 21, 2017 8:42 am
In triangle PQR, PQ is an integer and PQ > 6. What is PQ?

(1) PR + QR = 8
(2) Triangle PQR is equiangular and PR = 10.

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by GMATGuruNY » Fri Apr 21, 2017 8:50 am
Mo2men wrote:(1) PR + QR = 8
(2) Triangle PQR is equiangular and PR = 10.
Statement 1 implies that PR<8, while Statement 2 indicates that PR=10.
Since the two statements contradict each other, the problem is flawed.
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