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positive integers

by Vemuri » Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:54 pm
Are the positive integers p and q both greater than n?
(i) p-q>n
(ii) q>p

OA is C. Why is it not A?

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Re: positive integers

by x2suresh » Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:04 pm
Vemuri wrote:Are the positive integers p and q both greater than n?
(i) p-q>n
(ii) q>p

OA is C. Why is it not A?
p=6 q=2 n =3 --> is q>n no
p=6 q=4 n =2 --> is q>n yes
not sufficient

p-q>n
p-q>0

combined above two eqn. 0>n
n is negative.
clearly p and q are positive integers.
suffuient.
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by VigneshRam » Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:18 am
if n<0 how does it mean that p and q greater than n?

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by raunakrajan » Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:35 am
VigneshRam wrote:if n<0 how does it mean that p and q greater than n?
Hi,
because its given both p and q are positive integers.
so if p=4 and q =6 p-q= -2 but both p and q are greater than n