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by optimisticsam » Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:04 am
Came across this last night taking a GMATPrep -

(1001^2 - 999^s) / (101^2 - 99^2)

I know I am missing something simple here...

Choices are -

10

20

40

80

100

Answer - 10

Can someone educate me on the simple way to solve this?

Thanks In Advance! ~Sam
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by sankruth » Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:59 am
I assume here that 999^s is wrong, instead it is 999^2

Here is how I solved it

[(1000+1)^2 - (1000-1)^2]/[(100+1)^2 - (100-1)^2]

you end up with 4000/400 = 10

However I would like to know if there is a easier way to solve this?
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by gabriel » Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:29 am
First things first .. this should be in the PS section .. so moved to the PS section

An easier way to solve this is to use the formula (a^2-b^2) = (a-b)(a+b)

So, 1001^2-999^2 = (1001+999)(1001-999) = 2000*2 and 101^2-99^2 = (101+99)(101-99) = 200*2

Therefore (1001^2-999^2)/(101^2-99^2) = 4000/400 = 10 ..
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by optimisticsam » Tue Dec 11, 2007 3:59 pm
Thanks Gabriel! I should have gotten that one!

Thanks for moving it as well!
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