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Re: An interesting question with an interesting answer!

by asamaverick » Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:07 am
(B) Statement 2 alone should be sufficient.
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by vidyadhar » Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:09 am
From question p >= -5

From Statement 1: p ≤ -4 .so p= -4, -5. Insufficient

From statement 2: p < -4 and p > 4. so p =-5 and p > 4. InSufficient.

Combining 1 and 2: p= -5.

IMO C.
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by crackgmat007 » Sat Oct 10, 2009 4:58 pm
B for me. From question stem, we get p > = -5. From B we get p < -4. Hence p must be -5
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by umaa » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:22 pm
IMO B.

Same explanation of what crackgmat007 has given.
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by bullzeye » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:27 am
From the question stem we get p >= -5

statement 1: P<= -4 , so p can be either -4 or - 5 => insufficient

statement 2 p<-4 or p>4, so p can be either -5 or any integer greater than 4 (4 is excluded ) - insufficient.

If we combine the statements we get that p is -4 or -5 (statement 1) and p less (but not equal) to 4. So the correct answer, I assume, should b C -> p can be only -5 if we combine the 2 statements together

So -> C
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by crackgmat007 » Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:17 pm
bullzeye wrote:From the question stem we get p >= -5

statement 1: P<= -4 , so p can be either -4 or - 5 => insufficient

statement 2 p<-4 or p>4, so p can be either -5 or any integer greater than 4 (4 is excluded ) - insufficient.

If we combine the statements we get that p is -4 or -5 (statement 1) and p less (but not equal) to 4. So the correct answer, I assume, should b C -> p can be only -5 if we combine the 2 statements together

So -> C
B is sufficient. p cannot be greater than 4 as question stem states - If p^3 >=-125...
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by mehravikas » Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:14 pm
Sorry but can you explain why p cannot be greater than 4?

from the question stem: p >= -5
and 4 >= -5 is true
crackgmat007 wrote:
bullzeye wrote:From the question stem we get p >= -5

statement 1: P<= -4 , so p can be either -4 or - 5 => insufficient

statement 2 p<-4 or p>4, so p can be either -5 or any integer greater than 4 (4 is excluded ) - insufficient.

If we combine the statements we get that p is -4 or -5 (statement 1) and p less (but not equal) to 4. So the correct answer, I assume, should b C -> p can be only -5 if we combine the 2 statements together

So -> C
B is sufficient. p cannot be greater than 4 as question stem states - If p^3 >=-125...
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by gmat620 » Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:50 pm
It has to be C.
bullzeye wrote:
From the question stem we get p >= -5

statement 1: P<= -4 , so p can be either -4 or - 5 => insufficient

statement 2 p<-4 or p>4, so p can be either -5 or any integer greater than 4 (4 is excluded ) - insufficient.

If we combine the statements we get that p is -4 or -5 (statement 1) and p less (but not equal) to 4. So the correct answer, I assume, should b C -> p can be only -5 if we combine the 2 statements together

So -> C
What's the OA ??
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Re: An interesting question with an interesting answer!

by Talkativetree » Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:01 pm
EbrahimHashem wrote:If p^3 >=-125, and p is an integer, what is the value of p ?

(1) 3p + 16 ≤ 4
(2) p^2 > 16


Good luck ! :D
p > -5

(1) p < -4, x could be -5 or -4
(2)-4 > p or p > 4. I don't get either why everyone automatically excludes p>4. It seems to me that p>4 is also a solution set to p>-5
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by tgf » Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:54 am
crackgmat007 wrote:
bullzeye wrote:From the question stem we get p >= -5

statement 1: P<= -4 , so p can be either -4 or - 5 => insufficient

statement 2 p<-4 or p>4, so p can be either -5 or any integer greater than 4 (4 is excluded ) - insufficient.

If we combine the statements we get that p is -4 or -5 (statement 1) and p less (but not equal) to 4. So the correct answer, I assume, should b C -> p can be only -5 if we combine the 2 statements together

So -> C
B is sufficient. p cannot be greater than 4 as question stem states - If p^3 >=-125...
(-4)^3 = -64 which is bigger than -125...

I agree on C.
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