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by bhumika.k.shah » Mon Jan 18, 2010 4:51 am
What is the value of 3-(x + y) / 3-(x - y)?
(1) x = 2
(2) y = 3


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OA B
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by gmat740 » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:33 am
Hi Bhumika!

I solved this expression and the last simplified result i got was :
1 - 2y/(y-x+3)

so definitely we need X also. Please let us know the source of this question
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by bhumika.k.shah » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:56 am
gmat powerprep or something like that :-P

cant vouch for the answer to be correct !!!!
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by bhumika.k.shah » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:57 am
though i think that it should be C
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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:22 pm
bhumika.k.shah wrote:What is the value of 3-(x + y) / 3-(x - y)?
(1) x = 2
(2) y = 3


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If we plug in y=3, we get:

What is the value of:

3 - x - 3 / 3 - x + 3

-x / 6 - x

and there's no way to answer that without knowing the value of x.
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by sreak1089 » Mon Jan 18, 2010 4:57 pm
If in the expression, 3-(x + y) / 3-(x - y), 3-(x-y) were to be 3+(x-y), then the answer would be B :)
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