Inequality .........pls confirm

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Inequality .........pls confirm

by Retake_GMAT » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:22 pm
|x-z|>|x-y|?
Is |x-z|>|x-y|?
1). |z|>|y|
2). 0>x

[spoiler]St I and II are Insuff alone,

using I and II , I draw the number line and the combinations below satisfy.
IMO C

...z.............y...x........0............
.............x......0.......y..........z
...........z..........x......0..y.....[/spoiler]
Source: — Data Sufficiency |

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by Bidisha800 » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:45 pm
I'm getting (E)
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by Retake_GMAT » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:57 pm
Pls explain, how you arrive at E

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by ontopofit » Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:22 pm
u missed one case on number line.
take y=-1
z=-10
x=-9

u will get E

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by Uri » Sat Feb 14, 2009 2:56 am
IMO (C)
could you please provide the OA and the source? Nice problem.

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by Retake_GMAT » Sat Feb 14, 2009 4:54 am
Uri wrote:IMO (C)
could you please provide the OA and the source? Nice problem.
OA is E.I just saw it on Testmagic and wanted to confirm the OA

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by naaga » Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:22 am
nice problem

can anyone explain in detail how the answer is E

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by awesomeusername » Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:16 am
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