Couple gmat prep

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Couple gmat prep

by mttorii » Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:40 pm
The answer of the second (#e2.jpg) question is E. But I can't see any problem with D. Can someone help me on this?
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by jayhawk2001 » Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:29 pm
First question --

90 / (v-3) - 90 / (v+3) = 1/2
v^2 = 1089, so v = 33

Downstream = 90 / (33+3) = 90 / 36 = 10 / 4 = 2.5 hours

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Second question --

xy + z = xy + xz

If z = 0, xy = xy

If x = 1, y + z = y + z

Hence E.

Please note that you cannot choose D as you need both x=1 AND y=0.
D says x=1 (which is ok) OR y=0 (which is not ok by itself as
we can only get z = xz)

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by anuroopa » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:09 am
hey,
i know im missing something simple - cud u tell me why x=1 and y=1 does not work

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by beny » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:59 am
Because it says MUST be true. If z=0, y can = 50 (or any other number for that matter) and the equation would still hold.