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Data Sufficiency - Coordinate Geometry

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by Smriti Shashikumar » Sun Mar 10, 2013 12:19 am
Is slope of line L1 less than the slope of line L2, where L1 and L2 are non parallel?

I. The two lines intersect each other in the first quadrant.
II. Y-intercept of L1 is less that Y-intercept of L2.

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by neha24 » Sun Mar 10, 2013 12:48 am
i hope the slope here is taking consideration of signs and not just considering absolute values
i feel the answer sud be C for with both statement i can conclude that slope of line L1 is greater than slope of line L2
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by Smriti Shashikumar » Sun Mar 10, 2013 1:10 am
Thank you. It is C. But I just don't understand why. :(
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by neha24 » Sun Mar 10, 2013 1:37 am
i am not sure how to draw graphs here on this site but i can help u as how to do it : draw the 4 quadrants .i guess u might have come to a position where u know that individually u cannot solve this question .so taking them together u will observe that no matter how u draw ,as long as u meet both the condition , the two lines will make the slopes such that line L1 has greater slope than line L2

this is just an outline as how to solve it and trust me this method doesn't take much time its just that until and unless u draw these random lines its little difficult to comprehend
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by Anju@Gurome » Sun Mar 10, 2013 1:53 am
Drawing the lines as neha24 described is the easiest method to solve this problem. But if you are having problem with that approach then you can follow this mathematical approach but this is way more time consuming.

Let us assume the equations of L1 and L2 are y = ax + b and y = px + q, respectively.
Hence, slopes of the lines are a and p and y-intercept of the lines are b and q, respectively.

As the lines are non-parallel, we know that a ≠ b.
We need to determine whether, a < p or not.

Statement 1: Let us assume that the intersection point is (X, Y), where X > 0 and Y > 0.
Hence, Y = aX + b and Y = pX + q
Solving these two equations, X = (q - b)/(a - p) and Y = (aq - bp)/(a - p)

Hence, (q - b)/(a - p) > 0 and (aq - bp)/(a - p) > 0
In other words, (q - b), (a - p) and (aq - bp) are of same sign.

Clearly this is not enough to conclude whether a < p or not.

Not sufficient

Statement 2: b < q
Clearly this is not enough to conclude whether a < p or not.

Not sufficient

1 & 2 Together: Now we know that, (q - b) > 0
Hence, (a - p) is positive too.
Hence, a > p

Sufficient

The correct answer is C.
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by lunarpower » Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:41 am
i received a message about this thread. just a follow-up comment:
Anju@Gurome wrote:Drawing the lines as neha24 described is the easiest method to solve this problem. But if you are having problem with that approach then you can follow this mathematical approach but this is way more time consuming.
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while anju's solution is clearly correct, i would give different advice in case of trouble. my advice would be, "if you have trouble with that approach, then try to develop a better visual understanding".

see, the deal is this:
the vast majority of coordinate geometry problems on the exam -- especially in DS -- are specifically designed to test your ability to visualize the concepts.
most of them are much easier (and much faster) to solve if you approach them by trying to visualize the situation. you should only use y = mx + b type stuff as a last resort, in cases when you just can't use visualization (either because it's impossible, or because you just can't imagine what the situation would look like).
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