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Xj = ((Xj) - 1) /2
rather than
Xj = (Xj-1) / 2
as in, if j = 2, I was reading
X2 = (X2 - 1)/2
rather than
X2 = X1/2
Thanks.
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Positive sequence x1, x2, x3, ....
Source: Beat The GMAT — Data Sufficiency |
Oh, I think I understood the problem. I was reading (a) as
Xj = ((Xj) - 1) /2
rather than
Xj = (Xj-1) / 2
as in, if j = 2, I was reading
X2 = (X2 - 1)/2
rather than
X2 = X1/2
Thanks.
Xj = ((Xj) - 1) /2
rather than
Xj = (Xj-1) / 2
as in, if j = 2, I was reading
X2 = (X2 - 1)/2
rather than
X2 = X1/2
Thanks.
statement 1 : we dont know value of J. in suff
statement 2 : we dont know x4. Insuff
Combine : x5 = x4/(x4+1)
from statement 1 x5 = x4/2
x4/2 = x4(x4+1)
let x4 = t
t^2 + t = 2t
t^2 - t = 0
t(t-1)= 0
So x4 = 1 it can not be 0 as its a +ve number
using statement 1 we can find x3,x2 and x1.
Answer C
statement 2 : we dont know x4. Insuff
Combine : x5 = x4/(x4+1)
from statement 1 x5 = x4/2
x4/2 = x4(x4+1)
let x4 = t
t^2 + t = 2t
t^2 - t = 0
t(t-1)= 0
So x4 = 1 it can not be 0 as its a +ve number
using statement 1 we can find x3,x2 and x1.
Answer C
I caught this one also during my GMATPrep. And I think I got it right.
(1) we can determine that....
(x2)=(x1)/2
(x3)=(x2)/2
(x4)=(x3)/2
(x5)=(x4)/2
....
No numerical value for x1, so A and D are out.
(2) says nothing about x1 so B is out.
(1+2) we have (x4)/2=(x4)/((x4)-1), x4=1. Knowing X4 we determine x1 from the relations in (1)
OA C
(1) we can determine that....
(x2)=(x1)/2
(x3)=(x2)/2
(x4)=(x3)/2
(x5)=(x4)/2
....
No numerical value for x1, so A and D are out.
(2) says nothing about x1 so B is out.
(1+2) we have (x4)/2=(x4)/((x4)-1), x4=1. Knowing X4 we determine x1 from the relations in (1)
OA C
Be careful in solving this type of equation, you'll have two values of x4. 0 and 1. if initial the condition was that x is just an integer instead of +ve interger. the answer would have been E.atlantic wrote:(1+2) we have (x4)/2=(x4)/((x4)-1), x4=1.
