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by anuprajan5 » Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:30 am
Akash,

The answer is D

Given condition is that mod x = mod 2y

Statement 1 says that x+2y = 6 . This and the condition above tells me that x and 2y must be positive and equal to get a positive total 6. x-2y equals 0.

Statement 2 tells me that x and y can be negative together or positive together and that mod x is equal to mod 2y. Either way (positive or negative together), x-2y will equate to 0.
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by vbalhara » Sun Oct 28, 2012 10:30 am
Good question.

Lets start with b .. xy >0 .. both has to be + or both negative.. clearly .. we can see that x-2y = 0.SUFFICIENT

Tricky part is option B

|X| = 2|Y| is actually .. two perpendicular lines .. L1:x-2y=0 and L2:x+2y=0 . And we are given L3: x+2y =6

Solve: L1 and L3.. x=3 and y = -2/3. SUFFICIENT