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by karthisarvendiran » Sat Oct 19, 2013 8:54 am
Hi, just when i was reviewing this question in Data sufficiency in pg 283... Q 98

Is rst=1?

1)rs=1
2)st=1

Even though the answer key says its E...both statements are not sufficient, if dont find the answer convincing..


According to me my answer is C both statement together is sufficient. PFB my view

from statement 1: rs=1
r=(1/s)....(a)

from statement 2: st=1
t=(1/s)....(b)

sub both (a) & (b) in rst=1

=> (1/s)*s*(1/s)=1
=>(1/s)=1
=>s=1

substituting s=1 in (a) & (b) we can arrive at r=1 & t=1

which can clearly tell us rst=1

Hence i selected answer choice C...both equations together are sufficient to solve the target question but neither alone is sufficient.


Please help clarify how the OG arrives to ans choice E.
Highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Cheers,
Karthi Sarvendiran.
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Source: — Data Sufficiency |

by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:01 am
karthisarvendiran wrote: Is rst=1?

1)rs=1
2)st=1

Target question: Is rst = 1?

Statements 1 and 2 combined
There are several values of r, s and t that satisfy both statements. Here are two:
Case a: r = 1, s = 1 and t = 1, in which case rst = 1
Case b: r = 0.5, s = 2 and t = 0.5, in which case rst = 0.5
Since we cannot answer the target question with certainty, the combined statements are NOT SUFFICIENT

Answer = E

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by mevicks » Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:06 am
karthisarvendiran wrote: Is rst=1?

1)rs=1
2)st=1
Hi karthisarvendiran,

Also, do note that the question doesn't provide any limits on r, s and t. They could be anything : fractions, integers etc. So you have to consider all of these when answering the question.
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:06 am
karthisarvendiran wrote:Hi, just when i was reviewing this question in Data sufficiency in pg 283... Q 98

Is rst=1?

1)rs=1
2)st=1

Even though the answer key says its E...both statements are not sufficient, if dont find the answer convincing..


According to me my answer is C both statement together is sufficient. PFB my view

from statement 1: rs=1
r=(1/s)....(a)

from statement 2: st=1
t=(1/s)....(b)

sub both (a) & (b) in rst=1

=> (1/s)*s*(1/s)=1
=>(1/s)=1
=>s=1


substituting s=1 in (a) & (b) we can arrive at r=1 & t=1

which can clearly tell us rst=1

Hence i selected answer choice C...both equations together are sufficient to solve the target question but neither alone is sufficient.

Your goal is to determine whether or not rst = 1
However, in your solution, you are assuming that rst = 1
In the green part of your solution, you write rst=1
How do you know that this is true?

rst=1 is the question, as in "Is rst=1?"

So, if r = (1/s) and 2 t=(1/s), then you can rewrite the question as "Is (1/s)s(1/s)=1?"
We can simplify this to get: "Is (1/s) = 1?"
At this point, we can see that we still don't have enough information to answer this rephrased question.

Cheers,
Brent
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