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by cramya » Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:54 pm
r and s can be -4 and 3 which makes it a negative ratio.

Its not given r and s are positive integers.
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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:24 pm
gbb wrote:What is the ratio of r to s?
(i) r + s = 7
(ii) r^2 – s^2 = 7

answer C.





not clear why not B?

(ii) r^2 – s^2 = 7

(r + s)(r – s) = 7

the only possible values to satisfy this equation are r=4, s=3, right?
Nowhere does it say that r and s are integers.

Going back to the original statement, we could have:

r^2 = 8 and s^2 = 1
r^2 = 9 and s^2 = 2
r^2 = 10 and s^2 = 3

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