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which is greater, b or c?

by farooq » Sat May 16, 2009 3:52 am
Q: If ab<ac; which is greater, b or c?

Statement 1: a<0
Statement 2: c<0

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B
C
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E

Answer : A
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by ssmiles08 » Sat May 16, 2009 6:01 am
This is how I approached it:

if a < 0

Then (-a)(b)< (-a)(c)

when you divide both sides by (-) you would get b>c since dividing by a negative sign switches the inequalities.

In this case it doesn't matter what numbers b and c because you are not dividing anything by b or c

If c < 0 , a can be pos or neg. So when you divide by a positive a you get b<c and when you divide by a negative a you would get b>c. So Ans choice B does not work

It is A
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