Hi everyone,
I'm wondering if there's a chance some of the OG questions/answer explanations may be flawed. I realize they are taken from actual GMAT tests and probably checked 20 times but some explanations just don't make sense to me.
For example, in the OG GMAT Review (the thick orange book), Problem Solving question #20 (page 154) gives you 5 #'s and asks for the one with the greatest absolute value. The numbers are:
-2, -1, 0, 1, 2
Since the absolute value of -2 and 2 are both 2, there seem to be 2 answers to the question. Yet the official answer (page 194) states that "-2 is farthest from 0 and is therefore the answer"
Am I missing something totally obvious or is there actually an error in the book?
Thanks in advance for your advice!
I'm wondering if there's a chance some of the OG questions/answer explanations may be flawed. I realize they are taken from actual GMAT tests and probably checked 20 times but some explanations just don't make sense to me.
For example, in the OG GMAT Review (the thick orange book), Problem Solving question #20 (page 154) gives you 5 #'s and asks for the one with the greatest absolute value. The numbers are:
-2, -1, 0, 1, 2
Since the absolute value of -2 and 2 are both 2, there seem to be 2 answers to the question. Yet the official answer (page 194) states that "-2 is farthest from 0 and is therefore the answer"
Am I missing something totally obvious or is there actually an error in the book?
Thanks in advance for your advice!
