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Source: Beat The GMAT — Data Sufficiency |
Well i tried the cases, for Op A, if p = r, then i replaced r with p in the given question. first of all if u notice sign play no role here as both sides will gonna have same sign. That means the only cases u need to check arevineeshp wrote:Can you post your method and solution that helps you with A? Maybe then we can see if it works.
case 1:-- r = p > 1
case 2:-- 0 < r = p < 1
In both these cases i find the eq'n holds true hence Op A
Hi,gmat25 wrote:Well i tried the cases, for Op A, if p = r, then i replaced r with p in the given question. first of all if u notice sign play no role here as both sides will gonna have same sign. That means the only cases u need to check arevineeshp wrote:Can you post your method and solution that helps you with A? Maybe then we can see if it works.
case 1:-- r = p > 1
case 2:-- 0 < r = p < 1
In both these cases i find the eq'n holds true hence Op A
Why didn't you consider the case r<0? For r<0, the sign of inequality changes because 1/r - 1/(r^2+2) = 2/r(r^2+2). It's sign depends on the sign of r.
If you have considered only r>0, that means you are in fact considering statement(2) as well. Hence, the answer should be C.
Cheers!
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Things are not what they appear to be... nor are they otherwise
I took r < 0 as case earlier but unfortunately made a silly mistake...thanksFrankenstein wrote:Hi,gmat25 wrote:Well i tried the cases, for Op A, if p = r, then i replaced r with p in the given question. first of all if u notice sign play no role here as both sides will gonna have same sign. That means the only cases u need to check arevineeshp wrote:Can you post your method and solution that helps you with A? Maybe then we can see if it works.
case 1:-- r = p > 1
case 2:-- 0 < r = p < 1
In both these cases i find the eq'n holds true hence Op A
Why didn't you consider the case r<0? For r<0, the sign of inequality changes because 1/r - 1/(r^2+2) = 2/r(r^2+2). It's sign depends on the sign of r.
If you have considered only r>0, that means you are in fact considering statement(2) as well. Hence, the answer should be C.
