varunkh70 wrote:14) a-b < 0. Is b<0?
1)a<-b
2)ab<0
We know from the stem that a < b. The question is asking whether b is negative.
(1), as the previous poster points out, gives us no info about b's sign. Insufficient.
(We know that a < b, and that a < -b. We still don't know b's sign though. Whatever b's sign is, all we know is that there is some number, "a", that is smaller than both the positive and negative "version" of another number, "b", and so "a" must be negative).
(2), also as the previous poster points out, means that "a" and "b" have different signs. So, if "b" were negative, then "a" would be positive. But this would violate info in the question stem (a < b). So, "b" can't be negative. Sufficient.
Choose B.
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