iMyself wrote:is x<y?
(1) y/x<1
(2) y<0
Both statements are satisfied if y=-1 and x=1:
Statement 1: -1/1 < 1
Statement 2: -1 < 0
In this case, x>y.
Both statements are satisfied if y=-1 and x=-2:
Statement 1: -1/-2 < 1
Statement 2: -1 < 0
In this case, x<y.
Since the answer to the question stem is NO in the first case but YES in the second case, the two statements combined are INSUFFICIENT.
The correct answer is
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