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Is x > 5 ?

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Source: — Data Sufficiency |

by nitya34 » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:22 pm
(1)-->x>5 and x<-5
(2)-->x>-3.5

IMO E
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by cramya » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:26 pm
C

Stmt I

|x| > 5

INSUFF

Stmt II

x> -3.5

INSUFF

Together

x>5 if x>-3.5 and |x|>5 then x > +5

Hope I dint miss something here.

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CR
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by apoorva.srivastva » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:55 pm
C it is...but do u need to go by the mod way


i feel .....since x> 5 and x<-5 from 1

and from st 2 x > - 3.5

from 1 and 2 together x > 5

I am not sure if my reasoning is correct!!!
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by cramya » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:59 pm
|x|> 5 boils down to

x>5
x<-5

We essentially did the same thing...
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