Given: (1/y)>(1/x)
Multiply by x
a) if x is positive, you get x/y>1. Both must be positive and x must be greater than y
b) if x is negative you get x/y<1. that gives us two cases:
b1)If y is positive and x is negative, we have a negative number less than +1 and don't have any idea which is greater.
b2)If y is negative, we have a positive number and the absolute value of x must be less than the absolute value of y, but since both are negative that means the actual value of x is greater. Insufficient.
The second clue alone is insufficient since all it tells us is that x and y have the same sign.
Putting them together, if x and y are both positive (case a), we have shown x is greater than y.
Also, if x and y are both negative (case b2) we have also shown x is greater than y.
The answer is C.
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Tani Wolff