Is x^2 - y^2 a positive number?
(1) x - y is a positive number.
(2) x + y is a positive number.
Answer is C
(1) x - y is a positive number.
(2) x + y is a positive number.
Answer is C
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Thanks a lot Rahul.Rahul@gurome wrote: If x = 5 and y = 8 then (x+y) = 13 a positive number and (x-y) = -3
So x^2 - y^2 = (x+y)(x-y) = -39 (a negative number).
Since nothing definite can be said (2) alone is not sufficient.
On combining we have that both (x+y) and (x-y) are positive and so their product (x^2 - y^2) will also be positive.
So the answer to the question is yes.
The correct answer is (C).
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