Mjkourtis wrote:Is integer x divisible by 6?
(1) (x+3)/3 is an integer.
(2) x+3 is odd.
Target question:
Is integer x divisible by 6?
Statement 1: (x+3)/3 is an integer.
For (x+3)/3 to be an integer, x+3 must be a multiple of 3.
What are some values of x that satisfy this condition?
Well, x could equal ...
-9,
-6,
-3,
0,
3,
6,
9,
12,...
As you can see, the green values
are divisible by 6, and the red values
are not divisible by 6
Since we cannot answer the
target question with certainty, statement 1 is NOT SUFFICIENT
Statement 2: x+3 is odd
If x+3 is odd, then x must be even.
There are several possible values for x that satisfy this condition. Here are two:
case a: x=4, in which case x
is not divisible by 6
case b: x=6, in which case x
is divisible by 6
Since we cannot answer the
target question with certainty, statement 2 is NOT SUFFICIENT
Statements 1 + 2
Statement 1 tells us that x can equal ...
-9,
-6,
-3,
0,
3,
6,
9,
12,...
Statement 2 eliminates all of the possible values that are odd (i.e., all of the red values).
So, from the combined statements, we can see that x could equal ...
-12,
-6,
0,
6,
12,...
As you can see,
all possible values of x are divisible by 6
Since we can now answer the
target question with certainty, the combined statements are SUFFICIENT
Answer =
C
Cheers,
Brent