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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:14 pm

Please note that this is not an official GMAT question; it’s my attempt to create mid-range (500 to 650-level) GMAT-style questions for this forum.

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by jfranco23 » Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:56 pm

IMO the answer is A

Only A and B are negatives and are the only options to get X^3<X and X<x^2. And (-7/2)^3 is shorter than (-7/2)

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