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When posting questions, please use the spoiler function to hide the correct answer. This will allow others to attempt the question without seeing the final answer.seyna wrote:If x > 2 and y < -2, then:
A. x/y > 1
B. x/y < -1
C. x/y < 0
D. x + y > 0
E. xy > 0
Brent@GMATPrepNow wrote:When posting questions, please use the spoiler function to hide the correct answer. This will allow others to attempt the question without seeing the final answer.seyna wrote:If x > 2 and y < -2, then:
A. x/y > 1
B. x/y < -1
C. x/y < 0
D. x + y > 0
E. xy > 0
As seyna points out, we can solve this quickly by choosing the x- and y-values that satisfy the given conditions, and see which answer choices can be eliminated.
x = 3 and y = -3 satisfy the given conditions.
Now we'll plug these values into the answer choices and see what happens.
A. x/y > 1 becomes 3/(-3) > 1 becomes -1 > 1 (NOPE)
B. x/y < -1 becomes 3/(-3) < -1 becomes -1 < -1 (NOPE)
C. x/y < 0 becomes 3/(-3) < 0 becomes -1 < 0 (works!)
D. x + y > 0 becomes 3 + (-3) > 0 becomes 0 > 0 (NOPE)
E. xy > 0 becomes (3)(-3) > 0 becomes -9 > 0 (NOPE)
By the process of elimination, the correct answer must be C
Cheers,
Brent
Brent@GMATPrepNow wrote:When posting questions, please use the spoiler function to hide the correct answer. This will allow others to attempt the question without seeing the final answer.seyna wrote:If x > 2 and y < -2, then:
A. x/y > 1
B. x/y < -1
C. x/y < 0
D. x + y > 0
E. xy > 0
As seyna points out, we can solve this quickly by choosing the x- and y-values that satisfy the given conditions, and see which answer choices can be eliminated.
x = 3 and y = -3 satisfy the given conditions.
Now we'll plug these values into the answer choices and see what happens.
A. x/y > 1 becomes 3/(-3) > 1 becomes -1 > 1 (NOPE)
B. x/y < -1 becomes 3/(-3) < -1 becomes -1 < -1 (NOPE)
C. x/y < 0 becomes 3/(-3) < 0 becomes -1 < 0 (works!)
D. x + y > 0 becomes 3 + (-3) > 0 becomes 0 > 0 (NOPE)
E. xy > 0 becomes (3)(-3) > 0 becomes -9 > 0 (NOPE)
By the process of elimination, the correct answer must be C
Cheers,
Brent
Brent@GMATPrepNow wrote:When posting questions, please use the spoiler function to hide the correct answer. This will allow others to attempt the question without seeing the final answer.seyna wrote:If x > 2 and y < -2, then:
A. x/y > 1
B. x/y < -1
C. x/y < 0
D. x + y > 0
E. xy > 0
As seyna points out, we can solve this quickly by choosing the x- and y-values that satisfy the given conditions, and see which answer choices can be eliminated.
x = 3 and y = -3 satisfy the given conditions.
Now we'll plug these values into the answer choices and see what happens.
A. x/y > 1 becomes 3/(-3) > 1 becomes -1 > 1 (NOPE)
B. x/y < -1 becomes 3/(-3) < -1 becomes -1 < -1 (NOPE)
C. x/y < 0 becomes 3/(-3) < 0 becomes -1 < 0 (works!)
D. x + y > 0 becomes 3 + (-3) > 0 becomes 0 > 0 (NOPE)
E. xy > 0 becomes (3)(-3) > 0 becomes -9 > 0 (NOPE)
By the process of elimination, the correct answer must be C
Cheers,
Brent
That's correct, but let's see what happens when x = 10 and y = -5.tomada wrote:Referring to choice (B), what if x=10 and y= -5? x/y would equal -2, which satisfies the inequality.
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