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by Anurag@Gurome » Mon Dec 26, 2011 3:49 am
karthikpandian19 wrote:Which of the 5 terms p, q, p + q, p - 1, and q + 1, represents the median of these 5 terms?

(1) p > q

(2) p - q < 1
(1) We don't know whether p and q are positive or negative. Accordingly the value of p + q will also change. So, definitely, the given information is NOT SUFFICIENT.

(2) p - q < 1; here p and q may be both positive or negative, that is again it depends on the signs of variables p and q. So, again this statement is NOT SUFFICIENT.

Combining (1) and (2), we still don't know whether p and q are positive or negative. Hence, NOT SUFFICIENT.

The correct answer is E.
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by ranvijay87 » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:05 am
Can we take values to solve the question?
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by karthikpandian19 » Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:33 pm
OA is E
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by ArunangsuSahu » Tue Jan 03, 2012 10:19 pm
Unless we know the nature of p and q both statements a alone and together are insufficient

(E) is the answer choice
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