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by geet_ge » Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:33 am
In the xy co ordinate plane, line l and line k intersect at the point (4,3). Is the product of their slopes negative?

1)The product of x intercept of lines l and k is positive
2)The product of y intercept of lines l and k is negative

1)A Alone sufficient
2)B Alone sufficient
3)Together sufficient
4) Either
5) Neither
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by Anurag@Gurome » Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:37 am
geet_ge wrote:In the xy co ordinate plane, line l and line k intersect at the point (4,3). Is the product of their slopes negative?

1)The product of x intercept of lines l and k is positive
2)The product of y intercept of lines l and k is negative

1)A Alone sufficient
2)B Alone sufficient
3)Together sufficient
4) Either
5) Neither
Let the equation of line L be y = m1x + c1.
Let the equation of line K be y = m2x + c2.
We need to know whether m1 * m2 is negative or not.

(1) x-intercept of L is -c1/m1.
x-intercept of K is -c2/m2.
So, (c1 * c2)/(m1 * m2) > 0.
But this does not tell us whether m1 * m2 < 0 or not; NOT sufficient.

(2) y-intercept of L is c1.
y-intercept of K is c2.
So, c1 * c2 < 0.
Again this does not tell us whether m1 * m2 < 0 or not; NOT sufficient.

Combining (1) and (2), (c1 * c2)/(m1 * m2) > 0 and c1 * c2 < 0.
This automatically means that m1 * m2 < 0.
So, both statements together are sufficient to answer the question.

The correct answer is C.
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by mankey » Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:05 pm
Thanks Anurag. But what do you do with the information that the two lines intersect at (4,3)? How do you make out it is the extraneous information?

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by Anurag@Gurome » Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:41 pm
mankey wrote:Thanks Anurag. But what do you do with the information that the two lines intersect at (4,3)? How do you make out it is the extraneous information?

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We got the answer C, without using the info about the intersection point of the lines. So this is the extraneous information.
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by pappueshwar » Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:40 am
hi Anurag,
ur expln is amazing for this problem,

i have a basic doubt

in any equation y = mx+b, b stands for y intercept.

now how to find the x intercept of this equation? from the problem it looks like u have taken -yintercept/ slope to find the x - intercept.
can u explain with an example ...


thanks
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