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by schumi_gmat » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:25 am
Ans is 3

Let me know the OA
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by kris610 » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:35 am
schumi_gmat wrote:Ans is 3

Let me know the OA
Why not 2? To get the least possible value, the value has to be as close to 23 as possible. Given y is an integer, I could give y=5 which would mean
abs(23-25) =2...Did I miss something?
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by stop@800 » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:44 am
IMO ans is 2

|23 - 5*5| = |-2| = 2
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by smallsorrow » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:50 am
It is 2
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