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chidcguy
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Please find attachment. What is the best way to solve this problem? It was not difficult but was not very easy as well
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szapiszapo
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I would say that answer is A
statement 1 states that q=-s thus q <0>0. it means that 0 is included into the (q;s) distance and is located strictly in the middle.
r being also inside (q;s), r is closest to 0 because distance (r;0) or (0;r) is smaller than (-s;0) or (0;s).
statement 2 does not provide enough info. Zero could be anywhere inside (q;t) or even before q (i.e. q, r, s, t are all positive numbers).
statement 1 states that q=-s thus q <0>0. it means that 0 is included into the (q;s) distance and is located strictly in the middle.
r being also inside (q;s), r is closest to 0 because distance (r;0) or (0;r) is smaller than (-s;0) or (0;s).
statement 2 does not provide enough info. Zero could be anywhere inside (q;t) or even before q (i.e. q, r, s, t are all positive numbers).
