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by sochatte » Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:35 am
Is the hundredth digit of decimal d greater than 5?

1). The tenth digit of 10d is 7

2). The thousandth digit of d/10 is 7



could someone ecplain.....

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Re: GMATprep DS

by gabriel » Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:08 pm
sochatte wrote:Is the hundredth digit of decimal d greater than 5?

1). The tenth digit of 10d is 7

2). The thousandth digit of d/10 is 7



could someone ecplain.....
Let the decimal d be a.xyz .. so basically the question is, is y is greater than 5.

1.) 10d = ax.yz, the tenth digit of 10d is y and it equal to 7 which is > 5, so sufficient

2.)d/10 = 0.axyz, the thousand digit of d/10 is y and is equal to 7 which is > 5, so sufficient

Hence the answer is D