GMAT PREP QUESTION???

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GMAT PREP QUESTION???

by dferm » Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:50 pm
If n is an integer between 10 and 99, is n<80?

(1) The sum of the two digits of n is a prime number
(2) Each of the two digits of n is a prime number

Please explain.

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Re: GMAT PREP QUESTION???

by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:56 pm
dferm wrote:If n is an integer between 10 and 99, is n<80?

(1) The sum of the two digits of n is a prime number
(2) Each of the two digits of n is a prime number

Please explain.
(1) the sum of the digits is prime.

We can pick n=83, since 8+3=11 which is prime.

Is 83 < 80? No.

We can also pick 32, since 3+2=5 which is prime.

Is 32 < 80? Yes.

No and Yes, therefore insufficient.

(2) Each of the digits is prime.

Well, that means that each digit is either 2, 3, 5 or 7. In other words, the biggest possible value for n is 77. Therefore, every possible value for n will be less than 80: sufficient.

(1) is insufficient, (2) is sufficient: choose (b).
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