"Are positive integers p and q both greater than n?
1)p-q is greater than n
2)q>p"
According to me answer should be 'C' but OG ans is 'E'. Can someone explain this.
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The answer is definitely C- neither statement is sufficient, and with both, we know that n is negative (p-q is negative from (2), and p-q>n, from (1)) and p and q are positive, so sufficient.gmattester wrote:"Are positive integers p and q both greater than n?
1)p-q is greater than n
2)q>p"
According to me answer should be 'C' but OG ans is 'E'. Can someone explain this.
Incidentally, my copy of the OG also lists the correct answer as C, not as E (though their solution is a bit different from mine).
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