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by stubbornp » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:20 am
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by sumiwali » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:23 am
Answer Should be E....

Lets look at equation 2 to start with....

it talks about only about x intercept nothing about y ...thus NOT SUFFICIENT.


For Statement 1

we know that slope m=(y interecpt)/(x intercept)
and m is given to be 3 times y intercept thus

3y=y/x

thus x=1/3 or it could also be -1/3 which is same as from the statement 2 thus NOT SUFFICIENT and thus answer should be

E
Lets Beat 'IT'!!!!!!!

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by sumiwali » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:34 am
Answer Should be E....

Lets look at equation 2 to start with....

it talks about only about x intercept nothing about y ...thus NOT SUFFICIENT.


For Statement 1

we know that slope m=(y interecpt)/(x intercept)
and m is given to be 3 times y intercept thus

3y=y/x

thus x=1/3 or it could also be -1/3 which is same as from the statement 2 thus NOT SUFFICIENT and thus answer should be

E
Lets Beat 'IT'!!!!!!!