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by akash singhal » Fri May 15, 2015 3:15 am
List K consists of 12 consecutive integers. If -4 is least integer in list K, what is the range of positive integer in list K?

A 5
B 6
C 7
D 11
E 12

OG B

I think it is asking about number of positive numbers in the list am i right??

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by talaangoshtari » Fri May 15, 2015 4:10 am
Yes,the minimum positive number is 1 and the maximum is 7, so the range is 6

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Fri May 15, 2015 4:24 am

List K consist of 12 consecutive integers. If -4 is the least integer in the list K. What is the range of positive integers in K.
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 11
E) 12

It might be easiest to just list the 12 values in set K.
We get: -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
We want the range of the positive values.
The positive values range from 1 to 7, so the range is 6.

Answer: B

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