IN THE QUESTION(ATTACHED HEREWITH), I THINK THE ANSWER SHOULD BE E. THEY HAVE SEEMED TO HAVE OVERLOOKED THE POSSIBILITY OF "ZERO" WHICH ALSO SATISFIES BOTH THE STATEMENTS 1 & 2 AND ZERO IS NOT EVEN. HENCE BOTH STATEMENTS ARE INSUFFICIENT.
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Though zero is neither positive nor negative, zero is even - important number property to file away![email protected] wrote:IN THE QUESTION(ATTACHED HEREWITH), I THINK THE ANSWER SHOULD BE E. THEY HAVE SEEMED TO HAVE OVERLOOKED THE POSSIBILITY OF "ZERO" WHICH ALSO SATISFIES BOTH THE STATEMENTS 1 & 2 AND ZERO IS NOT EVEN. HENCE BOTH STATEMENTS ARE INSUFFICIENT.
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And if you're curious, you can think of the definition of an even number as any 'n' that satisfies n = 2k, where k is an integer. If k = 0, then n = 0, and thus 0 is even.[email protected] wrote:IN THE QUESTION(ATTACHED HEREWITH), I THINK THE ANSWER SHOULD BE E. THEY HAVE SEEMED TO HAVE OVERLOOKED THE POSSIBILITY OF "ZERO" WHICH ALSO SATISFIES BOTH THE STATEMENTS 1 & 2 AND ZERO IS NOT EVEN. HENCE BOTH STATEMENTS ARE INSUFFICIENT.
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Hi googly76,
Another way to think of all of this is to consider a Number Line. The integers on a Number Line always alternate... odd, even, odd, even, etc.
For example:
-3 = odd
-2 = even
-1 = odd
0 = even
1 = odd
2 = even
Etc.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Another way to think of all of this is to consider a Number Line. The integers on a Number Line always alternate... odd, even, odd, even, etc.
For example:
-3 = odd
-2 = even
-1 = odd
0 = even
1 = odd
2 = even
Etc.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich