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Question DS

by agent47 » Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:59 pm
Pls Explain
1. Is p > q ?
(1) 0 < p < 0.5
(2) 0.4 < q < 1

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by punit.kaur.mba » Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:36 am
IMO Ans is (E)

Stmt 1 alone is not sufficient as it talks only about p
Stmt 2 is not sufficient as it talks only about q.

Stmt 1 and 2 together may give some information, but there can be different cases such as

p>q, when p=0.45 and q=0.4
p<q, when p=0.2 and q=0.45
p=q, when p=0.45 and q=0.45.

Since we do not have a unique answer, both stmts together are not sufficient.

Hence Ans is E