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Gmat club PS.

by bblast » Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:21 pm
x/|x| < x

Which of the following must be true for all X ?


x>1
x belongs to set {-1,0}union{1,infinity}
|x| <1
|x| =1
|x|^2 >1


ugly question but the gmat prep has a similar version, so wanna discuss,
correct answer is B
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by Frankenstein » Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:15 am
Hi,
|x| = x, if x>0
|x| = -x, if x<0
So,
1)x/|x| = 1 < x for x>0
2)x/|x| = -1 <x for x<0
From(1): x>0 and x>1 So, x>1
From(2): x>-1 and x<0 So, -1<x<0

Hence, B
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by bblast » Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:11 pm
got it
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