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Thanks for the explanation Stuart. As I was typing my take on the question, I did think that my explanation was too simple for a DS question. It's good to have someone around to give right directions.

by sangeethai: Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:58 pm; Forum: Data Sufficiency; Topic: GMAT Prep DS (Inequality); Replies: 4; Views: 1692

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GMAT Prep DS (Inequality)

Data Sufficiency

my take on this

Stmt one just mentions that X < 8/9. It could be a range of values below 8/9. It does not give us one definite value for X

Stmt 2 does the exact same thing for Y.

Both stmts together also don't help in determining a definite value for X or Y. Hence E is the correct answer.

Hope this helps.

by sangeethai: Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:50 pm; Forum: Data Sufficiency; Topic: GMAT Prep DS (Inequality); Replies: 4; Views: 1692

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Gmat Prep PS -Ratio

Problem Solving

An easier method - just need confirmation on method

I had this problem on GMAT prep and got it wrong too. After going through all your replies, I tried it another way. Just need confirmation if this method is correct. According to the Question 5/x > 3/80 => now try ans choices => 5/134 > 3/80 cross mutliply => 5 * 80 > 134 * 3 => 400 > 402 not the ri...