Integer Question

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by sujaysolanki » Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:27 pm
From stmt 1

a is a multiple of 25
POssible values a can take is 25,50,75,100 and so on

Hence 25/a+1 will never be an integer Hence Sufficient

we get unique answer No.

From stmt 2

a = 24 we get yes

a = 25 we get no

Insufficient

Hence A
Source: — Data Sufficiency |

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by ddd » Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:45 am
Statement 1)
a can be 0. and 0 is multiple of 25. (Correct me if i m wrong)
then stat 1 is not enough.

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by StarDust845 » Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:10 am
Answer must be E.

We can't deduce from both statements. What's the OA?

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by sujaysolanki » Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:27 pm
I seem to have overlooked some obvious information ..it is E ... thanks for the correction guys :)