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GMAT Prep - Absolute Values

by TGE » Sun May 17, 2009 6:38 am
Hello all,

Please see the question below:

If y≥0, what is the value of x?

(1) |x-3| ≥ y
(2) |x - 3| ≥ - y

OA: B

I thought both statements give the exact same information, but would love to get your guys' views. Many thanks.
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by dmateer25 » Sun May 17, 2009 7:39 am
Check out this post:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/inequality-f ... 23579.html

Ron has a good explanation.
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by TGE » Sun May 17, 2009 8:26 am
Thanks, dmateer25. Ron's explanation is golden.
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by aj5105 » Sun May 17, 2009 9:07 am
You could gather some info on absolutes from this post too.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/general-ques ... 20342.html
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Re: GMAT Prep - Absolute Values

by iamcste » Sun May 17, 2009 9:14 am
TGE wrote:Hello all,

Please see the question below:

If y≥0, what is the value of x?

(1) |x-3| ≥ y
(2) |x - 3| ≥ - y

OA: B

I thought both statements give the exact same information, but would love to get your guys' views. Many thanks.
can you check statment 2 in your post . If this is statement 2, we cant get B

In https://www.beatthegmat.com/inequality-f ... 23579.html

stmt 2 is |x-3| <= -y.

for this statement, we get B
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by TGE » Sun May 17, 2009 12:14 pm
iamcste, you're right. I made an error in my post. (2) should be |x-3| < -y.

Thank you for the clarification and apologies for the confusion.
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