Hey edelauna,
Unfortunately, you can't go from x/y > 1 to x>y, because you don't know whether y is positive or negative (and thus you don't know whether or not the sign will flip).
Statement 1 tells you that x > y though, but it doesn't tell you their signs.
Statement 2 tells you x/y > 1, which means that either x<y (which would happen if x and y were both negative, for example x=-2, y=-1), or x>y (which would happen if x and y were both positive). We don't know which it is.
Together, though, we know it must be true that x>y and x/y > 1, and thus x and y are both positive.
Let me know if you have any other questions!
Rich Zwelling
GMAT Instructor, Veritas Prep
