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by welcome » Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:30 am
Is it right question. specially first condition.
|p| = -|q| , is it possible anytime?
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by logitech » Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:58 am
welcome wrote:Is it right question. specially first condition.
|p| = -|q| , is it possible anytime?
This means

|p| + |q| = 0

so when two absolute values are equal to 0 when they are added together ?
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by logitech » Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:59 am
Nasty C trap :)
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by cramya » Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:53 pm
Logitech is very correct on the C trap

The only value that sastisfies |p| = -|q| is 0 so p=q=0 sum 0.

Take any other positive or negative value the stm I condn will not hold true IMO


CHOOSE A

Stmt II

p and q can be any positive or negative or 0 so the sum varies

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