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by clock60 » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:54 am
after little transforming you come
is y<2
(1) insufficient no info about y
(2) insufficient y>0, it can be 3 or 1
my pick E

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by outreach » Sun Jul 25, 2010 1:33 am
x-y+1 > x+y-1
-y+1 > +y-1
2>2y
y<1 is the Q

E is the ans
taneja.niks wrote:IS x-y+1 > x+y-1

1. x>0
2.y>0
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by taneja.niks » Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:51 am
sorry guys the answer is B...........

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by gig92 » Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:30 am
Question: x-y+1 > x+y-1

x-y+1-x-y+1 > 0

2-2y > 0

1 > y (thus we need to know whether y is less than 1 and that's tricky)

Given: y > 0 (we don't have to know the "real" value of y, just to verify whether y is < 1). The option 2 satifies that condition, hence the anwser is B. The question doesn't say whether y is an integer thus it can have a value gretaer than 0 & < 1 .
In fact I think even if option 2) says y > -1 the answer would be still B.
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by selango » Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:33 am
taneja,

I think u posted the stmt2 wrong.

If stmt2 is y<0,then B would be the answer.

Check the below link

https://www.beatthegmat.com/x-y-1-greate ... 34503.html
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