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by vongdn » Sat Oct 02, 2010 10:17 pm
K does NOT equal 0, 1, or -1, is 1/K > 0?

(1) 1/(K-1) > 0
(2) 1/(K+1) > 0



In (1) I see that in order for 1/(K-1) to be > 0, means that it is positive, therefore (K-1) must also be positive or > 0, so K>1, which means that 1/K will always be positive and >0. Therefore this is sufficient.

In (2) with the same thought process as in 1, (K+1) will need to be positive or >0, which means K>-1, however, any value between -1 and 0 will make 1/K negative since it is not specified that K must be an integer, therefore this is insufficient.


Is my thought process correct in this answer? Or is there a better way to looking at it?
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by shovan85 » Sat Oct 02, 2010 11:54 pm
I think your approach is absolutely correct :)
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by Rahul@gurome » Sun Oct 03, 2010 6:50 am
That's the correct approach.
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