GMAT PREP

This topic has expert replies
Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts
Posts: 26
Joined: Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:45 am
Thanked: 1 times

GMAT PREP

by trangle » Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:34 pm
In the xy-plane, line k passes through the point (1,1) and line m passes through (1,-1). Are line k and m perpendicular to each other?
1. Line k and m intersect at the point (1,-1)
2. Line k intersects the x-axis at the point (1,0)

OA: E
Source: — Data Sufficiency |

User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 543
Joined: Tue Jun 15, 2010 7:01 pm
Thanked: 147 times
Followed by:3 members

by anshumishra » Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:58 pm
trangle wrote:In the xy-plane, line k passes through the point (1,1) and line m passes through (1,-1). Are line k and m perpendicular to each other?
1. Line k and m intersect at the point (1,-1)
2. Line k intersects the x-axis at the point (1,0)

OA: E
Try to draw these lines on a co-ordinate plane.

1 and 2, both suggest that line "k" is perpendicular to x-axis and meets at (1,0) BUT, there is no information about the line "m".
Hence one can draw a line passing through (1,-1) and perpendicular to the line "k" or any other line with some other slope --
Clearly Insufficient -- E
Thanks
Anshu

(Every mistake is a lesson learned )