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by leumas » Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:41 pm
Is the product of all of the elements in Set S negative?

(1) All of the elements in Set S are negative.
(2) There are 5 negative numbers in Set S.

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by shankar.ashwin » Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:45 pm
C

(1) could be odd or even number of elements in set, so insufficient
(2) If there is a 0 in the set, product would be 0. So insufficient.

Together you can say product is negative
leumas wrote:Is the product of all of the elements in Set S negative?

(1) All of the elements in Set S are negative.
(2) There are 5 negative numbers in Set S.

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by Nidhi4mba » Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:59 pm
I agree with Shankar. The answer is C.