agree with most recent commenter, went down that road of simplifying and realized you can't do that without knowing the sign. great job with the rest of the problems though.
#139 That's because you cannot simplify (x-y)/(x+y)> 1 to x-y>x+y. And that's because you don't know the sign of x+y. If it is negative the inequality sign is changing too. If you replace x = 2 and y = -3 which satisfies both conditions you will get -5 which is NOT greater than 1.
Hi Sal, I was just checking problem 139 and found your response very logical, however, in the GMAT guide it shows letter "E" as the right answer. Could you explain why, please?
Whoops, I just noticed that GMAT: Data Sufficiency 36 is flipped with GMAT: Data Sufficiency 35.
bynddrvn5 1 year ago
I think (x-y)/(x+y)>1 cannot be written as (x-y)>(x+y) unless we know the sign
abhishake332 1 year ago
agree with most recent commenter, went down that road of simplifying and realized you can't do that without knowing the sign. great job with the rest of the problems though.
massiveBrains 2 years ago
#139 That's because you cannot simplify (x-y)/(x+y)> 1 to x-y>x+y. And that's because you don't know the sign of x+y. If it is negative the inequality sign is changing too. If you replace x = 2 and y = -3 which satisfies both conditions you will get -5 which is NOT greater than 1.
codrutoctavian 2 years ago
Hi Sal, I was just checking problem 139 and found your response very logical, however, in the GMAT guide it shows letter "E" as the right answer. Could you explain why, please?
Thanks.
mramirezhsatx 3 years ago
very helpful! Thanks!
redsoxjock 3 years ago