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A triangle has sides of 5 and 10. What is the length of the third side?
(1) The third side is multiple of 5.
(2) It is an isosceles triangle.
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10 Apr 2009, 00:56

D.
5<x<15

Smt1; multiple of 5, in this instance, can only be 10
Stmt2; either 5 or 10. Since it can't be 5, it is 10.

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Agreed with Economist, It should be D.

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11 Apr 2009, 14:23

It's D.

stmnt1 - 5<x<15 => x=10
suffic.

stmnt2 - x=10

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A triangle has sides of 5 and 10. What is the length of the third side?
(1) The third side is multiple of 5.
(2) It is an isosceles triangle.

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1. Third side can be 5, 10,...50..., not suff
2. third side can be 5 or 10, not suff

1 and 2 combined the third side can be 5 or 10, not stuff
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nitya34 wrote:

A triangle has sides of 5 and 10. What is the length of the third side?
(1) The third side is multiple of 5.
(2) It is an isosceles triangle.

statement 1, the value can be only 10.. as range for x is 5<x<15..
statement 2, the value can be only 10, as 5 is not possible.

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13 Apr 2009, 03:32

OA-D
third side can only be 10(in both the cases)

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nitya34 wrote:

A triangle has sides of 5 and 10. What is the length of the third side?
(1) The third side is multiple of 5.
(2) It is an isosceles triangle.

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1. Third side can be 5, 10,...50..., not suff
2. third side can be 5 or 10, not suff

1 and 2 combined the third side can be 5 or 10, not stuff

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nitya34 wrote:

OA-D
third side can only be 10(in both the cases)

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nitya34 wrote:

A triangle has sides of 5 and 10. What is the length of the third side?
(1) The third side is multiple of 5.
(2) It is an isosceles triangle.

E

1. Third side can be 5, 10,...50..., not suff
2. third side can be 5 or 10, not suff

1 and 2 combined the third side can be 5 or 10, not stuff

Yeah, A triangle has sides of 5 and 10. makes sense now
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Re: Tricky # 1 [#permalink] 13 Apr 2009, 03:37

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