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DS: Lines (GMATPrep) [#permalink]
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Please explain your answers.
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Re: DS: Lines (GMATPrep) [#permalink]
18 Jun 2006, 16:11
A. if x>y, line (pq) with higher adjcent angle (x) is shorter than the line (sr) with smaller adj angle (y).
st 2 says x+y > 90. in this case, either could be greater than the another.
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Re: DS: Lines (GMATPrep) [#permalink]
18 Jun 2006, 16:27
MA wrote: A. if x>y, line (pq) with higher adjcent angle (x) is shorter than the line (sr) with smaller adj angle (y).
st 2 says x+y > 90. in this case, either could be greater than the another.
that's what I thought but the OA is E. strange....
anyone else, maybe we're missing something....
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I also think the answer is (A), but if OA is (E), the reason would be the situation where y=0?
Not sure about this one......
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Re: DS: Lines (GMATPrep) [#permalink]
18 Jun 2006, 16:46
mrmikec wrote: MA wrote: A. if x>y, line (pq) with higher adjcent angle (x) is shorter than the line (sr) with smaller adj angle (y).
st 2 says x+y > 90. in this case, either could be greater than the another. that's what I thought but the OA is E. strange.... anyone else, maybe we're missing something.... interesting question but strange answer 
guys, help on this one.
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A should be sufficient...OA seems to be incorrect.
I have found other mistakes on Gmatprep, so I'm not surprised
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A it is. y < x => PQ < SR SUFF.
GMATPRep answers are sometimes 
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Should be A. Statement 2 could mean different values of x and y.
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I would go with A too. Seems like GMATPrep has a few incorrect answers. Found 1 in the verbal section also.
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A. S1 is sufficient.
Given two parallel line and an intercepting line, the intercept length is inversely proportional to the angle between the lines i.e smaller the angle the greater the length (provided angle < 90)
S1. x > y => PQ < SR Sufficient.
S2. x+y > 90, we still don't know x,y separately.
Therefore A.
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A is not sufficient. Imagine y=45 and x=170. Which one is longer now?
When there is a graph in the test, remember to be very careful about not to assume additional conditions based on the graph shown.
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HongHu wrote: A is not sufficient. Imagine y=45 and x=170. Which one is longer now?
When there is a graph in the test, remember to be very careful about not to assume additional conditions based on the graph shown.
But the stem specifically says that X and Y are both less than 90. Unless this is a tricky GMATPrep play on words, then by the basic laws of Geometry Statement 1 has to be sufficient.
(A)
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How could the one and only authoritative Official Guide published by GMAC make such a mistake? I`m flummoxed 
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Oh, you are right. It is I who has not read the questions carefully. 
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Re: DS: Lines (GMATPrep) [#permalink]
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mrmikec wrote: Please explain your answers.
E.
This is why
Let's take (A),
X > Y means nothing, for e.g. if X = 135 and y = 45, then the line segments are equal. The length will contract and expand from one side of the 90 deg to the other. So if we draw a perpendicular line (i.e. assume x = 90, then the lengths are same for each degree either side). Not useful.
Take (B), as in case (A), X+Y>90 means nothing, as there are many possible variations with either PQ=SR or greater or lesser.
Neither is sufficient, so it's E.
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You made the same mistake as I did, buddy. 
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OA is A..
I just have the picture from the GMAT Prep exam I took:
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Does it mean they fixed the error in GMAtPrep software between the time the question was originally posted and now? So they too make mistakes...
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