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If x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 + y^2 [#permalink]  26 Apr 2012, 19:58
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If x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 + y^2 is divided by 5?

(1) When x-y is divided by 5, the remainder is 1

(2) When x+y is divided by 5, the remainder is 2
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Re: if x and y are integers [#permalink]  26 Apr 2012, 20:11
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if x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 and y^2 is divided by 5?

(1) when x-y is divided by 5, the remainder is 1

(2) when x+y is divided by 5, the remainder is 2

how do you solve this problem?

My Answer is E becasue (x^2 + y^2)/5 can't be calculated either with x-y or with x+y.

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Re: if x and y are integers [#permalink]  26 Apr 2012, 20:19
1) x-y= 5k+1
tells us only about the difference between x and y , not about the individual numbers. hence not sufficient.

2) x+y=5m+2
tells us only about the addition of x and y , not about the individual numbers. hence not sufficient.

2x= 5k+5m+3
2x= 5(k+m)+3
x= 1/2(5(k+m)+3)
inserting some positive values of k,m we can find x and thereby x^2/5.

for y subtract both the conditions:
2y= 5m+2 - 5k-1
2y= 5(m-k)+1
y= 1/2(5(m-k)+1)

inserting some positive values of k,m we can find y and thereby y^2/5.

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Re: If x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 + y^2 [#permalink]  26 Apr 2012, 21:11
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If x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 + y^2 is divided by 5?

(1) When x-y is divided by 5, the remainder is 1 --> $$x-y=5q+1$$, so $$x-y$$ can be 1, 6, 11, ... Now, $$x=2$$ and $$y=1$$ ($$x-y=1$$) then $$x^2+y^2=5$$ and thus the remainder is 0, but if $$x=3$$ and $$y=2$$ ($$x-y=1$$) then $$x^2+y^2=13$$ and thus the remainder is 3. Not sufficient.

(2) When x+y is divided by 5, the remainder is 2 --> $$x+y=5p+2$$, so $$x+y$$ can be 2, 7, 12, ... Now, $$x=1$$ and $$y=1$$ ($$x+y=2$$) then $$x^2+y^2=2$$ and thus the remainder is 2, but if $$x=5$$ and $$y=2$$ ($$x+y=7$$) then $$x^2+y^2=29$$ and thus the remainder is 4. Not sufficient.

(1)+(2) Square both expressions: $$x^2-2xy+y^2=25q^2+10q+1$$ and $$x^2+2xy+y^2=25p^2+20p+4$$ --> add them up: $$2(x^2+y^2)=5(5q^2+2q+5p^2+4p+1)$$ --> so $$2(x^2+y^2)$$ is divisible by 5 (remainder 0), which means that so is $$x^2+y^2$$. Sufficient.

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Re: if x and y are integers [#permalink]  16 May 2012, 10:59
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1) x-y= 5k+1
tells us only about the difference between x and y , not about the individual numbers. hence not sufficient.
2) x+y=5m+2
tells us only about the addition of x and y , not about the individual numbers. hence not sufficient.
2x= 5k+5m+3
2x= 5(k+m)+3
x= 1/2(5(k+m)+3)
inserting some positive values of k,m we can find x and thereby x^2/5.

for y subtract both the conditions:
2y= 5m+2 - 5k-1
2y= 5(m-k)+1
y= 1/2(5(m-k)+1)

inserting some positive values of k,m we can find y and thereby y^2/5.

You've arrived at the correct answer, but your reasoning should be more on the grounds of reasoning why x-y leaving a remainder of 1 cannot provide sufficient information to ascertain if x^2+y^2 is divisible by 5.

Quick way to arrive to this in the exam is the following:

You know that 2(x^2+y^2)= (x-y)^2 + (x+y)^2. You've understood that x-y = 5q + 1 and that x+y = 5p+2. So, now we have:

2(x^2+y^2) = (5q+1)^2 + (5p+2)^2.

You know that expression is going to be divisible by 5....except for the units part. If the units part is divisible by 5, you're done. That's clearly the case just by looking at the expansion, as you will get 4+1.

So, as Bunuel put it, if twice the number is divisible by 5 (think 20), then the initial number (think 10) is also divisible by 5, and you're done.
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Re: If x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 + y^2 [#permalink]  22 May 2012, 21:41
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so $$2(x^2+y^2)$$ is divisible by 5 (remainder 0), which means that so is $$x^2+y^2$$. Sufficient.
Hope it's clear.

I didnt get above quote 2*5/2 is divisble by 5 bt 5/2 is not
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Re: If x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 + y^2 [#permalink]  22 May 2012, 22:36
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Bunuel wrote:
so $$2(x^2+y^2)$$ is divisible by 5 (remainder 0), which means that so is $$x^2+y^2$$. Sufficient.
Hope it's clear.

I didnt get above quote 2*5/2 is divisble by 5 bt 5/2 is not

Correct example would be: 2*5 is divisible by 5 and so is 5.

$$2(x^2+y^2)$$ to be divisible by 5, $$x^2+y^2$$ must be divisible by 5.

Hope it's clear.
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Re: If x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 + y^2 [#permalink]  22 May 2012, 22:50
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so $$2(x^2+y^2)$$ is divisible by 5 (remainder 0), which means that so is $$x^2+y^2$$. Sufficient.
Hope it's clear.

I didnt get above quote 2*5/2 is divisble by 5 bt 5/2 is not

Correct example would be: 2*5 is divisible by 5 and so is 5.

$$2(x^2+y^2)$$ to be divisible by 5, $$x^2+y^2$$ must be divisible by 5.

Hope it's clear.

Both are correct examples but the one i gave does not follow what you mentioned

You said since 2*P is divisible by 5, therefore P is divisible by 5... This is not correct P=5/2
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Re: If x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 + y^2 [#permalink]  22 May 2012, 22:55
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Both are correct examples but the one i gave does not follow what you mentioned

You said since 2*P is divisible by 5, therefore P is divisible by 5... This is not correct P=5/2

Not so. Your example is NOT correct.

I'm saying that if p is an integer and 2p is divisible by 5 then p must be divisible by 5. Now, check your example, is it correct?

It should be: 2*5 is divisible by 5 (p=5) so 5 (p) is divisible by 5.

Hope it's clear.
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Re: If x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 + y^2 [#permalink]  28 Aug 2012, 13:25
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Please tell me, how in 2 minutes, looking at the question for the first time in my life, I can decifer that I shoud firstly square both equations, then ADD them and only then I will see that it can be divided by 5 too. where is the key to start such calculation? there is no time to do different approaches.
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Re: If x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 + y^2 [#permalink]  29 Aug 2012, 00:17
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Question to Bunuel:

Please tell me, how in 2 minutes, looking at the question for the first time in my life, I can decifer that I shoud firstly square both equations, then ADD them and only then I will see that it can be divided by 5 too. where is the key to start such calculation? there is no time to do different approaches.

We know that $$x-y=5q+1$$ and $$x+y=5p+2$$ and we need to find the remainder when $$x^2 + y^2$$ ($$x$$ squared plus $$y$$ squared ) is divided by 5, so we need to get some expression, from these two, where $$x$$ and $$y$$ are squared and add up. Squaring and adding seems to be the best way to proceed.

Hope it's clear.
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Re: If x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 + y^2 [#permalink]  31 Aug 2012, 03:17
My approach, combining both statements:

(5n+r)^2=25n^2+10nr+r^2
25n^2 is divisible by 5, 10nr too. So we only have to square the remainder to find the remainder of the square of n. The same is true for adding and subtracting numbers, which should be clear.
Remainder of x is 1 greater than remainder of y (because of statement 1).
--> Options for remainders of x and y: (1,0), (2,1), (3,2), (4,3), (5,4)-->(0,4)
Statement 2 tells us to add x+y, so remainders of our options are: 1+0=1, 2+1=3, 3+2=5+0, 4+3=5+2, 0+4=4
Statement 2 says that the remainder is 2, when adding. Only (4,3) accomplishes this.
So 4^2+3^2=16+9=25
The remainder will always be 0 and both statements combined are therefore sufficient.
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Re: If x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 + y^2 [#permalink]  03 Sep 2012, 13:56
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If x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 + y^2 is divided by 5?

(1) When x-y is divided by 5, the remainder is 1

(2) When x+y is divided by 5, the remainder is 2

Neither (1) nor (2) alone is sufficient.

(1) and (2) together:

From (1), $$x-y=5a+1$$ for some integer $$a,$$ and from (2), $$x+y = 5b+2,$$ for some integer $$b.$$
$$(x-y)(x+y) = x^2-y^2=(5a+1)(5b+2)=M5+2$$ (multiple of 5 plus 2).
Integers can be of the form $$M5, M5+1, M5-1(=M5+4), M5+2$$ or $$M5-2(=M5+3).$$
Therefore, square of an integer can be of the form $$M5, M5+1$$ or $$M5-1(=M5+4).$$

Since $$x^2-y^2$$ is $$M5+2,$$ necessarily $$x^2$$ must be $$M5+1$$ and $$y^2$$ must be $$M5-1.$$
Then the sum $$x^2+y^2$$ is $$M5$$ (multiple of 5).
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If x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 + y^2 is divided by 5?

(1) When x-y is divided by 5, the remainder is 1

(2) When x+y is divided by 5, the remainder is 2

The question can be done quickly if you realize that you need to get $$x^2 + y^2$$ using the terms x-y and/or x+y. Either term alone is not sufficient to represent $$x^2 + y^2$$ but using both,

$$2(x^2 + y^2) = (x + y)^2 + (x - y)^2$$
$$2(x^2 + y^2) = (5a + 1)^2 + (5b + 2)^2$$

Every term in $$(5a + 1)^2$$ and $$(5b + 2)^2$$ will be divisible by 5 except last ones i.e. $$1^2$$ and $$2^2$$.
1+4 = 5 so the remainder when $$2(x^2 + y^2)$$ is divided by 5 is 0. So $$x^2 + y^2$$ must be a multiple of 5 and the remainder when $$x^2 + y^2$$ is divided by 5 must be 0.
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Re: If x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 + y^2 [#permalink]  28 Jan 2013, 21:39
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$$2*(x^2+y^2) = (x+y)^2+(x-y)^2$$
now,

x+y = 5k+2

x-y = 5m+1

$$(x+y)^2=25k^2+4+20k = 5(5k^2+4k)+4=5c+4$$

Similarly,
$$(x-y)^2=25m^2+1+10m=5(5m^2+2m)+1 = 5p+1$$

Hence, adding together the above 2 equations , we can get the remainder as;

5c+5p+5 = 5(p+c)+5= Multiple of 5. Hence the remainder is zero.

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Re: If x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 + y^2 [#permalink]  30 Jan 2013, 21:48
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If x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 + y^2 is divided by 5?

(1) When x-y is divided by 5, the remainder is 1 --> $$x-y=5q+1$$, so $$x-y$$ can be 1, 6, 11, ... Now, $$x=2$$ and $$y=1$$ ($$x-y=1$$) then $$x^2+y^2=5$$ and thus the remainder is 0, but if $$x=3$$ and $$y=2$$ ($$x-y=1$$) then $$x^2+y^2=13$$ and thus the remainder is 3. Not sufficient.

(2) When x+y is divided by 5, the remainder is 2 --> $$x+y=5p+2$$, so $$x+y$$ can be 2, 7, 12, ... Now, $$x=1$$ and $$y=1$$ ($$x+y=2$$) then $$x^2+y^2=2$$ and thus the remainder is 2, but if $$x=5$$ and $$y=2$$ ($$x+y=7$$) then $$x^2+y^2=29$$ and thus the remainder is 4. Not sufficient.

(1)+(2) Square both expressions: $$x^2-2xy+y^2=25q^2+10q+1$$ and $$x^2+2xy+y^2=25p^2+20p+4$$ --> add them up: $$2(x^2+y^2)=5(5q^2+2q+5p^2+4p+1)$$ --> so $$2(x^2+y^2)$$ is divisible by 5 (remainder 0), which means that so is $$x^2+y^2$$. Sufficient.

Hope it's clear.

HI...
y cant we just take examples...4 and 3 (14 and 13, 24 and 23)are the only nos. which will satisfy both the condition..
Hence, by checking cyclicity for 14 and 13 even...we can say that both the statements are reqd
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Re: If x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 + y^2 [#permalink]  31 Jan 2013, 11:06
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HI...
y cant we just take examples...4 and 3 (14 and 13, 24 and 23)are the only nos. which will satisfy both the condition..
Hence, by checking cyclicity for 14 and 13 even...we can say that both the statements are reqd
wot say?

What about numbers such as (9 and 3) or (8 and 14) or (3 and 14) etc? By just taking numbers, can you be sure that the remainder will be 0 in each case? You will need to think of the logic behind it - you can either check for numbers and then look for logic or you can jump to the logic straight away.
(Statement 1 says that the remainder when x-y is divided by 5 will be 1, not that the difference between x and y is 1)

As a general rule, it is very hard to establish that the result will be the same in every case using number plugging. It is much easier to say that it will not be the same in every case using this strategy. So number plugging is best avoided in DS until and unless you feel that taking some easy numbers will show you that the result will not be the same in every case.
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Re: If x and y are integer, what is the remainder when x^2 + y^2 [#permalink]  15 Feb 2013, 05:22
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if 2*A is divided by 5
then A is divided by 5 because 2 is not divided by 5

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