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# If x is a positive number less than 10, is z greater than

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If x is a positive number less than 10, is z greater than [#permalink]  08 Nov 2009, 20:32
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If x is a positive number less than 10, is z greater than the average (arithmetic mean) of x and 10?

(1) On the number line, z is closer to 10 than it is to x

(2) z = 5x
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Last edited by Bunuel on 23 Mar 2012, 00:57, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: x is a positive number less than 10 [#permalink]  08 Nov 2009, 20:37
amitgovin wrote:
if x is a positive number less than 10 is z greater than the average of x and 10?

1) on the number line, z is closer to 10 than it is to x

2) z=5x

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IMO A

1) The distance between Z and 10 is lesser than distance between Z and X. So Z is greater than the center of the line segment X to 10. That means Z is greater than the average of X and 10. Sufficient.
2) Z = 5X
If X=1, then Z = 5. Avg of X and 10 = 5.5. So Z<Avg.
If X=2, then Z = 10. Avg of X and 10 = 6. So Z>Avg.
Statement is Insufficient.
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Re: x is a positive number less than 10 [#permalink]  09 Nov 2009, 07:01
Yup A.

stmt1:
|10-z| < |z-x| , here x and z are +ve ( as Z is closer to 10 than to x, and x is +ve )
10-z < z-x
=> z > Av of 10 and x.

stmt2:
x=1, z=5, 5 < 5.5
x=2, z=10, 10 > 6
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Re: DS Problem [#permalink]  21 Oct 2010, 15:14
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Can anyone please suggest me the solution. I arrived at B, but unfortunately it was wrong. Thanks.

If x is a positive number less than 10, is z greater than the average (arithmetic mean) of x and 10?

Given: 0<x<10.
Q: is z greater than the average of x and 10? Or: is z>\frac{10+x}{2}? --> 2z>10+x?

(1) On the number line, z is closer to 10 than it is to x --> |10-z|<|z-x| --> as z is closer to 10 than it is to x, then z>x, so |z-x|=z-x --> two cases for 10-z:

A. z\leq{10} --> |10-z|=10-z --> |10-z|<|z-x| becomes: 10-z<z-x --> 2z>10+x. Answer to the question YES.

B. z>{10} --> in this case 2z>20 and as x<10, then x+10<20, hence 2z>10+x. Answer to the question YES.

OR another approach:
Given:
x-----average-----10----- (average of x and 10 halfway between x and 10).

Now, as z is closer to 10 than it (z) is to x, then z is either in the blue area, so more than average OR in the green area, so also more than average. Answer to the question YES.

Sufficient.

(2) z = 5x --> is 2z>10+x? --> is 10x>10+x? --> is x>\frac{10}{9}. We don't now that. Not sufficient. (we've gotten that if x>\frac{10}{9}, then the answer to the question is YES, but if 0<x\leq{\frac{10}{9}}, then the answer to the question is NO.)

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Re: DS Problem [#permalink]  19 Apr 2011, 13:07
hello Bunuel,

how did u get Z>10 ? above in red. from your inequality i got 10>x

thx
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Re: x is a positive number less than 10 [#permalink]  19 Apr 2011, 15:29
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If x is a positive number less than 10 is z greater than the average of x and 10?

1) on the number line, z is closer to 10 than it is to x

2) z=5x

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So x is somewhere between 0 and 10 and average of x and 10 is between x and 10.
z can be in any of the 5 regions as shown.

1) on the number line, z is closer to 10 than it is to x

In which regions is z closer to 10 than to x? Only the two rightmost regions. There, z is greater than the average of x and 10. Sufficient.

2) z = 5x
Put x = 1
z = 5 but average of 1 and 10 is 5.5 so z is less than the average. Actually, this is where I stop and mark (A) as the answer without checking to see if there is a value of x for which z is greater than the average. Think, why?
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If x is a positive number less than 10, is z greater than th [#permalink]  24 Apr 2012, 08:18
If x is a positive number less than 10, is z greater than the average(Arithmetic mean) of x and 10?
1. On the number line, z is closer to 10 than it is to x.
2. z = 5x.

Thanks
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Re: If x is a positive number less than 10, is z greater than th [#permalink]  24 Apr 2012, 09:28
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If x is a positive number less than 10, is z greater than the average(Arithmetic mean) of x and 10?
1. On the number line, z is closer to 10 than it is to x.
2. z = 5x.

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Re: If x is a positive number less than 10, is z greater than [#permalink]  25 Apr 2012, 16:22
just wondering about statement 1, am i misunderstanding the question?

"on the number line, z is closer to 10 than it is to x"

z = 11
x = 8
so z is closer to 10 than x is

is 11 > (8+10)/2
11 > (18/2) becomes 11 > 9 so the answer is YES

z = 9
x = 8
so z is closer to 10 than x is

is 9 > (8+10)/2
9 > (18/2) becomes 9 > 9 so the answer is NO

or is the question stating z is closer to 10 than z is to x? i interpreted it as z is closer to 10 than 10 is to x.
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Re: If x is a positive number less than 10, is z greater than [#permalink]  25 Apr 2012, 20:18
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just wondering about statement 1, am i misunderstanding the question?

"on the number line, z is closer to 10 than it is to x"

z = 11
x = 8
so z is closer to 10 than x is

is 11 > (8+10)/2
11 > (18/2) becomes 11 > 9 so the answer is YES

z = 9
x = 8
so z is closer to 10 than x is

is 9 > (8+10)/2
9 > (18/2) becomes 9 > 9 so the answer is NO

or is the question stating z is closer to 10 than z is to x? i interpreted it as z is closer to 10 than 10 is to x.

(1) says: "On the number line, z is closer to 10 than it is to x". Here "it" refers to z.

So, it's: "On the number line, z is closer to 10 than z is to x".

Similar question to practice: if-x-is-a-positive-number-less-than-10-is-z-less-than-the-131322.html

Hope it helps.
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