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If equation |\frac{x}{2}| + |\frac{y}{2}| = 5 encloses a certain region on the coordinate plane, what is the area of this region? (A) 20 (B) 50 (C) 100 (D) 200 (E) 400 Source: GMAT Club Tests - hardest GMAT questions Can someone please explain this? Thanks!
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jenyang5268 wrote: If equation |\frac{x}{2}| + |\frac{y}{2}| = 5 encloses a certain region on the coordinate plane, what is the area of this region? (A) 20 (B) 50 (C) 100 (D) 200 (E) 400 Source: GMAT Club Tests - hardest GMAT questions Can someone please explain this? Thanks! Orange08 wrote: Any better explanation for this please? In quadrant 1, this is just the line x+y=10. Which is a line with X-int=10 and Y-int=10. So area enclosed with axes in Q1, is just 0.5*10*10 = 50 (a right angled triangle) Now notice, if you replace x by -x the equation does not change --> So figure must be symmetric about the Y-axis So Q2, must also have a right angled triangle, of area 50 with the axis Finally, if you replac y by -y, the equation is still the same --> So the figure must be symmetric about the X-axis So Q3 and Q4 have a mirror image of the above two triangles So total area = 50*4 = 200 And the figure that this equation form is a diamond shape with (0,0) at the centre of it 
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jenyang5268 wrote: Equation |x| + |y| = 10 encloses a certain region on the coordinate plane. What is the area of this region?
a)20
b)50
c)100
d)200
e)400
Can someone please explain this? Thanks! Answer is d). Explanation: |x| + |y| = 10 means there are 4 combination. x + y = 10 -x - y = 10 x - y = 10 -x + y = 10 Now if you draw these four lines you will get square with diagonal size (20, and half diagonal size = 10) and it will make 4 small triangles with sides are 10, 10 and so its hypotaneous becomes 10 root 2. Square area = 10 root 2 * 10 root 2 = 200.
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|x/2| + |y/2| = 5 => |x| + |y| = 10...graph of the form y = mx + c [m is the slope] straight line graphs with x and y intercepts at +/- 10 four possibilities: y(0): x: {10, -10} and x(0): y: {10, -10} The shape is a square (two paired parallels at 90 degrees and same size) We only know diagonal = 20 units (from +10 to -10) length of a side: 2a^2 = 400 (a is one side of the square) a^2 = 200 Ans = D
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calreg11 wrote: in the explanation it says you can move the denominator of 2 out to the other side of the equation. even though they are in separate abs value... is it okay to apply this to all instances where there are 2 different fractions but with the same denominator each with it's own abs value? Generally: |xy|=|x|*|y|, so if you have instead of y some specific number then you can factor its absolute value from the modulus: |-3x|=|3x|=3*|x| or |\frac{x}{-10}|=|\frac{x}{10}|=\frac{|x|}{10}. Hope it's clear. As for the question itself: If equation |x/2|+|y/2| = 5 encloses a certain region on the coordinate plane, what is the area of this region?A. 20 B. 50 C. 100 D. 200 E. 400 First of all to simplify the given expression: multiply it be 2: |\frac{x}{2}|+|\frac{y}{2}|=5 --> |x|+|y|=10. Now, find x and y intercepts of the region (x-intercept is a value(s) of x for y=0 and similarly y-intercept is a value(s) of y for x=0): y=0 --> |x|=10 --> x=10 and x=-10; x=0 --> |y|=10 --> y=10 and y=-10. So we have 4 points: (10, 0), (-10, 0), (0, 10) and (-10, 0). When you join them you'll get the region enclosed by |x|+|y|=10: Attachment: 
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You can see that it's a square. Why a square? Because diagonals of the rectangle are equal (20 and 20), and also are perpendicular bisectors of each other (as they are on X and Y axis), so it must be a square. As this square has a diagonal equal to 20, so the Area_{square}=\frac{d^2}{2}=\frac{20*20}{2}=200. Or the Side= \sqrt{200} --> area=side^2=200. Answer: D. This question is also discussed here: area-of-region-126117.html and here: cmat-club-test-question-m25-101963.htmlSimilar questions: m06-5-absolute-value-108191.htmlgraphs-modulus-help-86549.htmlm06-q5-72817.htmlif-equation-encloses-a-certain-region-110053.htmlHope it helps.
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@ hatethegmat you are missing a trick here. consider |x| = 2. this can be broken into x= 2 and x = -2. Similary |x| + |y|=10 has to be broken so that all possible values of x,y are taken into consideration. ie. x+y=10 , x-y=10, -x+y=10 , -x-y=10. What you are considering is only the 1st scenario ( x+y=10), but there are 3 more scenarios. Now if you draw all the above 4 graphs in X-Y axis , : x+y=10 ... slope 135 degree in 1st quadrant x-y=10 ... slope 225 degree in 4th quadrant -x+y=10 ... slope 45 degree in 2nd quadrant -x-y=10 ... slope 315 degree in 3rd quadrant . All of them intersect to make a rhombus of side 10*(2^(1/2)) [Sqrroot( 10^2 + 10^2 )] or if you are looking 45 degree anticlockwise , a square with side 10*(2^(1/2)) . Thus the total area becomes {10*(2^(1/2)) }^2 = 200 I hope I have not made things even more complicated. 
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patedhav wrote: jenyang5268 wrote: Equation |x| + |y| = 10 encloses a certain region on the coordinate plane. What is the area of this region?
a)20
b)50
c)100
d)200
e)400
Can someone please explain this? Thanks! Answer is d). Explanation: |x| + |y| = 10 means there are 4 combination. x + y = 10 -x - y = 10 x - y = 10 -x + y = 10 Now if you draw these four lines you will get square with diagonal size (20, and half diagonal size = 10) and it will make 4 small triangles with sides are 10, 10 and so its hypotaneous becomes 10 root 2. Square area = 10 root 2 * 10 root 2 = 200. Since all the sides are the same and you determine that the figure they are referring to is a square, then why wouldn't you just multiply 10*10 to get the area? Please clarify so I may have a better understanding. Thank you!
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Here is a graph of the 4 equations. The reason that you multiply 10*sqrt(2) is easier to understand after viewing graph. good luck.
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Guys,
need some help on this one.
What if we consider
|x|=8 and |y|=2
which would on addtion be equal to 10.
also, now the diagnols would be 16 and 4 which means each side of the parallelogram is
sqrt of 68 and thus area would be 68.
SO once again why are we only considering X and Y as 10???
Thanks,
Prash
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adalfu wrote: think of it as a "diamond"
and picture 4 equal triangles.
top right quandrant triangle looks like this:
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(horribly drawn, but you get my point. this is a 45-45 triangle, with the sides 10 length). the area is just 10x10 / 2 = 50
50x4 (since we have 4 of these triangles) = 200. i did it by the same method. when x=0, y= +/- 10 x=1, y=+/-9 x=2,y=+/-8 .. similarly y=0, x=+/- 10 and go on when you plot on x-y plane, you will 4 45-45 right triangles each with height = base=10 so 4*1/2*10*10 = 200
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Question - can we not generalize that the equation of a square in the form of a diamond around the origin will be -> |x| + |y| = A, where A is the side of the square?
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in the explanation it says you can move the denominator of 2 out to the other side of the equation. even though they are in separate abs value... is it okay to apply this to all instances where there are 2 different fractions but with the same denominator each with it's own abs value?
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@schumi252 i think the point 8,2 will lie within the region graphed by the diamond fig. hence while 8,2 is a true region, the area enclosed by it doesnot include all the possible values. hence the 10's and 0's work the best to graph the total area and hence all the possible solution points.
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@calreg11 yes you can multiply inequality by 2. in general the rule is that you can multiply or divide both sides of an inequality by a positive no. without changing the inequality sign. if you multiply or divide by a negative no then the sign of the inequality changes.
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