In simple words, 2-height is just the number of 2s in a positive integer x.

So if x = 40, its 2-height will be 3 because 40 = 8*5 = 2*2*2*5
If x = 15, its 2-height is 0 because there are no 2s in 15.
and so on.

So, an even number will have a 2-height of at least 1.
An odd number will have a 2-height of 0.

"is the 2-height of k greater than the 2-height of m?" means "Does k have more 2s than m?"

(1) k > m
k could have more 2s than m or it could have fewer 2s than m.
For example, if k = 4 and m = 3, k has two 2s while m has none.
If k = 11 and m = 8, k has no 2s while m has 3.
Not sufficient.

(2) m/k is an even integer.
When m is divided by k, you get an integer. So m has all factors of k and they get cancelled out and you are left with an integer. Also, the leftover integer is even so m has at least one 2 more than k.
So 2-height of m is certainly more than the 2-height of k. So we can answer the question that k does not have more 2s than m.

Answer (B)
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I think the answer is A.

I could derive a equation from the given information as

{2^(2K) / K} > {2^(2M) / M}...? ( Not Sure )

Statement 1- K>M, Now substituting values according to this will keep the stem true.

Hence Sufficient.

Statement 2- Not sufficient.

Hope my approach is fine.

My approach was simple picking numbers
case 1) K>M
K=40, M=39: 2-height = 2^5=32 => same height
K= 65 M=40: 2-height K= 6, 2-height for M=5 => different
INSUFFICIENT

Case 2) M/K is an even integer
This means M is either 0 times of N or M is atleast twice of N, since M, N are +ve Integer 0 is invalid, which means M is atleast twice of N, which leads 2-height of M will always be at least 1 greater than 2-height of N.
Sufficient.

Lets understand the question first

2-height of any number x=power of 2 in factorial of X

Lets check the statements:

Statement1: K>m
So can we surely say k has greater power of 2 than m?

No.
Lets see why.

It can be true for k=2^3;m=2^2
it can be false for k=(2^3)*5 and m=(2^3)*3

Notice both above examples fulfil the statement 1 but give uncertain results.
Hence Insufficient

Statement 2: m/k is even integer
since k and m are positive integer. this means m/k=2 times some integer
or m has more power of 2 than k.
hance 2-height of m will be greater than2- height of k
hence sufficient. Ans:B

Kudos if you like my solution

Questions has explained the meaning of 2-height of x.

It says the 2-height of x is defined to be the greatest non negative integer n such that 2^n is a factor of x. or we have n>=0 such that 2^n is a factor of x.

Say x=2, so we know that 2^1 ihe greatest factor of x. So, its 2-height will be 1.

Similarly, if we say x =28, we have 2^2 as the greatest factor in x, so n = 2, and so on.

Now, I hope the question is clear.

Moving on to the statements :

Statement 1 : k>m. Say K =5 and m is 4. in this case 2-height of m is greater than that is k.

But say k=8 and m=4, its the other way. Hence, insufficient.

Statement 2 : m/k is an even integer.

for m/k to be an integer, we must have k<=m.

Also, since it is even,we can say m must have 2 in it.

Or I can directly say m is a multiple of k such that m is even.

=> 2 height if m will always be greater than that of k. Take any values of m and k such that the above equation i satisfied you will always get the result.

hence, B is insufficient
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for 1,
for 3>2, 2-heights are 0 and 1
4>2, 2-heights are 2 and 1
insufficient

for 2,
m/k is even integer so m will have atleast 2-height 1 more than k
sufficient

Answer B

This is not standard terminology so its no surprise that you haven't come across it before. It is a user defined function for this question only. The question gives exactly how to calculate 2-Height for a positive integer.
There could be another question which could define 2-Height as "the number of 2s that will add up to give that integer" etc.
Yes, user defined functions can increase the difficulty level of the question though note that the concepts are still very simple. The questions only look more difficult than they actually are.
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You are right. There was a typo in the second statement. (2) reads k/m is an even integer, not m/k is an even integer.

Edited. Thank you for noticing it.
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0 is also even integer, so what if k/m is 0?
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Responding to a pm:


Note that the function is defined for positive integers only. Hence, whatever general statements we make regarding this function, they are made for positive integers only.
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