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The Official Guide For GMAT® Quantitative Review, 2ND Edition

2x + y = 12
|y| <= 12

For how many ordered pairs (x , y) that are solutions of the system above are x and y both integers?

(A) 7
(B) 10
(C) 12
(D) 13
(E) 14

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2x + y = 12
|y| <= 12

For how many ordered pairs (x , y) that are solutions of the system above are x and y both integers?

(A) 7
(B) 10
(C) 12
(D) 13
(E) 14

Given: $$-12\leq{y}\leq{12}$$ and $$2x+y=12$$

Rearrange $$2x+y=12$$ to get $$y=12-2x=2(6-x)=even$$, (as $$x$$ must be an integer). Now, there are 13 even numbers in the range from -12 to 12, inclusive each of which will give an integer value of $$x$$.

P.S. The ordered pairs of (x, y)would be:
(12, -12)
(11, -10)
(10, -8)
(9, -6)
(8, -4)
(7, -2)
(6, 0)
(5, 2)
(4, 4)
(3, 6)
(2, 8)
(1, 10)
(0, 12)
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2x + y = 12 --> x= (12 - y)/2 = 6 - y/2. Thus every even value of y will yield integer value of x too.

|y| <= 12 --> There are 13 even values of y: 12 - (-12) = 24/2 + 1 = 13

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|y| <= 12 means the range of Y is -12<=Y<=12
Let'ssimplify the first equation X=(12-y)/2 -> So in order both x and y to be an integer 12-y must be even.
We have 13 even numbers in the range of -12<=Y<=12: These are -12,-10,-8,-6,-4,-2,0,2,4,6,8,10,12 (don't forget to count 0 and 12)

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Given that |y| <= 12 -----> y<=12 and y>= -12
Given that 2x + y = 12 and x,y are integers
In order for x to be integer, y would always take even value
Hence, no of even integers between -12 and 12(both inclusive) are 13.
Option D.

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03 Apr 2018, 09:11
Bunuel wrote:
The Official Guide For GMAT® Quantitative Review, 2ND Edition

2x + y = 12
|y| <= 12

For how many ordered pairs (x , y) that are solutions of the system above are x and y both integers?

(A) 7
(B) 10
(C) 12
(D) 13
(E) 14

Problem Solving
Question: 152
Category: Algebra Absolute value
Page: 82
Difficulty: 600

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hello, my quant session continues

guys what does "many ordered pairs" mean ? i didnt understand the question itself. i thought it was coordinate geometry question

why are we looking into ODD and EVEN integers ?

can someone explain this please ?
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Bunuel wrote:
The Official Guide For GMAT Quantitative Review, 2ND Edition

2x + y = 12
|y| <= 12

For how many ordered pairs (x , y) that are solutions of the system above are x and y both integers?

(A) 7
(B) 10
(C) 12
(D) 13
(E) 14

Problem Solving
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Category: Algebra Absolute value
Page: 82
Difficulty: 600

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hello, my quant session continues

guys what does "many ordered pairs" mean ? i didnt understand the question itself. i thought it was coordinate geometry question

why are we looking into ODD and EVEN integers ?

can someone explain this please ?
Hi Dave,

Ordered pair means for what values of x and y the given condition satisfy.
Here we are discussing about the odd and even because from the first equation after simplifying further we can get x= 6-y/2.
So we have figure out for what values of y x is an integer.And from equation 2 we can get the values of y as -12<= y<=12.
So for x to be integer y has to an even integer( as only even integers are divisible by 2).so here our answer is to find how even integers are present between -12 and 12 i.e 13 .(don't forget to include 0).hope it helps

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05 Apr 2018, 16:01
Bunuel wrote:
The Official Guide For GMAT® Quantitative Review, 2ND Edition

2x + y = 12
|y| <= 12

For how many ordered pairs (x , y) that are solutions of the system above are x and y both integers?

(A) 7
(B) 10
(C) 12
(D) 13
(E) 14

For the inequality |y| ≤ 12, we see that -12 ≤ y ≤ 12

For the equation 2x + y = 12, we see that x = (12 - y)/2. If x has to be an integer, then y has to be an even integer; thus, y can be any of the even integers from -12 to 12, inclusive. Since there are

(12 - (-12))/2 + 1 = 24/2 + 1 = 13

even integers for y, there will be 13 corresponding integers for x. Hence, there are 13 ordered pairs (x, y) that are solutions to the system and where x and y are both integers.

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16 Jun 2019, 11:41
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|y|≤12
-12 ≤ y ≤ 12
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2x+y = 12
x = (12-y)/2

Now, for both x, y to be ints we need an even y value because x must be (even# - even#)/2 to be an int.
So we need all the even numbers in the range of y: -12,-10,-8,-6,-4,-2,0,2,4,6,8,10,12
That's 13 numbers (alternatively: max y - min y = 12 - (-12) = 24 / 2 = 12 numbers + 1 for 0 = 13 numbers)
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[quote="Bunuel"]The Official Guide For GMAT® Quantitative Review, 2ND Edition

2x + y = 12
|y| <= 12

For how many ordered pairs (x , y) that are solutions of the system above are x and y both integers?

(A) 7
(B) 10
(C) 12
(D) 13
(E) 14

lyl ⩽ 12
—> -12 ⩽ y ⩽ 12

2x + y = 12
—> x = (12 - y)/2
We can see that x is an integer for all even values of y
—> Number of solutions (x, y) = Number of even values of y from -12 to 12
—> -12, -10, -8, . . . . . 12
AP Series, Use last term
—> 12 = a + (n - 1)d
—> 12 = -12 + (n - 1)2
—> 24 = (n - 1)2
—> n - 1 = 12
—> n = 13

IMO Option D

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25 Jun 2019, 01:50
hello,

given 2x+y=12 ===> x= Y-12/2. we can conclude that x will be an integer if and only if y is even.

and -12 ≤ y ≤ 12.

if we combine both information we can eliminate all odd numbers in the range -12 ≤ y ≤ 12

the even numbers remaining are -12,-10,-8,-6,-4,-2,0,2,4,6,8,10,12

n=13
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23 Aug 2019, 01:22
Bunuel wrote:
The Official Guide For GMAT® Quantitative Review, 2ND Edition

2x + y = 12
|y| <= 12

For how many ordered pairs (x , y) that are solutions of the system above are x and y both integers?

(A) 7
(B) 10
(C) 12
(D) 13
(E) 14

Problem Solving
Question: 152
Category: Algebra Absolute value
Page: 82
Difficulty: 600

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Given:
2x + y = 12
|y| <= 12

Asked: For how many ordered pairs (x , y) that are solutions of the system above are x and y both integers?

2x + y = 12 => y is even since both 2x and 12 are even
|y| = {0,2,4,6,8,10,12}

y={0,2,-2,4,-4,6,-6,8,-8,10,-10,12,-12}
x={6,5,7,4,8,3,9,2,10,1,11,0,12}
There are 12 (x,y) ordered pairs.

The ordered pairs of (x, y) are:
(12, -12)
(11, -10)
(10, -8)
(9, -6)
(8, -4)
(7, -2)
(6, 0)
(5, 2)
(4, 4)
(3, 6)
(2, 8)
(1, 10)
(0, 12)

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29 Mar 2020, 08:58
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SOLUTION

2x + y = 12
|y| <= 12

For how many ordered pairs (x , y) that are solutions of the system above are x and y both integers?

(A) 7
(B) 10
(C) 12
(D) 13
(E) 14

Given: $$-12\leq{y}\leq{12}$$ and $$2x+y=12$$

Rearrange $$2x+y=12$$ to get $$y=12-2x=2(6-x)=even$$, (as $$x$$ must be an integer). Now, there are 13 even numbers in the range from -12 to 12, inclusive each of which will give an integer value of $$x$$.

P.S. The ordered pairs of (x, y)would be:
(12, -12)
(11, -10)
(10, -8)
(9, -6)
(8, -4)
(7, -2)
(6, 0)
(5, 2)
(4, 4)
(3, 6)
(2, 8)
(1, 10)
(0, 12)

# of Possible values for y = 25

-12 <= y <= 12
-12 <= 12 - 2x <= 12
-24 <= -2x <= 0
24 >= 2x >= 0
12 >= x >= 0

# of Possible values for x = 13

# of Possible values for (x, y) = Min (# of Possible values for x, # of Possible values for y) = Min (13, 25) = 13

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28 Jun 2020, 16:46
2x + y = 12
y = 12 - 2x

|y| <= 12
-12 <= 12 - 2x <= 12 (bring 12 - 2x from equation above)

0 <= x <= 12

Since x can take any number from 0 to 12 included, then y = 12 - 2x has 13 solutions that yield an integer
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01 Jul 2020, 11:29
2x + y = 12
x = 6 - y/2
Therefore x is an integer of y=0 and every even value of y.

|y| <= 12
-12 < y < 12
There are 12 even values of y and 0 in this region.
Hence there are 13 integer pairs
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