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# if denotes the greatest integer les than or equal to x, is =

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if [x] denotes the greatest integer les than or equal to x, is [x] = 0?

1. 5x+1=3+2x
2. 0<x<1

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10 Aug 2009, 11:10
1) 5x + 1 = 3 + 2x
3x = 2
x = 2/3
so [x] = 0

2) 0 < x < 1
so [x] = 0

Each of the above statements are individually sufficient to answer. So answer is D
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11 Jul 2011, 16:48
Statement 1: x=2/3 --> [x] = 0 ==> SUFF.
Statement 2: 0<x<1 --> [x] = 0 ==> SUFF.

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13 Jul 2011, 05:55
Someone please expain the question ..did not really understand the question...
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14 Jul 2011, 05:20
was expecting it to be trickier. It would have been more tricky for any value of x<0.

Ans D. 00:43 sec.
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16 Jul 2011, 10:41
The only substance lies in this question is to rephrase
[x] = 0
into
x<0

& you have the answer & that is 'D'
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25 Nov 2017, 09:32
Statement 1: VALUE OF X CAN BE FOUND, HENCE --> [x] = CAN BE FOUND==> SUFF.
Statement 2: 0<x<1 --> [x] = 0 ==> SUFF.

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25 Nov 2017, 10:45
yezz wrote:
if [x] denotes the greatest integer les than or equal to x, is [x] = 0?

1. 5x+1=3+2x
2. 0<x<1

If [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x, is [x] = 0 ?

Here $$x$$ is not said to be an integer. Stem defines some function, represented by the symbol $$[]$$, as the function which rounds down any number to an integer value:

$$[3.4]=3$$, $$[2]=2$$, $$[-7.5]=-8$$, ...

Q: is $$[x]=0$$? Or is $$0\leq{x}<1$$?

(1) 5x + 1 = 3 + 2x --> $$x=\frac{2}{3}$$ --> $$[\frac{2}{3}]=0$$. Sufficient.

(2) 0 < x < 1 --> any $$x$$ from this range will round down to 0, so $$[x]=0$$. Sufficient.

Hope it helps.

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