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Here y can take any value if x equals 0 and the question does not state that x is not equal to 0. In that consideration, shouldn't the answer be "Cannot be determined"? I think the answer should be D (i.e.: y=50) only if the question explicitly mentions that x does not equal 0.
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Here y can take any value if x equals 0 and the question does not state that x is not equal to 0. In that consideration, shouldn't the answer be "Cannot be determined"? I think the answer should be D (i.e.: y=50) only if the question explicitly mentions that x does not equal 0.

But when it says x^2 - xy/5 + 25 = (x-5)^2

it means this expression is true for ALL values of x and y. So we have to generalise by the means of expanding (x-5)^2 and equating it with x^2 - xy/5 + 25
We cannot take a lone case of x=0.
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Hi All,

We're told that X^2 - (X)(Y)/5 + 25 can be expressed as (X - 5)^2. We're asked for the value of Y. In simple terms, this question asks what value of Y will make the first expression be equal to the second expression.

(X - 5)^2 = X^2 - 10X + 25

Both the "X^2" and the "+25" are accounted for in the first expression, so we need -(X)(Y)/5 to equal - 10X....
thus Y/5 = 10
Y = 50

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