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If w and k are distinct positive integers, do they have any common div [#permalink] New post   08 Jan 2017, 08:11
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If w and k are distinct positive integers, do they have any common divisors other than 1 ?

(1) k – w = 3w
(2) k and w are even.
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Re: If w and k are distinct positive integers, do they have any common div [#permalink] New post   08 Jan 2017, 14:46
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Bunuel wrote:
If w and k are distinct positive integers, do they have any common divisors other than 1 ?

(1) k – w = 3w
(2) k and w are even.


(1) k = 4w k is a multiple of w. Sufficient.
(2) k=2x, w=2y. Both of them have at least one 2 as a factor. Sufficient.

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1) K=4W
If w and k are distinct positive integers, in this case, w must be the common divisor of K and W, but what if the value of w is 1?

if w=1, k=4, there is no other common divisor of W and K other than 1

for other cases, there will always be w as a common divisor for K and w where w>1

Not sufficient


2) 2 will always be a common divisor for K and W, so sufficient


So, answer should be B. Correct me if I am wrong.

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Re: If w and k are distinct positive integers, do they have any common div [#permalink] New post   08 Jan 2017, 09:58
Bunuel wrote:
If w and k are distinct positive integers, do they have any common divisors other than 1 ?

(1) k – w = 3w
(2) k and w are even.


(1) k = 4w k is a multiple of w. Sufficient.
(2) k=2x, w=2y. Both of them have at least one 2 as a factor. Sufficient.

Answer D
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Re: If w and k are distinct positive integers, do they have any common div [#permalink] New post   08 Jan 2017, 23:50
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vitaliyGMAT wrote:
Bunuel wrote:
If w and k are distinct positive integers, do they have any common divisors other than 1 ?

(1) k – w = 3w
(2) k and w are even.


(1) k = 4w k is a multiple of w. Sufficient.
(2) k=2x, w=2y. Both of them have at least one 2 as a factor. Sufficient.

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1) K=4W
If w and k are distinct positive integers, in this case, w must be the common divisor of K and W, but what if the value of w is 1?

if w=1, k=4, there is no other common divisor of W and K other than 1

for other cases, there will always be w as a common divisor for K and w where w>1

Not sufficient


2) 2 will always be a common divisor for K and W, so sufficient


So, answer should be B. Correct me if I am wrong.

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Yep, I missed 1 as a valid option for w.
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Re: If w and k are distinct positive integers, do they have any common div [#permalink] New post   17 Apr 2018, 09:19
AR15J wrote:
vitaliyGMAT wrote:
Bunuel wrote:
If w and k are distinct positive integers, do they have any common divisors other than 1 ?

(1) k – w = 3w
(2) k and w are even.


(1) k = 4w k is a multiple of w. Sufficient.
(2) k=2x, w=2y. Both of them have at least one 2 as a factor. Sufficient.

Answer D



1) K=4W
If w and k are distinct positive integers, in this case, w must be the common divisor of K and W, but what if the value of w is 1?

if w=1, k=4, there is no other common divisor of W and K other than 1

for other cases, there will always be w as a common divisor for K and w where w>1

Not sufficient


2) 2 will always be a common divisor for K and W, so sufficient


So, answer should be B. Correct me if I am wrong.

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But it should be D, since he has asked for any divisor other than one, nothing specific.
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Re: If w and k are distinct positive integers, do they have any common div [#permalink] New post   18 Apr 2018, 05:32
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But it should be D, since he has asked for any divisor other than one, nothing specific.[/quote]

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The question asks whether w and k have any divisor other than 1 or not. So we need to answer this question with a clear cut YES or a clear cut NO. If a statement gives us a sureshot YES or a sureshot NO answer to this question then that statement will be sufficient to answer this question, else not.

In Statement 1, if w=1, then k=4. In this case there is no other common divisor than 1. But if w=2, then k=8, and there is a common divisor of 2 also. So this statement is NOT sufficient to answer the question asked (since there are different answers of YES or NO for different cases).
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