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TargetMBA007 wrote:
I was able to solve this using the wavy line method, and it was easy, as one of the statements was sufficient.
But I wonder, if we had to solve both statements together, how would the wavy line work in a case like that, for a question like this (Assuming none of the statements was sufficient on its own).

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You will use wavy line on each statement independently and get the set of values for each.

So say statement 1 gave you 1 < x < 4
and statement 2 gave you 2 < x < 5
Neither stmnt alone is sufficient.

Using both together, you get that both conditions should be met. So x should be between 2 and 4 (since it must be greater than 1 and 2 and less than 4 and 5 so it must be greater than 2 and less than 4).
Then we know that x is 3.

If both conditions together do not give a unique value for x, answer would be (E)

Check this video for a discussion on how to handle Data Sufficiency questions: https://youtu.be/gxoUObSLHvI
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Re: If x is an integer, what is the value of x? (1) x^2 - 4x + 3 [#permalink]
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TargetMBA007 wrote:
I was able to solve this using the wavy line method, and it was easy, as one of the statements was sufficient.
But I wonder, if we had to solve both statements together, how would the wavy line work in a case like that, for a question like this (Assuming none of the statements was sufficient on its own).

KarishmaB


In that case, we take the Intersection of two sets (from S1 & S2).
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