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# If y < x, is x^2 < y^2 ? (1) y > 0 (2) x > 0

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55% (01:12) correct 45% (01:26) wrong based on 71 sessions

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If $$y < x$$, is $$x^2 < y^2$$?

(1) y > 0
(2) x > 0

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This has to be A...can u recheck the OE..?

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01 Nov 2018, 02:55
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This has to be A...can u recheck the OE..?

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Thank you so much. However, the official paper test reported B as OA.

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carcass wrote:
If $$y < x$$, is $$x^2 < y^2$$?

(1) y > 0
(2) x > 0

if y > 0

then x > y > 0

then it is not true that x^2 < y^2 sufficient.

x > 0 then we don't know about y

if x = 2 and y = -3

then it is not true.

if x = 2 and y = -1 then is it true.

Not sufficient.

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