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A quick look at the statements shows that they relate to areas. When it comes to rectangles, in order to find the length of a side we'll need, apart from the area,the length of the other side. As for the right triangle, if we know one leg we'll need the other one.
Statement (1) gives us a region made of the rectangle and the right triangle, and thus knowing the total area and one leg does not suffice (remember - in a rectangle you need at least one side in addition to the area).
Statement (2) is definitely sufficient, since it give us the rectangular area and the other side of the rectangle.
The correct answer is (B).

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Hi All,

We're told that PQRT is a rectangle. We're asked fo the length of segment PQ. This question can be solved with a mix of Geometry rules and TESTing VALUES. To start, when dealing with complex shapes, it helps to break the shape down into 'pieces': here, we're dealing with a rectangle and a right triangle.

(1) The area of region PQRS is 39 and TS = 6.

TS is the 'base' of the triangle, but we don't know anything about either the height/width of the triangle/rectangle or the length of the rectangle. Thus, there are lots of possible values for PQ. Here are two examples:
IF....
PQ = 1, then the area of the triangle is (1/2)(6)(1) = 3 and the area of the rectangle is 39 - 3 = 36. This makes the length 36 and the answer is 1.
PQ = 2, then the area of the triangle is (1/2)(6)(2) = 6 and the area of the rectangle is 39 - 6 = 33. This makes the length 16.5 and the answer is 2.
Fact 1 is INSUFFICIENT

(2) The area of region PQRT is 30 and QR = 10.

The information in Fact 2 gives us the length of the rectangle and the area of the rectangle, so we can solve for the width:
Area = (Base)(Height)
30 = (10)(Height)
3 = Height
Fact 2 is SUFFICIENT

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We are not dealing with a right triangle - there is no way to infer this from the image.

All we know is that the rectangle has 2 equal sides 2 equal angles, and 4 x 90 degree angles

the triangle could be any dimension - we can't infer this

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Hi All,

We're told that PQRT is a rectangle. We're asked fo the length of segment PQ. This question can be solved with a mix of Geometry rules and TESTing VALUES. To start, when dealing with complex shapes, it helps to break the shape down into 'pieces': here, we're dealing with a rectangle and a right triangle.

(1) The area of region PQRS is 39 and TS = 6.

TS is the 'base' of the triangle, but we don't know anything about either the height/width of the triangle/rectangle or the length of the rectangle. Thus, there are lots of possible values for PQ. Here are two examples:
IF....
PQ = 1, then the area of the triangle is (1/2)(6)(1) = 3 and the area of the rectangle is 39 - 3 = 36. This makes the length 36 and the answer is 1.
PQ = 2, then the area of the triangle is (1/2)(6)(2) = 6 and the area of the rectangle is 39 - 6 = 33. This makes the length 16.5 and the answer is 2.
Fact 1 is INSUFFICIENT

(2) The area of region PQRT is 30 and QR = 10.

The information in Fact 2 gives us the length of the rectangle and the area of the rectangle, so we can solve for the width:
Area = (Base)(Height)
30 = (10)(Height)
3 = Height
Fact 2 is SUFFICIENT

Final Answer:

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We are not dealing with a right triangle - there is no way to infer this from the image.

All we know is that the rectangle has 2 equal sides 2 equal angles, and 4 x 90 degree angles

the triangle could be any dimension - we can't infer this

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Hi All,

We're told that PQRT is a rectangle. We're asked fo the length of segment PQ. This question can be solved with a mix of Geometry rules and TESTing VALUES. To start, when dealing with complex shapes, it helps to break the shape down into 'pieces': here, we're dealing with a rectangle and a right triangle.

(1) The area of region PQRS is 39 and TS = 6.

TS is the 'base' of the triangle, but we don't know anything about either the height/width of the triangle/rectangle or the length of the rectangle. Thus, there are lots of possible values for PQ. Here are two examples:
IF....
PQ = 1, then the area of the triangle is (1/2)(6)(1) = 3 and the area of the rectangle is 39 - 3 = 36. This makes the length 36 and the answer is 1.
PQ = 2, then the area of the triangle is (1/2)(6)(2) = 6 and the area of the rectangle is 39 - 6 = 33. This makes the length 16.5 and the answer is 2.
Fact 1 is INSUFFICIENT

(2) The area of region PQRT is 30 and QR = 10.

The information in Fact 2 gives us the length of the rectangle and the area of the rectangle, so we can solve for the width:
Area = (Base)(Height)
30 = (10)(Height)
3 = Height
Fact 2 is SUFFICIENT

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mrcentauri IMO actually its right triangle, cause width of rectangle is perpendicular to its length, forming 90 degrees angle :)
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In the figure above, PQRT is a rectangle. What is the length of segment PQ ?

(1) The area of region PQRS is 39 and TS = 6.
(2) The area of region PQRT is 30 and QR = 10.



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We need to determine the length of segment PQ. Notice that it’s the height of trapezoid PQRS.

Statement One Alone:

Since we don’t know the length of PT or QR (except that they are equal in length), we can’t determine PQ. For example, if PT = QR = 2, then the lower base PS of trapezoid PQRS is 8. So PQ = 39/[½(2 + 8)] = 39/5 = 7.8. However, if PT = QR = 3, then the lower base PS of trapezoid PQRS is 9. So PQ = 39/[½(3 + 9)] = 39/6 = 6.5. Statement one alone is not sufficient.

Statement Two Alone:

Since PQRT is a rectangle and QR (the length of rectangle PQRT) is 10, then the width of rectangle PQRT is PQ, and PQ = 30/10 = 3. Statement two alone is sufficient.

Answer: B
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I have a conceptual doubt with this question.
Let's say the area of PQRS = area of rectangle PQRT + area of right angle triangle TRS.
Let's take the length and breadth of rectangle PQRT to be x and y (y is also the height for triangle for TRS) and m the base of the triangle TRS.

Then we have,
xy+ (my)/2= 39......A

From statement 1, we know m=6. when we substitute this value in eqn A we get y(x+3)=39 (13*3).
I think that statement 1 is sufficient because if 13*3 = y (x+3) then it means that either :
A. y=3 and x+3 = 13, or
B. y=13 and x+3=3
(I have done this because this is an equality with product of 2 primes and should ideally not have any other possibilities)

Option B is not possible as x cannot equal 0. Since 39 is the product of 2 prime factors we are able to deduce a definite value of x in this question.

Please can Bunuel GMATNinja Brent mike scott help me out with this? I am not sure where I am going wrong when I am applying the equality?
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From statement 1, we know m=6. when we substitute this value in eqn A we get y(x+3)=39 (13*3).
I think that statement 1 is sufficient because if 13*3 = y (x+3) then it means that either :
A. y=3 and x+3 = 13, or
B. y=13 and x+3=3

If you see an equation like ab = 39, where a and b must be positive integers, then it's certainly true that a and b both need to be divisors of 39, but there will actually be four different values a (or b) can have: 1, 3, 13 and 39.

In this question, if x and y need to be positive integers, and (x+3)(y) = 39, then x+3 can still equal 13 and 39, so there are two integer solutions. But we also don't even know that x and y are integers, so there are infinitely many solutions, and we can't use divisibility to think about the equation here.
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From statement 1, we know m=6. when we substitute this value in eqn A we get y(x+3)=39 (13*3).
I think that statement 1 is sufficient because if 13*3 = y (x+3) then it means that either :
A. y=3 and x+3 = 13, or
B. y=13 and x+3=3

If you see an equation like ab = 39, where a and b must be positive integers, then it's certainly true that a and b both need to be divisors of 39, but there will actually be four different values a (or b) can have: 1, 3, 13 and 39.

In this question, if x and y need to be positive integers, and (x+3)(y) = 39, then x+3 can still equal 13 and 39, so there are two integer solutions. But we also don't even know that x and y are integers, so there are infinitely many solutions, and we can't use divisibility to think about the equation here.

Thank you very much Ian - this was helpful. I was only thinking of the dimensions in terms of integers but I agree with your explanation that these dimensions can be non-integers and hence, there can be infinite possibilities.
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