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# Is G>H ?

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09 Apr 2016, 21:07
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09 Apr 2016, 21:30
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St1: G - 5 > H - 5 --> Clearly sufficient to prove G > H

St2: G^2 - GH > 0
G^2 is positive --> G can be negative or positive
Suppose the value of GH is negative --> If G is positive and H is negative then G > H
If G is negative and H is positive then G < H
Not Sufficient

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27 May 2016, 04:04
Vyshak wrote:
St1: G - 5 > H - 5 --> Clearly sufficient to prove G > H

St2: G(G - H) > 0 --> G > 0 or G > H
If G > 0; H can be 0 and G(G - H) > 0 --> In this case is G > H? No
Not Sufficient

Hi, thank you for your explanation. Here, the question asks whether G>H
In statement 2, the inequality clearly satisfies this condition. l am not clear why its still insufficient.
Help?
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27 May 2016, 04:27
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Vyshak wrote:
St1: G - 5 > H - 5 --> Clearly sufficient to prove G > H

St2: G(G - H) > 0 --> G > 0 or G > H
If G > 0; H can be 0 and G(G - H) > 0 --> In this case is G > H? No
Not Sufficient

Hi, thank you for your explanation. Here, the question asks whether G>H
In statement 2, the inequality clearly satisfies this condition. l am not clear why its still insufficient.
Help?

Hi,

I am not able to understand my own explanation for the 2nd statement. I will edit my solution.

Please refer to the below explanation for the 2nd statement:

G^2 - GH > 0
G^2 is positive --> G can be negative or positive
Suppose the value of GH is negative --> If G is positive and H is negative then G > H
If G is negative and H is positive then G < H
Not Sufficient
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27 May 2016, 04:44
stonecold wrote:
Is G>H ?
[A] G-5>H-5
G^2>GH

[b] Statement 1

G-5 > H -5
We can remove 5 from both sides.

G > H.

Statement 1 is sufficient

Statement 2

$$G^2$$>GH

G.G>G.H
G(G-H) > 0

Either G < 0 or G > H

Not sufficient

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28 May 2016, 11:40
For statement 2,
G^2>GH

Since no information is given about G, we will consider two cases for G,
1.) When G is +ve, then (G^2)/G>(GH)/G --------> G>H

2.)When G is -ve, then (G^2)/(-G)<(GH)/(-G) ------------> G<H because, when an inequality is divided by a -ve number then sign of inequality changes.

Therefore, statement 2 is insufficient.

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