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Is the integer z divisible by 6? Updated on: 08 Aug 2011, 11:16
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Is the integer z divisible by 6?

(1) The greatest common factor of z and 12 is 3.
(2) The greatest common factor of z and 15 is 15.

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Answer = A. The explanation in the MGMAT is a bit confusing though. It states that z is NOT divisible by 2, and because of this, it is not divisible by 6. However, this statement is SUFFICIENT.

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A little hard to answer this one without the options A,B,C,D,E available
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It is straight from the MGMAT: Number Properties book. It's a Data Sufficiency problem.
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Is the integer z divisible by 6? 08 Aug 2011, 09:25
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But what you gave us to answer the question, the OA reveals the answer is A.... however, we don't even know what A is. You need to post the choices in the question as well A or B or C or D or E so that we can use elimination or consider the choices themselves
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I must be missing something...

But here you go.

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A) Statement #1 is sufficient alone.
B) Statement #2 is sufficient alone.
C) Statement's #1 and #2 are sufficient when only put together.
D) Statement's #1 and #2 are sufficient seperately on their own.
E) Statement's #1 and #2 together are not sufficient.
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Is the integer z divisible by 6?

1) The greatest common factor of z and 12 is 3.
2) The greatest common factor of z and 15 is 15.

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statement 1 is sufficient, if GCF of z and 12 is 3, it means z is not divisible by 6. For if Z were divisible by 6 the GCF would not have been 3.

Statement 2 is not sufficient to answer the question. if GCF of z and 15 is 15, Z could be either 15 (or multiple of 15) or 30 (or multiple of 30). If z is 15 it is not divisible by 6 and if it is 30 it is divisible by 6. Insufficient.

(A) correct.
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Question was already posted and answered book-says-something-but-i-got-something-else-118025.html

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Is the integer z divisible by 6? 08 Aug 2011, 17:20
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[quote="restore"]Is the integer z divisible by 6?

1) The greatest common factor of z and 12 is 3.
2) The greatest common factor of z and 15 is 15.

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z has 3 in it but not 2 ............suff

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15 = 3*5 thus z has 3,5 in it but we cant be sure that it has 2 or not because 15 is odd number
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Is the integer z divisible by 6?

Realistic GMAT question would mention that z is a positive integer.

(1) The greatest common factor of z and 12 is 3 --> if z were divisible by 6 (for example 6, 12, 18, ...) then the GCF of z and 12 (which is also divisible by 6) would have been more than 3 (6 or 12) and since the GCF is 3 then z is not divisible by 6. Sufficient.

(2) The greatest common factor of z and 15 is 3 --> if z=3 then the answer is NO but if z=6 then the answer is YES. Two different answers, not sufficient.

Answer: A.

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