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Is $$x^2 > \frac{1}{x}$$?

(1) $$x^2> x$$

(2) $$1>\frac{1}{x}$$
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Re: Is x^2 > 1/x? [#permalink]

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Hi Paddy41,

This is a typical inequality DS question in GMAT.

It’s a YES-NO DS question.

Before moving into the statements, start understanding for what values of x, x^2 < 1/x?

Question: x^2 < 1/x?

Let’s first try with positive integers, For x = 2, 3, 4… x^2 > 1/x, here the answer to the question is NO.

For negative values, that is, x < 0, x^2 > 1/x, here the answer to the question is NO.

For “x” a proper(positive) fraction, x = ½, ¼... x^2 < 1/x, here the answer to the question is YES.

Sometimes knowing the YES and NO answer to the question helps to solve the question better.

So, NET-NET, if 0<x<1 then the answer to the question is YES.

Or else Answer to the question is NO.

Let’s move onto statements now,

Statement I is sufficient:

x^2 > x

Except for the values between, 0<x<1, x^2 > x

So, answer to the question is always NO here.

Hence sufficient.

To understand the expression, x^2 > x

We can find the roots and draw the number line.

x^2 > x

x^2-x > 0

x(x-1) > 0

So, roots (critical points) are zero and 1.

See the below number line, to understand how it works.

Just choose values from the given (in the pic below) three ranges and check which satisfy the expression x^2 > x.

Statement II is sufficient:

1 > 1/x

That is “x” has to be negative or x has to greater than 1.

You can do some plugging in here to check it.

For x is negative, 1(positive) > negative.

For x is greater than 1, 1 > 1/x. For x = 2, 3, 4… 1 > 1/x,

So, answer to the question is always NO here.

Hence sufficient.

So, the answer has to be D (Each alone sufficient).

Hope this helps.
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30 Apr 2017, 10:59
by solving the equation we will get
is x^3 -1 /x >0

A) will give x >1 and x<0 in both the cases answer will be YES
B clearly sufficient
D is the answr

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Re: Is x^2 > 1/x? [#permalink]

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30 Apr 2017, 13:41
paddy41 wrote:
Is $$x^2 > \frac{1}{x}$$?

(1) $$x^2> x$$

(2) $$1>\frac{1}{x}$$

A says

X^2 > x

so x>1 and -1<x

for any value of x in the above range , yes would be the answer

hence A is sufficient

B says

1> 1/x

so x>1 and -1<x

for any value of x in the above range , yes would be the answer

hence B is also sufficient

hence the answer would be D

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Re: Is x^2 > 1/x? [#permalink]

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17 Aug 2017, 21:35
I feel like this is easiest to solve if we visualize the problem on a number line.

Question stem asks (Y/N) if x belongs to the below Y region.

|-------------(-1)------(0)------(1)-------------|
|-------Y------|---Y---|---N---|--------Y-------|

Both from statement 1 & 2, we'll get the same YYNY on number line.

(D)

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