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Is $$x^2>y^2$$?

1) |x|>y
2) x>|y|
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18 May 2017, 06:12
MathRevolution wrote:
Is $$x^2>y^2$$?

1) |x|>y
2) x>|y|

Question : Is $$x^2>y^2$$?

Statement : 1) |x|>y
@y = -4, x=2, $$x^2<y^2$$
@y = -4, x=5, $$x^2>y^2$$
NOT SUFFICIENT

Statement : 2) x>|y|
i.e. value of x is positive and absolute value of x is greater than absolute value of y.
hence, squaring both sides of the inequation we get $$x^2>y^2$$
SUFFICIENT

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21 May 2017, 16:58
==> In the original condition, there are 2 variables (x,y), and in order to match the number of variables to the number of equations, there must be 2 variables. Since there is 1 for con 1) and 1 for con 2), C is most likely to be the answer. By solving con 1) and con 2), from x>|y|≥0, it is x>0, so from x>|y|, it is |x|>|y|, which becomes $$x^2>y^2$$, hence yes, it is sufficient. The answer is C. However, this is an absolute value question, one of the key questions, so you apply CMT 4 (A: if you get C too easily, consider A or B). For con 1), you get (x,y)=(2,1) yes (2,-3) no, hence not sufficient. For con 2), from x>|y|≥0, you get x>0, which becomes |x|>|y|, then $$x^2>y^2$$, it is always yes and sufficient.

Therefore, the answer is B.
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Re: Is x^2>y^2? [#permalink]

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21 May 2017, 22:05
x^2 > y^2 if and only if |x|>|y|

Statement 1. |x|>y.
So absolute value of x is greater than y. But we don't know whether |x|>|y| or not.

Eg, take x = 4, y = 3. Here |x| > y and |x| is also > |y|. So x^2 > y^2
Now take x= -4, y= -5. Here |x| > y But |x| < |y|. Here x^2 < y^2
So Insufficient.

Statement 2. x > |y|
If x > |y| then obviously |x| will also be > |y|.
(Because absolute value of x must be either greater than x if x is negative, or equal to x if x is non-negative)

Thus definitely x^2 > y^2. Statement is Sufficient

Hence answer is B
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19 Feb 2018, 05:56
MathRevolution wrote:
Is $$x^2>y^2$$?

1) |x|>y
2) x>|y|

To Find Is $$x^2>y^2$$ ?
=> OR $$x^2-y^2>0$$
=> OR $$(x-y)(x+y)>0$$
Thus $$x^2>y^2$$ is possible if both $$(x-y)(x+y)$$ are of same sign

PL. NOTE Now IF $$a>b$$----(1) and
=> Case 1 IF $$(a+b)>0$$ then SQUARING both the side of the inequality (1) the inequality sign (here '>') remains SAME i.e (2) becomes $$a^2>b^2$$
=> Case 2 IF $$(a+b)<0$$ then SQUARING both the side of the inequality (1) the inequality sign (here '>') REVERSE. i.e (2) becomes $$a^2<b^2$$
One can verify the above OUTCOMES by plugging values

Stat 1 $$|x|>y$$ ---(2)
So from (2)we have LHS '|x|' is ALWAYS +ve and RHS 'y' is less than |x|
=> Therefore 'y'can be +ve OR -ve and SO $$(|x|+y)$$ can be >0 OR <0. Thus SQUARING both the side of the inequality (2) will give 2 OUTCOMES i.e
=> Case 1 $$(|x|+y)>0$$ then $$|x|^2>y^2$$ or $$x^2>y^2$$
=> Case 2 $$(|x|+y)<0$$ then $$|x|^2<y^2$$ or $$x^2<y^2$$
Since no unique answer, therefore NOT SUFFICIENT

Stat 2 $$x>|y|$$
Since RHS '|y| is ALWAYS +ve and LHS 'x' is greater than |y|
=> Therefore 'x' is ALSO +ve and SO $$(x+|y|)$$ is >0. Thus SQUARING both the side of the inequality (2) will give ONLY 1 OUTCOMES
=> Case 1 $$(x+|y|)>0$$ then $$x^2>|y|^2$$ or $$x^2>y^2$$
Since unique answer, therefore SUFFICIENT

Thus Option "B"

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