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Is x > y? (1) x and y are both positive integers. (2) x/y > 1 Updated on: 03 Feb 2019, 02:00
Originally posted by joejoe4868 on 02 Feb 2019, 21:11.
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Is x > y?

(1) x and y are both positive integers.
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Feel like I'm going crazy. The book says that answer B is correct. I'm thinking you need to know that they are both positive because if only II were true, you could have x= -30 and y = -15. This would equal 2 which is greater than one but -30 is not greater than -15. I'm thinking that the answer is C.
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Is x > y? (1) x and y are both positive integers. (2) x/y > 1 02 Feb 2019, 21:27
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Is x > y?

I. x and y are both positive integers.
II. x ÷ y > 1

a. Statement (I) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (II) ALONE is not sufficient.
b. Statement (II) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (I) ALONE is not sufficient.
c. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
d. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
e. Statements (I) and (II) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

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Feel like I'm going crazy. The book says that answer B is correct. I'm thinking you need to know that they are both positive because if only II were true, you could have x= -30 and y = -15. This would equal 2 which is greater than one but -30 is not greater than -15. I'm thinking that the answer is C.
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You can always hide what your logic, under a spoiler :). ( there is a post on 11 Rules for posting)

said that, i agree with your logic it should be C

from 1, we can't say anything about the magnitude of the values

from 2, now if x/y > 1, this means that both can be +ive or -ive
-2/-1 > 1, but -2 !> -1

2/1, 2>1

Now when we combine both the statements, we know that x and y are +ive and for statement 2 to be true x has to be greater than y

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Is x > y? (1) x and y are both positive integers. (2) x/y > 1 02 Feb 2019, 21:46
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Yes the OA is wrong .
You can take examples to prove B is wrong.
x=2 y=1 and x=-2 y=-1

Please correct the OA here and remove your query from the question
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(1) x and y are both positive numbers
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Statement 1:x and y are both positive numbers

x = 3, y = 2, then x > y and if x = 2, y = 3 then x < y


Therefore Statement 1 Alone is Insufficient. Answer options could be B, C or E



Statement 2: x/y > 1

x = 3, y = 2, then x/y is > 1 and x > y

x = -3, y = -2, then x/y is > 1 and x < y


Therefore Statement 2 Alone is Insufficient. Answer Options could be C or E



Combining Both Statements:

x and y are positive integers and x/y > 1. This is sufficient to tell that x is greater than y.


Therefore Both Statements together are Sufficient.




Option C

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Statement 1:

Insufficient.

Statement 2:

If y is positive, we move y over to get x > y. If y is negative, we move y over to get x < y. Insufficient.

Combined:

Now that we know y is positive, combined we can get x > y. Note we did not need to know x was positive (although that is a corollary if y is positive and x/y > 1).

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