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Is x > y? (1) x + y < 0 (2) x - y > 0 [#permalink] Is x > y? (1) x + y < 0 (2) x - y > 0   16 Oct 2017, 07:39
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Re: Is x > y? (1) x + y < 0 (2) x - y > 0 [#permalink] Is x > y? (1) x + y < 0 (2) x - y > 0   16 Oct 2017, 08:59
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Is x > y?

(1) x + y < 0. The sum of two numbers is greater than 0. This is no sufficient to say which of those numbers is larger. Not sufficient.

(2) x - y > 0. Re-arrange: x > y. Directly answers the question. Sufficient.

Answer: B.
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Re: Is x > y? (1) x + y < 0 (2) x - y > 0 [#permalink] Is x > y? (1) x + y < 0 (2) x - y > 0   16 Oct 2017, 09:58
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Is x > y?
In other words, is x - y>0?

(1) x + y < 0 : Does not answer whether x - y> 0; Insuff.
(2) x - y > 0 : Sufficient.

Ans: B
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Re: Is x > y? (1) x + y < 0 (2) x - y > 0 [#permalink] Is x > y? (1) x + y < 0 (2) x - y > 0   29 May 2019, 00:41
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Is x > y?

(1) x + y < 0
(2) x - y > 0

#1
x or y can be -ve
insufficeint
#2
x>y = x-y>0
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Re: Is x > y? (1) x + y < 0 (2) x - y > 0 [#permalink] Is x > y? (1) x + y < 0 (2) x - y > 0   13 Jul 2019, 05:23
Is x > y?

(1) x + y < 0 NS as we x and Y can take many values
(2) x - y > 0 S => x>y

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Re: Is x > y? (1) x + y < 0 (2) x - y > 0 [#permalink] Is x > y? (1) x + y < 0 (2) x - y > 0   24 Sep 2019, 17:32
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Is x > y?

(1) x + y < 0. The sum of two numbers is greater than 0. This is no sufficient to say which of those numbers is larger. Not sufficient.

(2) x - y > 0. Re-arrange: x > y. Directly answers the question. Sufficient.

Answer: B.


This might be a trivial question but can you rearrange if we don't know the sign of either variable??
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Re: Is x > y? (1) x + y < 0 (2) x - y > 0 [#permalink] Is x > y? (1) x + y < 0 (2) x - y > 0   25 Sep 2019, 22:55
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Hi experts,

For the (1) option, can we say that x < -y ? Hence x is not > than y, no? Then the answer should be D?
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Re: Is x > y? (1) x + y < 0 (2) x - y > 0 [#permalink] Is x > y? (1) x + y < 0 (2) x - y > 0   11 Nov 2019, 20:03
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Hi experts,

For the (1) option, can we say that x < -y ? Hence x is not > than y, no? Then the answer should be D?

It can be y < -x too, so statement 1 should be insufficient.
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