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The range of a set is the difference between the largest and smallest elements of a set.
\(range_t=t_{max}-t_{min}\);
\(range_s=s_{max}-s_{min}\);
Question: \(range_{t \text{ and } s} \gt (t_{max}-t_{min})+(s_{max}-s_{min})\)?
(1) The largest element of \(T\) is bigger than the largest element of \(S\). Given: \(t_{max} \gt s_{max}\), so the largest element of combined set is \(t_{max}\) but we still don't know which is the smallest element of combined set:
If it's \(t_{min}\) then the question becomes is \(t_{max}-t_{min} \gt t_{max}-t_{min}+s_{max}-s_{min}\). Or: is \(0 \gt s_{max}-s_{min}\) and the answer would be NO;
If it's \(s_{min}\) then the question becomes is \(t_{max}-s_{min} \gt t_{max}-t_{min}+s_{max}-s_{min}\). Or: is \(t_{min} \gt s_{max}\) and the answer would be sometimes NO and sometimes YES. Not sufficient.
(2) The smallest element of \(T\) is bigger than the largest element of \(S\). Given: \(t_{min} \gt s_{max}\), so the largest element of the combined set is \(t_{max}\) and the smallest element of the combined set is \(s_{min}\).
So the question becomes is \(t_{max}-s_{min} \gt t_{max}-t_{min}+s_{max}-s_{min}\). Or: is \(t_{min} \gt s_{max}\)? And that is given to be true, so the answer is YES. Sufficient.
imagine the two sets as two line segments in a straight line. the lines can overlap each other, one inside another or be in different place altogether. to answer the question, we need to know if the lines overlap or there is a finite distance between them? The 1st point says the right end of line t is on the right side of right end of line s - this doesn't answer our question. The 2nd point says left end of line t is on the right side of right end of line s --> there is a finite distance between the lines. We just got our answer
The range of a set is the difference between the largest and smallest elements of a set.
\(range_t=t_{max}-t_{min}\);
\(range_s=s_{max}-s_{min}\);
Question: \(range_{t \text{ and } s} \gt (t_{max}-t_{min})+(s_{max}-s_{min})\)?
(1) The largest element of \(T\) is bigger than the largest element of \(S\). Given: \(t_{max} \gt s_{max}\), so the largest element of combined set is \(t_{max}\) but we still don't know which is the smallest element of combined set:
If it's \(t_{min}\) then the question becomes is \(t_{max}-t_{min} \gt t_{max}-t_{min}+s_{max}-s_{min}\). Or: is \(0 \gt s_{max}-s_{min}\) and the answer would be NO;
If it's \(s_{min}\) then the question becomes is \(t_{max}-s_{min} \gt t_{max}-t_{min}+s_{max}-s_{min}\). Or: is \(t_{min} \gt s_{max}\) and the answer would be sometimes NO and sometimes YES. Not sufficient.
(2) The smallest element of \(T\) is bigger than the largest element of \(S\). Given: \(t_{min} \gt s_{max}\), so the largest element of the combined set is \(t_{max}\) and the smallest element of the combined set is \(s_{min}\).
So the question becomes is \(t_{max}-s_{min} \gt t_{max}-t_{min}+s_{max}-s_{min}\). Or: is \(t_{min} \gt s_{max}\)? And that is given to be true, so the answer is YES. Sufficient.
Answer: B
Hi Bunuel,
Wont the hypothesis break down in the following screnario
T=[1,2,3,4,5] S=[0,0,0,0]
so the answer to the question would be "E" cannot be determined.
The range of a set is the difference between the largest and smallest elements of a set.
\(range_t=t_{max}-t_{min}\);
\(range_s=s_{max}-s_{min}\);
Question: \(range_{t \text{ and } s} \gt (t_{max}-t_{min})+(s_{max}-s_{min})\)?
(1) The largest element of \(T\) is bigger than the largest element of \(S\). Given: \(t_{max} \gt s_{max}\), so the largest element of combined set is \(t_{max}\) but we still don't know which is the smallest element of combined set:
If it's \(t_{min}\) then the question becomes is \(t_{max}-t_{min} \gt t_{max}-t_{min}+s_{max}-s_{min}\). Or: is \(0 \gt s_{max}-s_{min}\) and the answer would be NO;
If it's \(s_{min}\) then the question becomes is \(t_{max}-s_{min} \gt t_{max}-t_{min}+s_{max}-s_{min}\). Or: is \(t_{min} \gt s_{max}\) and the answer would be sometimes NO and sometimes YES. Not sufficient.
(2) The smallest element of \(T\) is bigger than the largest element of \(S\). Given: \(t_{min} \gt s_{max}\), so the largest element of the combined set is \(t_{max}\) and the smallest element of the combined set is \(s_{min}\).
So the question becomes is \(t_{max}-s_{min} \gt t_{max}-t_{min}+s_{max}-s_{min}\). Or: is \(t_{min} \gt s_{max}\)? And that is given to be true, so the answer is YES. Sufficient.
Answer: B
Hi Bunuel,
Wont the hypothesis break down in the following screnario
T=[1,2,3,4,5] S=[0,0,0,0]
so the answer to the question would be "E" cannot be determined.
Kindly let me know if i have misunderstood.
For this case you still have an YES answer to the question for (2). The range of combined set is 5 and the sum of the ranges of T and S is 4 + 0 = 4.
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In this case the range of combined set would be 41 - 2 = 39 and the sum of the ranges of S and T would be 38 + 0 = 38. So, for (2) you'll get the same YES answer to the question, we've got in the solution.
What about both S and T are single element set? Let S = {0} and T = {1} . T's smallest element is larger than S's biggest element . S and T can merge into {0,1} with range to be 1. The sum of the range of S and T is 1. So (2) is insufficient. What's wrong with this logic?
What about both S and T are single element set? Let S = {0} and T = {1} . T's smallest element is larger than S's biggest element . S and T can merge into {0,1} with range to be 1. The sum of the range of S and T is 1. So (2) is insufficient. What's wrong with this logic?
The range of a single-element set is 0.
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This satisfies statement 2. Range of S = 2 Range of T = 2 Total = 4 Range of S,T = 5
It satisfies, so far so good.
Now take t ={4,5}, with S remaining same. Now Range of S,T is 4 and not greater than the sum. Answer should be (E) I believe
In case S = {1, 2, 3} and T = {4, 5}.
The sum of ranges of sets S and T = 2 + 1 = 3, while the range of combined set is 4. So, you'd still have an YES answer. The correct answer to the question is B, as explained above.
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