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noel's quizz 19 Aug 2003, 04:46
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hello, guys

this problem comes from noel's site - https://www.geocities.com/gmatcrew/noel.htm (hope, everybody knows that person from bweek-forums).

if x and y are prime, is xy odd?
1. x-y is even
2. x/y is not an integer

i voted for A. obviously, only subtracting prime from prime gives us even (you don't count 2, since it will contradict with statement 1). thus, 1 is suff. statement 2 is not suff., because we don't know either it 2/3 or 3/5 or whatever. since prime 2 is a key here and we are not sure whether it exists or not, statement 2 is not suff. but noel says, i am wrong :shock:

ps. unfortunatelly, it is diagnostic test and noel does not give any right answer. he just agrees with you, if you are right ('ok') or puts question mark '?' if you are wrong...



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noel's quizz 19 Aug 2003, 05:16
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I also fell for the trap!
What a good question?

My answer is E.

For 1) Assume X=Y=2 ; XY=4 = EVEN
Assume X=3 Y=5 ; XY=15 = ODD
Not Suff.


Keep posting questions like this.

I hope, we won't make such a mistakes in the real exam!
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noel's quizz 19 Aug 2003, 08:43
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hello, guys

this problem comes from noel's site - https://www.geocities.com/gmatcrew/noel.htm (hope, everybody knows that person from bweek-forums).

if x and y are prime, is xy odd?
1. x-y is even
2. x/y is not an integer

i voted for A. obviously, only subtracting prime from prime gives us even (you don't count 2, since it will contradict with statement 1). thus, 1 is suff. statement 2 is not suff., because we don't know either it 2/3 or 3/5 or whatever. since prime 2 is a key here and we are not sure whether it exists or not, statement 2 is not suff. but noel says, i am wrong :shock:

ps. unfortunatelly, it is diagnostic test and noel does not give any right answer. he just agrees with you, if you are right ('ok') or puts question mark '?' if you are wrong...
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I'll go with E

(1) gives us that x and y are either both odd, or x=y
If its the former, then x*y is odd. But if its the latter, then we cannot say since x=y=2 gives x*y=even

(2) is trivial since x is prime and does not help us answer the problem

Therefore, E

Now



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