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# The symbol # represents one of addition, substraction, multiplication,

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The symbol # represents one of addition, substraction, multiplication, or division. What is the value of 3#2?

1.$$(\frac{1}{2}) # (\frac{1}{2}) = \frac{1}{4}$$
2.$$(\frac{1}{2}) # (\frac{1}{3}) = \frac{1}{6}$$

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24 Oct 2017, 07:20
pushpitkc wrote:
The symbol # represents one of addition, substraction, multiplication, or division. What is the value of 3#2?

1.$$(\frac{1}{2}) # (\frac{1}{2}) = \frac{1}{4}$$
2.$$(\frac{1}{2}) # (\frac{1}{3}) = \frac{1}{6}$$

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We need to know which operation $$#$$ signifies

Statement 1: this implies that $$#$$ is multiplication because for any other operation $$\frac{1}{2}#\frac{1}{2}$$ will not be equal to $$\frac{1}{4}$$. Hence Sufficient

Statement 2: here $$#$$ can be multiplication, in that case $$3#2=6$$

or $$#$$ can be subtraction, in that case $$3#2=1$$. Hence no unique value. Insufficient

Option A
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