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What is 4x^2 ? (1) |2x – 2| + |2x + 2| = 4 (2) |3x – 1| + |3x + 1| = 6 12 Jul 2019, 01:10
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What is 4x^2 ?

(1) |2x – 2| + |2x + 2| = 4
(2) |3x – 1| + |3x + 1| = 6
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Q: What is 4x^2 ?

#1:
|2x – 2| + |2x + 2| = 4
|x-1|+|x+1| =2
-1<=x<=1
NOT SUFFICIENT

#2:
|3x – 1| + |3x + 1| = 6
\(|x-\frac{1}{3}| + |x+\frac{1}{3}| = 2\)
x=1 or x = -1
=> x^2 = 1
=> 4x^2 = 4
SUFFICIENT

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What is 4x^2 ? (1) |2x – 2| + |2x + 2| = 4 (2) |3x – 1| + |3x + 1| = 6 12 Jul 2019, 02:07
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What is 4x^2?

Statement 1:
|2x-2|+|2x+2|=4
Solving this equation yields the solution of x=-1 and x=1.
4(-1)^2=4(1)^2=4. Hence sufficient.

Statement 2:
|3x-1|+|3x+1|=6
Solving this equation also yields a solution of x=-1 and x=1. As seen already, x=1 and x=-1 yields 4 for 4x^2. Hence this statement is also sufficient.

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What is 4x^2 ?

(1) |2x – 2| + |2x + 2| = 4
(2) |3x – 1| + |3x + 1| = 6


Q: What is 4x^2 ?

#1:
|2x – 2| + |2x + 2| = 4
|x-1|+|x+1| =2
-1<=x<=1
NOT SUFFICIENT

#2:
|3x – 1| + |3x + 1| = 6
\(|x-\frac{1}{3}| + |x+\frac{1}{3}| = 2\)
x=1 or x = -1
=> x^2 = 1
=> 4x^2 = 4
SUFFICIENT

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Can you elaborate statement 1? Also, Why are we getting a range in #1 but not in #2?
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What is 4x^2 ? (1) |2x – 2| + |2x + 2| = 4 (2) |3x – 1| + |3x + 1| = 6 14 Jul 2019, 08:21
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Hello!

Can you please explain statement 2?


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What is 4x^2 ?

(1) |2x – 2| + |2x + 2| = 4
(2) |3x – 1| + |3x + 1| = 6


Q: What is 4x^2 ?

#1:
|2x – 2| + |2x + 2| = 4
|x-1|+|x+1| =2
-1<=x<=1
NOT SUFFICIENT

#2:
|3x – 1| + |3x + 1| = 6
\(|x-\frac{1}{3}| + |x+\frac{1}{3}| = 2\)
x=1 or x = -1
=> x^2 = 1
=> 4x^2 = 4
SUFFICIENT

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What is 4x^2 ? (1) |2x – 2| + |2x + 2| = 4 (2) |3x – 1| + |3x + 1| = 6 14 Jul 2019, 10:02
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What is 4x^2 ?

(1) |2x – 2| + |2x + 2| = 4
(2) |3x – 1| + |3x + 1| = 6


Q: What is 4x^2 ?

#1:
|2x – 2| + |2x + 2| = 4
|x-1|+|x+1| =2
-1<=x<=1
NOT SUFFICIENT

#2:
|3x – 1| + |3x + 1| = 6
\(|x-\frac{1}{3}| + |x+\frac{1}{3}| = 2\)
x=1 or x = -1
=> x^2 = 1
=> 4x^2 = 4
SUFFICIENT

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Can you elaborate statement 1? Also, Why are we getting a range in #1 but not in #2?
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Please solve the equations by regions or distances.
For test, put x=0 in #1 and x=0 in #2 to confirm.

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What is 4x^2 ? (1) |2x – 2| + |2x + 2| = 4 (2) |3x – 1| + |3x + 1| = 6 29 Jul 2019, 10:00
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kunalbean,
solve statement 1: |x+1| + |x-1|=2
x>1 yields x=1
x<-1 x=-1
for the range -1<=x<=1 you get 2=2 meaning that for this range any value of x satisfies the equation (x is not bound to be an integer).
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What is 4x^2 ? (1) |2x – 2| + |2x + 2| = 4 (2) |3x – 1| + |3x + 1| = 6 30 Jul 2019, 18:17
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Hello afa13

Thank you for the response. The range is defined for -1<=x=>1. When squared -1=1=1. Hence it should be sufficient ?
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What is 4x^2 ? (1) |2x – 2| + |2x + 2| = 4 (2) |3x – 1| + |3x + 1| = 6 30 Jul 2019, 18:35
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What is 4x^2 ?

(1) |2x – 2| + |2x + 2| = 4
(2) |3x – 1| + |3x + 1| = 6


Q: What is 4x^2 ?

#1:
|2x – 2| + |2x + 2| = 4
|x-1|+|x+1| =2
-1<=x<=1
NOT SUFFICIENT

#2:
|3x – 1| + |3x + 1| = 6
\(|x-\frac{1}{3}| + |x+\frac{1}{3}| = 2\)
x=1 or x = -1
=> x^2 = 1
=> 4x^2 = 4
SUFFICIENT

IMO B

Can you elaborate statement 1? Also, Why are we getting a range in #1 but not in #2?
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For statement 1, you can put x=0, x=1/2, x=-1/2, then you find that range is correct.

For me, drawing the graph of |x-1| and |x+1| makes easier to understand such range solution.

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