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Explanation attached.


awesome, thanks a lot. prime factorization tricks are killing me. so many ways to do the same problem. its amazing.
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Here are some additional problems that are conceptually related:

1) Official Guide 12th Edition Problem Solving 142: need-help-thanks-91668.html

2) GMATPrep: if-n-and-y-are-positive-integers-and-450y-n-92562.html

3) Really old Official GMAT question: the-product-of-the-first-twelve-positive-integers-is-44758.html

4) Old official GMAT Question: https://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-math/26 ... teger.html

5) https://www.gmatquantum.com/blog/gmat-question20.html

6) https://www.gmatquantum.com/blog/gmat-question-7.html

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Here are some additional problems that are conceptually related:

1) Official Guide 12th Edition Problem Solving 142: need-help-thanks-91668.html

2) GMATPrep: if-n-and-y-are-positive-integers-and-450y-n-92562.html

3) Really old Official GMAT question: the-product-of-the-first-twelve-positive-integers-is-44758.html

4) Old official GMAT Question: https://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-math/26 ... teger.html

5) https://www.gmatquantum.com/blog/gmat-da ... ion20.html

6) https://www.gmatquantum.com/blog/gmat-question-7.html

I wrote the last two problems.
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awesome, thanks a lot Dabral.
i am struggling with the concepts on prime factorizaiton as to when to apply to what kind of problem.
appreciate your time and help..

and to Bunuel too for providing an alternate sway to solve this problem.
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For positive integers x and y, x^2 = 350y. Is y divisible by 28?
(1) x is divisible by 4
(2) x^2 is divisible by 28

Somebody please explain me why 2 is not sufficient.

From the statement we get that at least \(y = 2^a*7^b*z\)

where a,b are positive odd integers and z is a perfect square

1)x is divisible by 4. So x had at least two 2s and so \(x^2\) has at least four 2s. So y has at least three 2s. We know y also has a 7. So y is divisible by 28. Sufficient.

2)\(x^2\) is divisible by 28. This would be true even if y has only one 2. i.e, y = 2*7 = 14. In this case, x^2 is divisible by 28 but y is not divisible by 28. From the previous statement we can get a situation where x and y are both divisible by 28. Insufficient.

Answer is hence A.

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Here are some additional problems that are conceptually related:

1) Official Guide 12th Edition Problem Solving 142: need-help-thanks-91668.html

2) GMATPrep: if-n-and-y-are-positive-integers-and-450y-n-92562.html

3) Really old Official GMAT question: the-product-of-the-first-twelve-positive-integers-is-44758.html

4) Old official GMAT Question: https://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-math/26 ... teger.html

5) https://www.gmatquantum.com/blog/gmat-da ... ion20.html

6) https://www.gmatquantum.com/blog/gmat-question-7.html

I wrote the last two problems.
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Thanks a ton for these questions.. learnt a lot.. but unable to check the 5th link above..
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here is the url to the 5th question:
https://www.gmatquantum.com/blog/gmat-question20.html

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Thanks a ton!! These are great questions
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sachin,

here is the url to the 5th question:
https://www.gmatquantum.com/blog/gmat-question20.html

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There was a lot of learning in this question.. Thanks dabral!
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