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detailed explanation here (last question in the video):

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If \(|x| ≠ 1\), is \(\frac{x}{x + 1} > \frac{-x}{1 - x}\) ?

(1) \(x > 1\)

(2) \(\frac{x}{x + 1} < 1\)


\(\frac{x}{x + 1} > \frac{-x}{1 - x}\)

\(\frac{x}{x + 1}\) > \(\frac{-x}{-(x+1)}\)

\(\frac{x}{x + 1}\) > \(\frac{ x}{(x+1)}\)

This is true for all values of x except for x = 0.

Hence, we can translate the question to "Is x = 0?"

Statement 1

(1) \(x > 1\)

\(x \neq 0,\) hence the statement is sufficient to answer the question.

Sufficient.

Statement 2

(2) \(\frac{x}{x + 1} < 1\)

\(\frac{x}{x + 1} < 1\)

\(\frac{x}{x + 1} - 1 < 0\)

\(\frac{x - x - 1}{x + 1} < 0\)

\(\frac{- 1}{x + 1} < 0\)

Therefore x + 1 > 0

x > -1.

x can be 0 or it can be any other number. Hence, the statement is not sufficient.

Option A


gmatophobia - shouldn't the RHS be \(\frac{x}{x-1}\) ? Will that not make the LHS smaller than the RHS?

Can we still proceed in the same way? Will \(\frac{x}{x+1} <\frac{x}{x-1}\\
\) for all values of x other than 0?
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Is \(\frac{x}{(x+1)}>−\frac{x}{(1−x) }\)?
|x|≠1 implies x ≠ 1 or -1

(1) x > 1
We can check the above inequality for different values of x(say) = 1.5 or 2 or 10.
x = 1.5 . Inequality is \(\frac{1.5}{2.5} > \frac{-1.5}{(-0.5)}\) i.e., 0.6 > 3 which is not true. Similarly we can prove that for any value of x >1, the above inequality is false.

Hence statement 1 is sufficient

(2) \(\frac{x}{(x+1)}\)<1
this inequality is true for all values of x>-1
For ex - \(\frac{-0.5}{0.5 }< 1\) is true; 0/1 < 1 is true ; \(\frac{5}{6 }< 1\) is true.

we have already seen that for x >1 our main inequality is not satisfied. Now lets check for values of x between -1 and 1
x = -0.5
\(\frac{-0.5}{(0.5) }> \frac{-(-0.5)}{[1- (- 0.5)]}\)
= -1 > \(\frac{1}{3 }-\) Not true
x = 0.4
\(\frac{0.4}{1.4} > \frac{-0.4 }{ 0.6 }\)
\(\frac{2}{7}> - 2/3\) - True
therefore statement 2 is Not sufficient
Answer A

sivakumarm786 - can you please tell me how you derived the highlighted part - that the inequality will hold good for all values of x>-1?
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Is \(\frac{x}{(x+1)}>−\frac{x}{(1−x) }\)?
|x|≠1 implies x ≠ 1 or -1

(1) x > 1
We can check the above inequality for different values of x(say) = 1.5 or 2 or 10.
x = 1.5 . Inequality is \(\frac{1.5}{2.5} > \frac{-1.5}{(-0.5)}\) i.e., 0.6 > 3 which is not true. Similarly we can prove that for any value of x >1, the above inequality is false.

Hence statement 1 is sufficient

(2) \(\frac{x}{(x+1)}\)<1
this inequality is true for all values of x>-1
For ex - \(\frac{-0.5}{0.5 }< 1\) is true; 0/1 < 1 is true ; \(\frac{5}{6 }< 1\) is true.

we have already seen that for x >1 our main inequality is not satisfied. Now lets check for values of x between -1 and 1
x = -0.5
\(\frac{-0.5}{(0.5) }> \frac{-(-0.5)}{[1- (- 0.5)]}\)
= -1 > \(\frac{1}{3 }-\) Not true
x = 0.4
\(\frac{0.4}{1.4} > \frac{-0.4 }{ 0.6 }\)
\(\frac{2}{7}> - 2/3\) - True
therefore statement 2 is Not sufficient
Answer A

sivakumarm786 - can you please tell me how you derived the highlighted part - that the inequality will hold good for all values of x>-1?

Hi Dumsy_1711
Statement 2 can be rearranged to get x>-1 as explained by gmatophobia in his post above (refer statement 2)
Hope this helps
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