Is x y? (1) x and y are both positive integers. (2) x/y 1

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Is x > y?

(1) x and y are both positive integers. 
(2) x/y > 1

Feel like I'm going crazy. The book says that answer B is correct. I'm thinking you need to know that they are both positive because if only II were true, you could have x= -30 and y = -15. This would equal 2 which is greater than one but -30 is not greater than -15. I'm thinking that the answer is C.

KanishkM · Answer

You can always hide what your logic, under a spoiler

. ( there is a post on 11 Rules for posting ) said that, i agree with your logic it should be C from 1, we can't say anything about the magnitude of the values from 2, now if x/y > 1, this means that both can be +ive or -ive -2/-1 > 1, but -2 !> -1 2/1, 2>1 Now when we combine both the statements, we know that x and y are +ive and for statement 2 to be true x has to be greater than y C

4d · Answer

joejoe4868 
Yes the OA is wrong .
You can take examples to prove B is wrong.
x=2 y=1 and x=-2 y=-1

Please correct the OA here and remove your query from the question

CrackverbalGMAT · Answer

Statement 1: x and y are both positive numbers x = 3, y = 2, then x > y and if x = 2, y = 3 then x < y Therefore Statement 1 Alone is Insufficient . Answer options could be B, C or E Statement 2: x/y > 1 x = 3, y = 2, then x/y is > 1 and x > y x = -3, y = -2, then x/y is > 1 and x < y Therefore Statement 2 Alone is Insufficient . Answer Options could be C or E Combining Both Statements: x and y are positive integers and x/y > 1. This is sufficient to tell that x is greater than y. Therefore Both Statements together are Sufficient . Option C Arun Kumar

TestPrepUnlimited · Answer

Statement 1:

Insufficient.

Statement 2:

If y is positive, we move y over to get x > y. If y is negative, we move y over to get x < y. Insufficient.

Combined:

Now that we know y is positive, combined we can get x > y. Note we did not need to know x was positive (although that is a corollary if y is positive and x/y > 1).

Ans: C

Is x > y? (1) x and y are both positive integers. (2) x/y > 1

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