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GMAT Question of the Day : Data Sufficiency

Is ?x?=?y??

(1) x - y = 6
(2) x + y = 0

A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

Written by Take GMAT Team on April 17th, 2008 with 25 comments.
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Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com gokutubushi55
#1. September 14th, 2006, at 4:08 PM.

It’s B.

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com V Pat
#2. September 14th, 2006, at 7:23 PM.

B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.

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#3. September 14th, 2006, at 11:01 PM.

b.

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com UNKN
#4. September 16th, 2006, at 12:13 PM.

b

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#5. September 16th, 2006, at 12:14 PM.

rather C

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Praj
#6. September 16th, 2006, at 10:08 PM.

B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.

this one looks to me as the answer since we need to ans the qs. ” is |x| = |y| ? ” and (2) alone is sufficient for tht

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com venkata.subramani
#7. September 18th, 2006, at 10:14 AM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Nrip Nihalani
#8. April 17th, 2007, at 12:05 PM.

B

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#9. April 17th, 2007, at 1:54 PM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Chiranjib
#10. April 17th, 2007, at 2:15 PM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Ankit jain
#11. April 17th, 2007, at 2:42 PM.

B

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#12. April 17th, 2007, at 4:46 PM.

B)

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#13. April 17th, 2007, at 4:49 PM.

b

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com DiD
#14. April 17th, 2007, at 5:46 PM.

B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Renegade
#15. April 18th, 2007, at 12:51 AM.

B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.

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#16. April 18th, 2007, at 7:21 AM.

B

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#17. April 17th, 2008, at 12:14 PM.

A

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#18. April 17th, 2008, at 10:43 PM.

D…both are sufficient alone

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#19. April 17th, 2008, at 11:13 PM.

B

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#20. April 18th, 2008, at 9:41 AM.

E

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Deepak
#21. April 18th, 2008, at 4:08 PM.

The ans for the above q wud be D)EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.

yes.there is a typo in the above q.q can be like below

In 1997 there were 300 female employees at Company C. If the number of female employees at Company C increased by 60 percent from 1997 to 1987, by what percent did the number of female employees at Company C increase from 1987 to 1977?

(1) From 1977 to 1997 the number of female employees increased by 200 percent at Company C.
(2) In 1977 there were 100 female employees at Company C.

With the above q as the reference,we can get the ans as D.

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com kv
#22. April 23rd, 2008, at 6:23 PM.

ok b

x-y=0

means x = -y

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Ritula
#23. April 28th, 2008, at 4:21 PM.

I agree with Deepak. The answer should be D. as each statement individualy tells us whether both are equal or not. In such questionswhat matters is yes or no.

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com shivani
#24. May 17th, 2008, at 9:51 AM.

Ans = B

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com shilpa
#25. August 7th, 2008, at 2:45 AM.

D

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