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GMAT Question of the Day : Data Sufficiency

Is B^3 is greater than or equal to B^2.

(1) B is an integer.
(2) B is positive.

A) Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.B) Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.

C) Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement is sufficient alone.

D) Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.

E) Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to answer the question asked and additional data is needed to answer the statements.

Written by Take GMAT Team on June 20th, 2007 with 16 comments.
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#1. June 21st, 2006, at 8:57 AM.

C) Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement is sufficient alone.

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#2. June 21st, 2006, at 12:05 PM.

C

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#3. June 22nd, 2006, at 6:47 PM.

Yeah.. Correct answer is C.

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#4. June 29th, 2006, at 11:16 AM.

Ans :C

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#5. July 4th, 2006, at 2:46 PM.

ans is c.

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#6. July 12th, 2006, at 1:22 PM.

c

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#7. September 8th, 2006, at 1:31 AM.

C

(i) alone is not sufficient as ( -1)^3

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#8. September 8th, 2006, at 1:32 AM.

C

(i) alone is not sufficient as ( -1)^3

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#9. May 2nd, 2007, at 7:28 PM.

C

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#10. June 24th, 2007, at 4:31 PM.

The answer is D.

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#11. June 24th, 2007, at 4:33 PM.

Sorry answer is C. Both the statements are necessary to answer the question

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#12. June 26th, 2007, at 9:58 PM.

C) Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement is sufficient alone.

b/c: 0.5^3

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#13. July 25th, 2007, at 12:42 AM.

c

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#14. August 6th, 2007, at 12:00 AM.

I got this wrong by answering B. I forgot to test the cases where 0

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#15. August 6th, 2007, at 5:33 AM.

I got this wrong by answering B. I forgot to test the cases where B is a non-integer value between zero and one (as tec points out three posts above).

Just goes to show the importance of testing all edge cases!

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#16. August 8th, 2007, at 11:10 PM.

D

check it out both statements are sufficient on their own…

B+ as well as B as integer to answer “is B^3 is greater than or equal to B^2″

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