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Example Question #891 : Data Sufficiency Questions
Evaluate the expression
1)
2)
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
EITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is not sufficient.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is not sufficient.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is not sufficient.
Simplify the expression:
Therefore, we only need to know - If we know , we calculate that
The answer is that Statement 2 alone is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 is not.
Example Question #892 : Data Sufficiency Questions
Evaluate:
Statement 1:
Statement 2:
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
EITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
Therefore, you only need to know the value of to evaluate this; knowing the value of is neither necessary nor helpful.
Example Question #3 : Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
Evaluate the expression for positive :
Statement 1:
Statement 2:
EITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
Cancel the from both halves:
As can be seen by the simplification, it turns out that only the value of , which is given only in Statement 2, affects the value of the expression.
Example Question #893 : Data Sufficiency Questions
What is the value of ?
(1)
(2)
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
EACH statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but the other statement alone is not sufficient
BOTH statements TOGETHER are not sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but the other statement alone is not sufficient
EACH statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
(1) Add to both sides to make . Then divide through by 7 to get
. This statement is sufficient.
(2) Divide both sides by 13. The equation becomes . This statement is sufficient.
Example Question #894 : Data Sufficiency Questions
Is ?
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but the other statement alone is not sufficient.
EACH statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but the other statement alone is not sufficient.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are not sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but the other statement alone is not sufficient.
(1) Since 5 must be added to to make it equal to , it follows that . This statement is sufficient.
(2) Multiply both sides by 6 to obtain . Thus, whether or
depends on the value selected for and . For instance, implies
, (such that ) but implies ,
(such that ). Therefore, this statement is insufficient.
Example Question #895 : Data Sufficiency Questions
True or false?
Statement 1:
Statement 2:
EITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
Simplify each expression.
The inequality, therefore, is equivalent to
,
the truth or falsity of which depends only on the value of
Example Question #896 : Data Sufficiency Questions
True or false?
Statement 1:
Statement 2:
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
EITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Simplify both expressions algebraically.
Using similar algebra, you can simplify the other expression:
The question, assuming the variables have nonzero values, is equivalent to asking whether is true. Since we need to know the values of both variables to answer this, both statements are necessary and sufficient.
Example Question #103 : Algebra
The figure below shows a trinomial with its exponents replaced by shapes:
Each shape replaces a whole number.
Is this a simplified expression?
Statement 1: The sum of the three exponents is 10.
Statement 2: The circle and the triangle are replacing different numbers.
EITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
Assume both statements are true.
and each fits the conditions of both statements. However, the first polynomial, having no like terms - three different exponents - is a simplified expression; the second, having like terms - both with exponent 4 - is not.
Example Question #901 : Data Sufficiency Questions
The figure below shows a binomial with its coefficients and exponents replaced by shapes:
Each shape replaces a whole number.
Is this a simplified expression?
Statement 1: The square and the circle are replacing the same integer.
Statement 2: The diamond and the triangle are replacing different integers.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
EITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
Both statements together are insufficient.
and each match the conditions of both statements. However, the former is the sum of like terms - the exponents are the same - and can be simplified; the latter is the sum of unlike terms - the exponents are different - and cannot.
Example Question #901 : Data Sufficiency Questions
Stephanie was challenged by her teacher to create a monomial of degree 5 by filling in the square and the circle in the figure below.
Did Stephanie succeed?
Statement 1: Stephanie wrote a 5 in the square.
Statement 2: Stephanie wrote a 7 in the circle.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
EITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
The degree of a monomial with one variable is the exponent of that variable. Therefore, only the number Stephanie wrote in the circle is relevant. Statement 1 is unhelpful; Statement 2 alone proves that Stephanie was unsuccessful.