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Re: Which is greater? [#permalink]
Bunuel wrote:
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Bunuel wrote:
Quantity A
Quantity B
10x+2
2x+10


A. The quantity in Column A is greater
B. The quantity in Column B is greater
C. The two quantities are equal
D. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given

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No information is given for x and it can be fraction or real number, so option D


Real numbers include fractions, irrational numbers and integers. I think you meant "integer" instead. But even if we were given that x is a non-integer (a fraction or an irrational number) or integer, the answer still would be D.


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Re: Which is greater? [#permalink]
Bunuel wrote:
pranab01 wrote:
Bunuel wrote:
Quantity A
Quantity B
10x+2
2x+10


A. The quantity in Column A is greater
B. The quantity in Column B is greater
C. The two quantities are equal
D. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given

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No information is given for x and it can be fraction or real number, so option D


Real numbers include fractions, irrational numbers and integers. I think you meant "integer" instead. But even if we were given that x is a non-integer (a fraction or an irrational number) or integer, the answer still would be D.


If we rearrange we are left with quantity A being 8x and quantity B being 8. Then, since there are no restrictions about x, it can be whatever.
E.g. if x = 1, then the two quantities are equal
if x = -2, then quantity B is greater
if x = 2, then quantity A is greater.

Thus the answer is D
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Re: Which is greater? [#permalink]
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Quantity A
Quantity B
10x+2
2x+10



We can solve this question using matching operations

Given:
Quantity A: 10x + 2
Quantity B: 2x + 10


Subtract 2x from both quantities to get:
Quantity A: 8x + 2
Quantity B: 10

Subtract 2 from both quantities to get:
Quantity A: 8x
Quantity B: 8

Divide both quantities by 8 to get:
Quantity A: x
Quantity B: 1

Since we have no information about x, quantity A COULD be greater than, less than or equal to quantity B
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Re: Which is greater? [#permalink]
Quantity A and Quantity B need to be simplified first, so we will able to decide about the answer without plugin.

Quantity A: 10x + 2
Quantity B: 2x + 10

If we subtract any value from the two Quantities, the resultant will not change the greater quantity to less. So we can subtract by same value.

So let's subtract by (2x +2) from both Quantity A and Quantity B, we'll get:

Quantity A: 8x
Quantity B: 8

Finally, we can decide easily that x can be positive, negative or zero. Thus, Choice D is correct.
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Re: Which is greater? [#permalink]
if the x is negative than the right answer is A. If it is positive then the answer is B. Hence the right answer is D
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