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Which is greater x-y or 50 [#permalink] New post   19 Oct 2017, 15:27
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Quantity A
Quantity B
y-x
50


A) Quantity A is greater.
B) Quantity B is greater.
C) The two quantities are equal.
D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
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Re: Angles [#permalink] New post   20 Oct 2017, 06:55
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Even though the figure seems a trapezoid, since the figures are not drawn in scale and since no assumption is made on the type of polygon or the parallelism of the two horizontal lines, we can't say anything about the angles x and y.

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Re: Which is greater x-y or 50 [#permalink] New post   29 Jun 2019, 07:38
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Since the horizontal lines aren't given as parallel, so we can't calc the angles in the figure.
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Re: Which is greater x-y or 50 [#permalink] New post   26 Nov 2020, 21:19
darshansiddu01 wrote:
Since the horizontal lines aren't given as parallel, so we can't calc the angles in the figure.

What could you say if the lines were parallel?
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Re: Which is greater x-y or 50 [#permalink] New post   27 Nov 2020, 03:04
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For this reason, the answer is D.

They could be parallel or NOT. WE DO NOT KNOW

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