souravp94 wrote:
|x|y>x|y|
Quantity A |
Quantity B |
(x+y)2 |
(x−y)2 |
Nice question!!
The given information,
|x|y>x|y|, provides some very useful information about x and y.
First recognize that:
i) If x and y are both POSITIVE, then |x|y=x|y|
ii) If x and y are both NEGATIVE, then |x|y=x|y|
iii) If x is POSITIVE and y is NEGATIVE, then |x|y<x|y|
iv) If x is NEGATIVE and y is POSITIVE, then |x|y>x|y|You can verify this by testing various values of x and yNotice that case iv is the only case that satisfies the given inequality
|x|y>x|y|So, it must be the case that
x is NEGATIVE and y is POSITIVENow let's move on to the comparison. We have:
Quantity A:
(x+y)2Quantity B:
(x−y)2Expand and simplify both quantities to get:
Quantity A:
x2+2xy+y2Quantity B:
x2−2xy+y2Subtract
x2 and
y2 from both quantities to get:
Quantity A:
2xyQuantity B:
−2xyAdd
2xy to both quantities to get:
Quantity A:
4xyQuantity B:
0Since we already know
x is NEGATIVE and y is POSITIVE, then we also know that
xy is NEGATIVE, which also means
4xy is NEGATIVE.
Since 0 > some NEGATIVE value, the correct answer is B
Cheers,
Brent