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Which is greater: x or y [#permalink] New post   28 Jul 2020, 10:27
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Quantity A
Quantity B
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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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Re: Which is greater: x or y [#permalink] New post   28 Jul 2020, 10:30
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The answer is D, as there is no information to compare other than the fact that one angle is 60 degrees. Remember that images are not to scale.

(most likely the question is incomplete?)
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Re: Which is greater: x or y [#permalink] New post   28 Jul 2020, 10:33
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My guess was D.

If the answer is C, I think we require some more information like are these equilateral or similar etc.
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Re: Which is greater: x or y [#permalink] New post   28 Jul 2020, 11:10
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i picked D as well, unless explicitly stated that STU is an equilateral triangle, answer cannot be C.
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Re: Which is greater: x or y [#permalink] New post   05 Nov 2020, 10:26
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Definitely the answer is D relevant to the given above
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Re: Which is greater: x or y [#permalink] New post   06 Nov 2020, 04:34
The calculator has an error: when I sqroot (165/120) it gives me 1, while the answer is 1.17.
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Re: Which is greater: x or y [#permalink] New post   07 Nov 2020, 01:52
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How can C be the answer ? There isn't any information about the sizes, similarity or scales of these two triangles. D should be the answer @carcass
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Re: Which is greater: x or y [#permalink] New post   07 Nov 2020, 06:03
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you are right.

This is the OE

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The sum of the interior angles in a triangle is 180 °. The given information indicates that the triangle on the left is isosceles. Since its two top sides are equal, the two base angles are also equal. If the two base angles are equal, then the value of x is also 60 °. The given information indicates that the triangle on the right is equilateral. Since all three sides are equal, all three interior angles are also equal, and the value of y is 60 °. Therefore, the two quantities are equal, and the correct choice is (C).


However, there is NOT any information in the stem to say that the answer is C.

I did also check it out once again.

Clearly a bogus question
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Re: Which is greater: x or y [#permalink] New post   07 Nov 2020, 06:42
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Carcass wrote:
Clearly a bogus question


Agreed!
IF there were more information saying that YX = YZ and ST = SU = UT, then the correct answer would be C
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Re: Which is greater: x or y [#permalink] New post   08 Nov 2020, 09:03
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The answer is D, as there is no information to compare other than the fact that one angle is 60 degrees. Remember that images are not to scale.

(most likely the question is incomplete?)


Can someone alter the right answer to this question?
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