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The product of five consecutive integers written in increasi
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14 Nov 2020, 09:42
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The product of five consecutive integers written in increasing order equals the second integer.
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.
Source: 320 GRE Math Questions
Quantity A |
Quantity B |
The greatest of five integers |
2 |
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.
Source: 320 GRE Math Questions
Re: The product of five consecutive integers written in increasi
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16 Nov 2020, 18:41
16 Nov 2020, 18:41
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By looking at the Quantity B and to make answer option other than C, the numbers can be -1,0,1,2,3: and voila, the product is 0 and also the second integer.
So the greatest integer is 3
any other number less than 3 does not yield the second integer=the product of the five numbers.
so Option A
So the greatest integer is 3
any other number less than 3 does not yield the second integer=the product of the five numbers.
so Option A
Re: The product of five consecutive integers written in increasi
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24 Nov 2020, 03:40
24 Nov 2020, 03:40
Carcass wrote:
The product of five consecutive integers written in increasing order equals the second integer.
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.
Source: 320 GRE Math Questions
Quantity A |
Quantity B |
The greatest of five integers |
2 |
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.
Source: 320 GRE Math Questions
The only case this condition will satisfy is when the set of integers are -1, 0, 1, 2, 3.
Because -1 X 0 X 1 X 2 X 3 = 0, which is equal to the second integer in the set.
The greatest of the five integers is 3, which is greater than 2.
Therefore option A is the right answer.
