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y² = x² - 1 and x does not equal 0 [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 16 Jan 2023, 10:39
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Quantity A
Quantity B
\(y^4\)
\(x^4 + 1\)



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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Originally posted by 94d33m on 16 Jan 2023, 10:14.
Last edited by Carcass on 16 Jan 2023, 10:39, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: y² = x² - 1 and x does not equal 0 [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2023, 10:41
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Re: y² = x² - 1 and x does not equal 0 [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2023, 10:42
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Unless the question is incomplete or misses some datum there is no way to solve it.

Y^4 could be any number

x^4+1 could be any number

Infinite

The answer is D
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Re: y² = x² - 1 and x does not equal 0 [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2023, 10:59
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The question has an incomplete section of y^2 = X^2 - 1; and x is not equal to zero, in that sense then the answer will be B
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