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8x-5
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25 Apr 2021, 11:39
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Quantity A |
Quantity B |
\(8x-5\) |
\(x^2+16 \) |
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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Question part of the project GRE Quantitative Reasoning Daily Challenge - (2021) EDITION
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Re: 8x-5
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26 Apr 2021, 05:35
26 Apr 2021, 05:35
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Carcass wrote:
Quantity A |
Quantity B |
\(8x-5\) |
\(x^2+16 \) |
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.
Check with some values which are distant;
When \(x = 0\), Col. A < Col. B
When \(x = 10\), Col. A < Col. B
When \(x = -10\), Col. A < Col. B
Hence, option B
We can also plot the graph of these equations and notice that \(y = x^2 + 16\) (Parabola) will always have a greater output value than \(y = 8x - 5\) (Line)
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