WholeLottaLove wrote:
Why can we not plug in the answer choices into the question stem to solve that way?
Idk why plugging in answers doesnt work. When I first saw this question, I started plugging in the numbers from the left of the sets in the answer choices and clearly none of the -ve values work.
So I just started plugging in the values from the right and luckily only Option C worked.
So I got the correct answer but I think I spent more than 2 minutes by using brute force method.
Maybe I am not understanding the exact meaning of the question, but from what I understand, all the values in each of the sets should meet the requirements of the problem. I know GMAT problems are desgined to trick you, but I think the phrasing of the question here is debatable and I think GMAT questions usually dont leave room for interpretations.
just IMO.
Please correct me