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Bunuel wrote:
mymbadreamz wrote:
I didn't understand this one. could someone please explain why C is not the answer? thanks.


Is xy<6?

(1) x<3 and y<2 --> now, if both x and y are equal to zero then xy=0<6 and the answer will be YES but if both x and y are small enough negative numbers, for example -10 and -10 then xy=100>6 and the answer will be NO. Not sufficient.

(2) \frac{1}{2}<x<\frac{2}{3} and y^2<64, which is equivalent to -8<y<8 --> even if we take the boundary values of x and y to maixmize their product we'll get: xy=\frac{2}{3}*8\approx{5.3}<6, so the answer to the question "is xy<6?" will always be YES. Sufficient.

Answer: B.


i dont understand i put A....i could answer the question with that information. N why are we letting x times y = to 0 why cant we let it be equal to 1 or 2?

if a number times a number is less than 6......cant we just say use 1?

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