Saturday, October 09, 2010

Is n'<'0

Is n<0?
(1) -n=|-n|
(2) n^2=16










St. (1) : -n = |-n|
Let -n = A ; therefore the statement becomes : A = |A|.
This can only be valid when A is positive (or equal to 0). This in turn means that n must be negative (or equal to 0).
-n=|-n| also for n=0, hence not sufficient.

St. (2) : n^2 = 16
n = ±4.
Thus Insufficient.



Answer : C

No comments:

Post a Comment