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Quantitative Comparision confusion (Discussion)

vikasgotham said – Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:43:40 -0000 ( Edit Link )

I recently came across this question while taking up a practice test

0 < x < 10

y = x + (1/x)

Col A Col B

y 100

1. A greater 2. B greater 3. Same 4. Cannot say

Whats the answer that u would choose and y

I gave the answer as B. It looks pretty straight forward isnt it? But the computer says the answer is D. This one really got me thinking. Can someone explain if i am wrong

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vikasgotham said – Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:39:59 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

I gues i ve got the solution myself. If we plugin a value for x say x = 0.0001 then y goes way beyond 100 hence we cannot determine the solution for this problem
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1. amanpreet055 said – Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:05:19 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  yes you are right…
  
  cool dude!!!!!!!!!
  
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deepa mittal said – Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:58:04 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

That’s correct!
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