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# If 0 < r < 1 < s < 2, which of the following must be less

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25 Oct 2010, 11:56
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If 0 < r < 1 < s < 2, which of the following must be less than 1?

I. r/s
II. rs
III. s - r

A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and II
E. I and III

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Re: GMAT Prep - If 0 < r < 1 < s < 2, which of the following..??  [#permalink]

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25 Oct 2010, 12:07
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GMAT Prep question... What's the easiest way to solve this using MGMAT style case-charts?

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Not sure what you mean by MGMAT style case charts. But this question is quite straight forward

For r,s positive : r/s is less than 1, when r<s. which we know

rs : No need for this to be less than 1 (r could be almost 1 and s could be 1.5 or 1.7)

s-r : No need for this to be less than 1 (r could be almost 0 and s could be 1.5 or 1.7)

Think of extreme cases in such questions, you should always be able to find the exception like that
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25 Oct 2010, 14:28
aaa yes of course - extreme cases - that's what I remember MGMAT going on about for these sorts of questions - awesome, thanks!
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Re: GMAT Prep - If 0 < r < 1 < s < 2, which of the following..??  [#permalink]

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10 May 2012, 06:03
Is the following true:

If r and s are positive numbers and s > r, then r/s will always be < 1.
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Re: GMAT Prep - If 0 < r < 1 < s < 2, which of the following..??  [#permalink]

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honsmos wrote:
Is the following true:

If r and s are positive numbers and s > r, then r/s will always be < 1.

If given that r>0, s>0 and s>r then divide s>r by s (we can safely do that since s>0): 1>r/s.

Complete solution:

If 0 < r < 1 < s < 2, which of the following must be less than 1?
I. r/s
II. rs
III. s - r

A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and II
E. I and III

Notice that we are asked "which of the following MUST be lees than 1, not COULD be less than 1. For such kind of questions if you can prove that a statement is NOT true for one particular set of numbers, it will mean that this statement is not always true and hence not a correct answer.

Given: $$0 < r < s$$ --> divide by $$s$$ (we can safely do this since we know that $$s>0$$) --> $$\frac{r}{s}<1$$, so I must be true;

II. rs: if $$r=\frac{9}{10}<1$$ and $$1<(s=\frac{10}{9})<2$$ then $$rs=1$$, so this statement is not alway true;

III. s-r: if $$r=0.5<1$$ and 1$$<(s=1.5)<2$$ then $$s-r=1$$, so this statement is not alway true.

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