GMAT Official Guide Quantitative Review 2019_ Book

GMAT® Official Guide 2019 Quantitative Review

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205. In the figure shown, lines k and m are parallel to each
     other. Is x = z?

(1) X = W

(2) y=l80-w

Geometry

A D

Since lines k and m are parallel, it follows

from properties of parallel lines that in the

diagram above x is the degree measure of

LABC in quadrilateral ABCD. Therefore,

because y = 180 - x, the four interior angles

of quadrilateral ABCD have degree measures

(180 -x), x, w, and (180 - z).

(1) Given that x = w, then because the sum of

the degree measures of the angles of the

quadrilateral ABCD is 360, it follows that

(180 - x) + x + x + (180 - z) = 360, or

x - z = 0, or x = z; SUFFICIENT.

(2) Given that y = 180 - w, then

because y = 180 - x, it follows that

180 - w = 180 - x, or x = w. However,

it is shown in (1) that x = w is sufficient;

SUFFICIENT.

The correct answer is D;

each statement alone is sufficient.

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206. If k and £ are lines in the xy-plane, is the slope of k less
     than the slope of £?

(1) The x-intercept of line k is positive, and the

x-intercept of line £ is negative.

(2) Lines k and £ intersect on the positive y-axis.

Geometry

Can we determine, for lines k and I in the xy

plane, whether the slope of k is less than the slope

of I?

(1) Given that the x-intercept of k is positive

and the x-intercept of line / is negative, we

cannot determine whether the slope of k is

less than the slope of/. For example, in the

case of line k, we have only been told where

(within a certain range) line k intersects

another line (the x-axis). Although a line

with only a single x-intercept would not be

horizontal, the line k could have any non-

horizontal slope. Likewise in the case of

line/. For example, the slope of k could be

positive and the slope of I negative, or vice

versa; NOT sufficient.

(2) Given that k and I intersect on the positive

y- axis, we cannot determine whether the

slope of k is less than the slope of/. The point

here is the same as the point with statement

1. With statement 2, we have only been
   given, for each of lines k and I, a condition
   on where the two lines intersect. And, given
   only that a line passes through a particular
   point (and regardless of whethe · another line
   happens to pass through this point), the line
   could have any slope. For example, again, the
   slope of k could be positive and the slope of I
   negative, or vice versa; NOT sufficient.
   Considering statements 1 and 2 together, we
   have, for each of lines k and /, a condition on
   two of the points that the line passes through.
   As illustrated in the diagram, the two conditions
   together are sufficient for determining the
   relationship in question.
   y

X

/

k

Because k intersects the positive y- axis and the

positive x- axis, its slope must be downward

(negative). And because I intersects the negative

x-axis and the positive y-axis, its slope must be