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Given 4x-12>x+9

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jabraham1978
 Post subject: Given 4x-12>x+9
 Post Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 8:41 pm 
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MGMAT Strategy guide ,4th Edition, Equations, Inequalities and VICS: Page 101; Qn 1.

Given 4x-12>x+9 which of the following is true?


a) x>6
b) x<7
c) x>7
d) x>8
e) x<8


Solving , we get x > 7
Answer given is choice a in Page 103


Why is the answer not c ?

Please respond....

Thanks in advance


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Mehmoodhaq
 Post subject: Re: MGMAT Inequalities Qn
 Post Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 4:18 am 
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i dont think its possible for it to be a. could be an error
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jabraham1978
 Post subject: Re: Given 4x-12>x+9
 Post Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 4:45 pm 
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I found a post similar to this :


query-from-equations-inequations-and-vic-strategy-guide-t12411.html
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Milanproda
 Post subject: Re: Given 4x-12>x+9
 Post Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 5:50 pm 
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I believe that the actual IA questions was 4X-12 is greater than or equal to X+9, which would make choice A correct.
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jnelson0612
 Post subject: Re: Given 4x-12>x+9
 Post Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 3:52 pm 
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jabraham1978 wrote:
I found a post similar to this :


query-from-equations-inequations-and-vic-strategy-guide-t12411.html


Thanks! Yes, please check out this thread.

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Jason.tuyj
 Post subject: Re: Given 4x-12>x+9
 Post Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 8:28 am 
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I think Choice A is incorrect.

Maybe the book has the answer. it's a simple math.
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jnelson0612
 Post subject: Re: Given 4x-12>x+9
 Post Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 8:07 pm 
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Jason, please check out the thread referenced in my previous post.

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