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OG (10th ed) - DS - #65

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Khalid
 Post subject: OG (10th ed) - DS - #65
 Post Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:54 pm 
Source: GMAT 10'th edition ( DS #65. pg 308)

If m is an integer, is m odd?

(1) m/2 is NOT an even integer
(2) m-3 is an even integer

I am coming up with D but the explanation says B. I used the CLA method:

for statament 1:
Criteria= integer, m/2 is odd

2, 6, 10, 14, 18

So to me statement 1 is sufficient i.e. m is not ODD. But the answer is saying that it is NOT sufficient.
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RonPurewal
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 Post Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:12 am 
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The problem here is that "NOT an even integer" is not the same as "IS an odd integer." Instead, "NOT an even integer" encompasses two possibilities:
* odd integer
* not an integer at all (in this case, an integer-and-a-half)

The second possibility admits odd integers (all of them, in fact), thus spoiling the fun.
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