THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (C). STATEMENT (1) ALONE IS INSUFFICIENT TO...

26. The correct answer is (C). Statement (1) alone is insufficient to answer the question.

A quadrilateral with a longer perimeter than another might have a greater area than

the other. But a longer perimeter does not necessarily create a larger area. For example,

visualize a rectangle with width approaching zero (0) and length approaching infinity.

The rectangle’s perimeter is great, while its area approaches zero (0). Statement (2)

alone provides no information for comparing the size of the two quadrilaterals, and thus

is obviously insufficient to answer the question. Considered together, however, the two

statements do suffice to answer the question. The larger a square’s perimeter, the

larger its area.