X Y(B) THE QUANTITY IN COLUMN B IS GREATER.FROM THE GIVEN EQUATION,...

4. - ETS PREPARING FOR THE VERBAL AND QUANTITATIVE SECTIONS OF THE GRE GENERAL TEST 4. - ETS PREPARING FOR THE VERBAL AND QUANTITATIVE SECTIONS OF THE GRE GENERAL TEST
ETS PREPARING FOR THE VERBAL AND QUANTITATIVE SECTIONS OF THE GRE GENERAL TEST
4. x y(B) The quantity in Column B is greater.From the given equation, it can be determined that x

2

> y

2

; however,(C) The two quantities are equal.the relative sizes of x and y cannot be determined. For example, if(D) The relationship cannot be determined fromy = 0, then x could be 1 or 1 and, since there is no way to tellthe information given.which number x is, the best answer is (D).Note: Since there are only four choices, NEVER MARK (E).Column A Column BDirections for problem solving questions and some examples ofdiscrete questions with explanations follow.Class Class Size Mean ScoreDirections: Each of the following questions has five answer1 50 89choices. For each of these questions, select the best of the2 30 81answer choices given.3 20 85