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Graduate Record Examination Test: Verbal, Quantitative, Analytical Writing Questions 171–175 (page: 36)

Updated On: 10-Feb-2026

X is the sum of all the even positive integers less than or equal to 50.

Y is the sum of all the odd positive integers less than or equal to 49.

Quantity A
X - Y

Quantity B
25

  1. Quantity A is greater.
  2. Quantity B is greater.
  3. The two quantities are equal.
  4. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

X is 2 + 4 + ... + 50, an arithmetic series with 25 terms.



Y is 1 + 3 + ... + 49, also 25 terms.



X - Y = 650 - 625 = 25, exactly the same as Quantity B, so the two quantities are equal.



x > -1

Quantity A



Quantity B

  1. Quantity A is greater.
  2. Quantity B is greater.
  3. The two quantities are equal.
  4. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:



Because 81 is positive, the one with the larger value depends only on the sign of x3.
If





Quantity A
at + sb

Quantity B
rc

  1. Quantity A is greater.
  2. Quantity B is greater.
  3. The two quantities are equal.
  4. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

The altitude r splits the triangle into two right triangles whose areas are



Together they make the whole triangle, whose area is





at + sb = rc.





Quantity A
y

Quantity B
1

  1. Quantity A is greater.
  2. Quantity B is greater.
  3. The two quantities are equal.
  4. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

By the Law of Cosines on the side 2 opposite the angle x,
2 = 1 + y2 - 2y cos x.
Because x > 90°, cos x is negative, so the term -2y cos x is positive. Hence 2 > 1 + y2, which simplifies to y2 < 1 and therefore y < 1.



A certain group of 10 people consists of 5 men and 5 women. From this group, 2 people are to be selected at random. The probability that the 2 people selected will consist of 1 man and 1 woman is equal to p.

Quantity A

p

Quantity B

  1. Quantity A is greater.
  2. Quantity B is greater.
  3. The two quantities are equal.
  4. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Answer(s): A

Explanation:



5 × 5 = 25



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