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The greatest possible value of [#permalink]  07 Dec 2017, 03:06
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 Quantity A Quantity B The greatest possible value of $$\frac{2}{x-y}$$ where x and y are integers and $$9 \leq x \leq 12$$ and $$-2 \leq y \leq 8$$ 2

A. Quantity A is greater.
B. Quantity B is greater.
C. The two quantities are equal
D. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
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Re: The greatest possible value of [#permalink]  08 Dec 2017, 00:06
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that x could be 9, y could be 8
2/1=2 ?
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Re: The greatest possible value of [#permalink]  08 Dec 2017, 02:17
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Re: The greatest possible value of [#permalink]  17 Feb 2018, 01:32
Maximum value of Quantity A will be obtained if we put least possible value of x-y in denominator. That will be minimum value of x and maximum of y.
Hence, Choice C is correct.
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Re: The greatest possible value of [#permalink]  17 Feb 2018, 04:04
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Yes, I have C as well. Because of the negative in x-y, plug in the least value of x (=9) with the greatest value of y (=8).
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Re: The greatest possible value of [#permalink]  03 Nov 2018, 17:30
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I'm sorry to revive an old topic but I disagree with the answer.
What if X = 8.5 and Y = 8?
The difference would be 1/2 = 0.5, which would duplicate the value of A, making it bigger than B.
Is there something Im missing?
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Re: The greatest possible value of [#permalink]  03 Nov 2018, 22:12
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I'm sorry to revive an old topic but I disagree with the answer.
What if X = 8.5 and Y = 8?
The difference would be 1/2 = 0.5, which would duplicate the value of A, making it bigger than B.
Is there something Im missing?

Yes you are correct.
A could be actually infinity in the present state as it is NOT given that x and y are integers..
Carcass wrote:
 Quantity A Quantity B The greatest possible value of $$\frac{2}{x-y}$$ where $$9 \leq x \leq 12$$ and $$-2 \leq y \leq 8$$ 2

say x is 9 and y is 8.999999, $$\frac{2}{x-y}=\frac{2}{9-8.999999}=\frac{2}{0.000001}=2*10^6$$, way bigger than B

So editing to make it correct..
Now when we take them as integers we take minimum value of x as 9 and maximum value of y as 8
$$A=\frac{2}{x-y}=\frac{2}{9-8}=\frac{2}{1}=2=B$$
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