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ManhaanGRECAT(v2)Exam
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x>y
QuantityA QuantityB
Theaverage(arithmeticmean)ofx,x,x,y,andy Theaverage(arithmeticmean)ofx,x,andy
QuantityAisgreater.
QuantityBisgreater.
Thetwoquantitiesareequal.
Therelationshipcannotbedeterminedfrom
theinformationgiven.
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WecanapplytheAverageLawtobothquantities:
QuantityA QuantityB
Multiplyingbothsidesby15(whichisthecommondenominatorof5and3)simplifiesthecomparison:
QuantityA QuantityB
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9x+6y 10x+5y
Wecanthensubtractthecommonterms9xand5yfrombothsides:
QuantityA QuantityB
y x
xisgreaterthany,soQuantityBisgreater.
ThecorrectanswerisB.
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