GRE Question of The Day: Comparison

0 < m < n

Column A
n-m

Column B
(n+m)/2

A) if the quantity in column A is greater.
B) if the quantity in column B is greater.
C) if the quantities are equal.
D) if the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

(Asked by Lakshmy)

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1. john says:

   July 30, 2006 at 12:33 AM

   d

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2. MEHUL says:

   July 30, 2006 at 12:47 AM

   i agree with john
   ans is D

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3. chris says:

   July 30, 2006 at 9:36 AM

   ans is d coz it ain’t specified whether m,n are integers,rational nos,etc…

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4. neeths says:

   July 30, 2006 at 2:32 PM

   D)

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5. Abhijit says:

   July 30, 2006 at 6:53 PM

   D

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6. sudha says:

   July 31, 2006 at 7:21 AM

   D

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7. Take GRE Team says:

   July 31, 2006 at 8:30 AM

   Dear GRE Takers,
   Extremally sorry for typo. We rectified it.

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8. aparna says:

   July 31, 2006 at 10:17 PM

   d

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9. veenit says:

   August 6, 2006 at 4:26 PM

   ITS D

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10. MEHUL says:

    August 14, 2006 at 11:54 PM

    D

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11. shan says:

    August 18, 2006 at 12:20 PM

    yep its D

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12. preeti says:

    October 30, 2006 at 12:15 PM

    d

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13. Ailiam Attobra says:

    June 24, 2007 at 5:17 AM

    D

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14. Anjan says:

    July 29, 2008 at 11:56 PM

    d

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15. satish says:

    July 30, 2008 at 10:53 AM

    d

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16. shivali_3 says:

    July 30, 2008 at 12:22 PM

    Oh no I thoughtt it ws a B…neways bt seeing the reason specified here dat nthin abt d nos. ws mentioned here…i recitified my answer.

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17. Ajith says:

    July 31, 2008 at 6:16 PM

    Just try with numbers …the ans is D

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18. henok says:

    August 17, 2008 at 12:24 AM

    if we substitute here smaller numbers we may think that B is greater,but if we try to prove it using large numbers we can get that A is greater (0

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