GMAT Quantitative Reasoning Practice Test 7

Question : 17 of 100

Marks: +1, -0

Is Y even?
(1)

2 Y

is even.
(2)

Y^2

is even.

Statement (1) BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (2) by itself is not.
Statement (2) BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (1) by itself is not.
Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, even though NEITHER statement BY ITSELF is sufficient.
Either statement BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question.
Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question, requiring more data pertaining to the problem.

Validate

Solution:

Statement (1) by itself is insufficient because every number that is multiplied by 2 will result in an even number. Statement (2) is also insufficient by itself since numbers like fulfills this statement although it’s not even. Combine the statements and

Y

must be an even number.

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