OG 11 DATA SUFFICIENCY QUESTION NO 146

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OG 11 DATA SUFFICIENCY QUESTION NO 146

by georgy » Tue May 12, 2009 8:02 am
IS N AN INTEGER?
(1) N^2 IS AN INTEGER
(2) SQRT(N) IS AN INTEGER

ANSWER IS B.

MY QUESTION IS , WHY CANT THE ANSWER BE D viz EITHER OF THE CHOICES.CANT WE ANSWER THIS QUESTION USING CHOICE (1) ALSO.
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I FEEL IF N^2 IS AN INTEGER, THEN N HAS TO BE AN INTEGER. I CANT THINK OF ANY NON INTEGER VALUES WHOSE SQUARE IS AN INTEGER.

REQUESTING ALL THE SAVANTS OF GMAT QUANT TO HELP

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by mike22629 » Tue May 12, 2009 8:27 am
Consider the sqroot(2), it is not an integer.

But sqroot(2)^2 = 2

Thus, n does not have to be an integer, it can be the square root of an integer

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thanks

by georgy » Wed May 13, 2009 3:25 am
thanks, that what i call out of the box thinking