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anoo.anand
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is 1/a-b < b-a ?

by anoo.anand Sun Sep 20, 2009 4:55 pm

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Re: is 1/a-b < b-a ?

by gupta.ab Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:45 am

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Re: is 1/a-b < b-a ?

by RonPurewal Sat Sep 26, 2009 3:08 am

gupta.ab Wrote:Hope this helps

og-quant-review-ps-114-t740.html


good find, thanks

note that this was posted BEFORE gmac asked us to ban the OG problems. do not take this as a green light to post further OG problems. they are still illegal to post after december 7, 2007.
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Re: is 1/a-b < b-a ?

by pyles.warren Thu Oct 08, 2015 5:50 pm

Still not getting the logic on this problem. Can someone please explain? I don't think any of the posts in the forums have tackled this one.
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Re: is 1/a-b < b-a ?

by RonPurewal Sun Oct 11, 2015 5:29 pm

please see above—we can't have this problem here.

hint: just play around with the expressions (a - b) and (b - a) for a few pairs of random values a & b. you'll discover the secret to the problem VERY quickly. (the fraction is pretty much irrelevant.)
that's all we can say. please read the forum rules; thanks.