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# If x ≠ 0, is |x| < 1 ? (1) x^2 < 1 (2) |x| < 1/x

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Explanation->
|x|<1 means x should be between -1 and 1.

from (1)
x2-1<0 => x between -1 and 1. sufficient

from (2)
if x +ve then same as 1 and sufficient
if x -ve then |x|=-x
-x2<1 or x2 > -1 not sufficient

so and A

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If x≠0, is |x| <1?

(1) x2<1
(2) |x| < 1/x

Merging similar topics.

shikhar
Explanation->
|x|<1 means x should be between -1 and 1.

from (1)
x2-1<0 => x between -1 and 1. sufficient

from (2)
if x +ve then same as 1 and sufficient
if x -ve then |x|=-x
-x2<1 or x2 > -1 not sufficient

so and A

$$x$$ cannot be negative. Refer to the solution above.

Also if $$x<0$$ then we have $$-x<\frac{1}{x}$$ and now if we cross multiply by negative $$x$$ then we should flip the sign: $$-x^2>1$$ --> $$x^2+1<0$$ which cannot be true for any real value of $$x$$ (the sum of two positive value cannot be less than zero).
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If x≠0, is |x| < 1 ?

(1) x^2 < 1
(2) |x| < 1/x

Given question stem asks if |x|<1------> Is -1<x<1

from St 1 we have x^2<1 ------> -1<x<1 So Sufficient

from St2 we have

|x|<1/x

Notice that |x| is a positive value and for any Integer value |x|> 1/x -----This implies X is a fraction. In order to satisfy the above equation let us take some fractional value of x and check what happens to the above equation

x= -1/2 so we have 1/2<-2 ------No
x=3/4 so we have 3/4< 4/3 ------Yes
x=4/3 so we have 4/3 <3/4 ------- no

We see that when fraction is between 0<x<1 then the above equation holds true and hence x is between -1 and 1
Ans should be D....

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If x≠0, is |x| < 1 ?

(1) x^2 < 1
x<1, x>-1
-1<x<1

Valid X is a number that is greater than -1 (i.e. -3/4, -1/2) and less than 1 (i.e. 1/2, 3/4) either way the absolute value of any of those numbers will be less than 1.
SUFFICIENT

(2) |x| < 1/x
Multiply both sides by x
x^2<1
Same solution as above.
SUFFICIENT

(D)

Is it valid to multiply the absolute value of x on one side (like in number two) to simplify as long as x is positive?
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If x≠0, is |x| < 1 ?

(1) x^2 < 1
x<1, x>-1
-1<x<1

Valid X is a number that is greater than -1 (i.e. -3/4, -1/2) and less than 1 (i.e. 1/2, 3/4) either way the absolute value of any of those numbers will be less than 1.
SUFFICIENT

(2) |x| < 1/x
Multiply both sides by x
x^2<1
Same solution as above.
SUFFICIENT

(D)

Is it valid to multiply the absolute value of x on one side (like in number two) to simplify as long as x is positive?

As, since from |x| < 1/x we concluded that x is positive, then yes we can do that: x < 1/x --> x^2 < 1.

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Hi Mahmud,

|x| <1 can be written as -1<x<1 because 1 is a constant BUT

|x| < $$\frac{1}{x}$$ cannot be written as -1/x<x<1/x because 1/x is a variable

Solving,

|x| <$$\frac{1}{x}$$

RHS has to be greater than 0 (As LHS can only be +ve or 0)
=> $$\frac{1}{x}$$ > 0
=> x>0 (x cannot be -ve or 0 ,
Because, if x is -ve then $$\frac{1}{x}$$ is -ve
if x = 0 then$$\frac{1}{x}$$ is not defined)

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Hi Bunuel!

A question here.

How is St 2 sufficient? You say it yourself that 2) implies that 0<x<1 so that is just part of the range of the question stem ( is -1<x<1 ?) So statement two doesn't cover the negative area of the range. How can it be considered to be sufficient?

Do I make myself clear btw?
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Hi Bunuel!

A question here.

How is St 2 sufficient? You say it yourself that 2) implies that 0<x<1 so that is just part of the range of the question stem ( is -1<x<1 ?) So statement two doesn't cover the negative area of the range. How can it be considered to be sufficient?

Do I make myself clear btw?

The question asks: whether x is between -1 and 1. (2) says that x is between 0 and 1, so the answer to the question is YES.
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If $$x\neq{0}$$, is $$|x|$$< 1?

(1) $$x^2$$ < 1

(2) $$|x|$$ < $$1/x$$

If $$x\neq{0}$$, is $$|x|$$< 1?
This means -1<x<1, where $$x\neq{0}$$

(1) $$x^2$$ < 1
$$x^2<1$$ means |x|<1, since only fractions with absolute value less than 1 will have their square less than 1.
Sufficient

(2) $$|x|$$ < $$1/x$$
Since |x| >0, we can write 1/|x|x>1
Since |x| and 1 are positive, x also must be positive for above to be true.
And since X is also positive, |X|=X, and X<1/X can be written as x^2<1
Therefore X is between 0 and 1
Sufficient

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Hi Bunuel!

A question here.

How is St 2 sufficient? You say it yourself that 2) implies that 0<x<1 so that is just part of the range of the question stem ( is -1<x<1 ?) So statement two doesn't cover the negative area of the range. How can it be considered to be sufficient?

Do I make myself clear btw?

The question asks: whether x is between -1 and 1. (2) says that x is between 0 and 1, so the answer to the question is YES.

Can you please elaborate on how a "partial" range in 2) (0 < x < 1) satisfies the full range that is required by the original prompt? I would think that the ranges have to be exact same, i.e. 1) provides a range that is exact same as compared to that in the prompt.

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Hi Bunuel!

A question here.

How is St 2 sufficient? You say it yourself that 2) implies that 0<x<1 so that is just part of the range of the question stem ( is -1<x<1 ?) So statement two doesn't cover the negative area of the range. How can it be considered to be sufficient?

Do I make myself clear btw?

The question asks: whether x is between -1 and 1. (2) says that x is between 0 and 1, so the answer to the question is YES.

Can you please elaborate on how a "partial" range in 2) (0 < x < 1) satisfies the full range that is required by the original prompt? I would think that the ranges have to be exact same, i.e. 1) provides a range that is exact same as compared to that in the prompt.

Thanks.

Any x, which is between 0 and 1, will obviously fall into the range between -1 and 1, so we can answer the question with an YES: x IS between -1 and 1.
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This is what I did for statement 2:

|x|<1/x
As |x| will always be non negative, so the equation becomes:
X<1/x
Multiplying both sides by x
X^2<1
X^2-1<0 which is then to be worked out as the same way for st 1.

Experts please let me know is this method correct? Bunuel chetan2u VeritasKarishma

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This is what I did for statement 2:

|x|<1/x
As |x| will always be non negative, so the equation becomes:
X<1/x
Multiplying both sides by x
X^2<1
X^2-1<0 which is then to be worked out as the same way for st 1.

Experts please let me know is this method correct? Bunuel chetan2u VeritasKarishma

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Yes Shef08, you can do this here because $$\frac{1}{x}>|x|$$ means $$\frac{1}{x}\geq{0}$$, which in turn means $$x\geq{0}$$, so you can cross multiply..

exc4libur , as we can see BOTH sides are non-negative, we can square both sides to get our answer ..
$$\frac{1}{x}>|x|$$......$$\frac{1}{x^2}>|x|^2....x^4<1$$
Now x>0, so 0<x<1
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This is what I did for statement 2:

|x|<1/x
As |x| will always be non negative, so the equation becomes:
X<1/x
Multiplying both sides by x
X^2<1
X^2-1<0 which is then to be worked out as the same way for st 1.

Experts please let me know is this method correct? Bunuel chetan2u VeritasKarishma

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If we write |x| < 1/x as x < 1/x, then we are assuming that x is positive because |x| = x only when x >= 0.

x < 1/x
I cannot multiply both sides by x without knowing the sign of x. Here x could be positive or negative e.g.
when x = 1/2, x < 1/x
when x = -2, x < 1/x

So I won't multiply both sides by x. I take 1/x to the other side.

x - 1/x < 0

(x^2 - 1)/x < 0

So 0 < x < 1 or x < -1
But x must be positive so only 0 < x < 1 satisfies.

Now try putting |x| = -x when x is negative.
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If x ≠ 0, is |x| < 1 ?

(1) x^2 < 1
(2) |x| < 1/x

A Masterpeice from OG

By working on the Question stem, we will have -1<x<1,

S1. x^2 < 1, it means -1<x<1. Sufficient
S2. |x| < 1/x, it means x has to be positive, because | | is always positive and it is less than a value. So x has to be positive.
Now as x is positive, and the reciprocal is greater than a number, it means the number has to be between 0 & 1. Sufficient.

Hence D, as both statement alone is sufficient
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Hi Karishma 🙏

(X^2-1)/x<0
(x-1)(x+1)/x<0
Now x cannot be zero. As denominator can not zero

But how do we get

0 < x < 1 or x < -1

I understand that x must be positive

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Hi Karishma 🙏

(X^2-1)/x<0
(x-1)(x+1)/x<0
Now x cannot be zero. As denominator can not zero

But how do we get

0 < x < 1 or x < -1

I understand that x must be positive

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Check out this post:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/inequalities ... 91482.html

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   - therefore, statement 1 is sufficient.

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   - since \( |x| \) is always non-negative, \( \frac{1}{x} \) must also be positive, implying \( x > 0 \).
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|x|<1 means x should be between -1 and 1.

from (1)
x2-1<0 => x between -1 and 1. sufficient

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if x +ve then same as 1 and sufficient
if x -ve then |x|=-x
-x2<1 or x2 > -1 not sufficient

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If x≠0, is |x| <1?

(1) x2<1
(2) |x| < 1/x

Merging similar topics.

shikhar
Explanation->
|x|<1 means x should be between -1 and 1.

from (1)
x2-1<0 => x between -1 and 1. sufficient

from (2)
if x +ve then same as 1 and sufficient
if x -ve then |x|=-x
-x2<1 or x2 > -1 not sufficient

so and A

$$x$$ cannot be negative. Refer to the solution above.

Also if $$x<0$$ then we have $$-x<\frac{1}{x}$$ and now if we cross multiply by negative $$x$$ then we should flip the sign: $$-x^2>1$$ --> $$x^2+1<0$$ which cannot be true for any real value of $$x$$ (the sum of two positive value cannot be less than zero).
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If x≠0, is |x| < 1 ?

(1) x^2 < 1
(2) |x| < 1/x

Given question stem asks if |x|<1------> Is -1<x<1

from St 1 we have x^2<1 ------> -1<x<1 So Sufficient

from St2 we have

|x|<1/x

Notice that |x| is a positive value and for any Integer value |x|> 1/x -----This implies X is a fraction. In order to satisfy the above equation let us take some fractional value of x and check what happens to the above equation

x= -1/2 so we have 1/2<-2 ------No
x=3/4 so we have 3/4< 4/3 ------Yes
x=4/3 so we have 4/3 <3/4 ------- no

We see that when fraction is between 0<x<1 then the above equation holds true and hence x is between -1 and 1
Ans should be D....

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If x≠0, is |x| < 1 ?

(1) x^2 < 1
x<1, x>-1
-1<x<1

Valid X is a number that is greater than -1 (i.e. -3/4, -1/2) and less than 1 (i.e. 1/2, 3/4) either way the absolute value of any of those numbers will be less than 1.
SUFFICIENT

(2) |x| < 1/x
Multiply both sides by x
x^2<1
Same solution as above.
SUFFICIENT

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Is it valid to multiply the absolute value of x on one side (like in number two) to simplify as long as x is positive?
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If x≠0, is |x| < 1 ?

(1) x^2 < 1
x<1, x>-1
-1<x<1

Valid X is a number that is greater than -1 (i.e. -3/4, -1/2) and less than 1 (i.e. 1/2, 3/4) either way the absolute value of any of those numbers will be less than 1.
SUFFICIENT

(2) |x| < 1/x
Multiply both sides by x
x^2<1
Same solution as above.
SUFFICIENT

(D)

Is it valid to multiply the absolute value of x on one side (like in number two) to simplify as long as x is positive?

As, since from |x| < 1/x we concluded that x is positive, then yes we can do that: x < 1/x --> x^2 < 1.

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Hi Mahmud,

|x| <1 can be written as -1<x<1 because 1 is a constant BUT

|x| < $$\frac{1}{x}$$ cannot be written as -1/x<x<1/x because 1/x is a variable

Solving,

|x| <$$\frac{1}{x}$$

RHS has to be greater than 0 (As LHS can only be +ve or 0)
=> $$\frac{1}{x}$$ > 0
=> x>0 (x cannot be -ve or 0 ,
Because, if x is -ve then $$\frac{1}{x}$$ is -ve
if x = 0 then$$\frac{1}{x}$$ is not defined)

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Hi Bunuel!

A question here.

How is St 2 sufficient? You say it yourself that 2) implies that 0<x<1 so that is just part of the range of the question stem ( is -1<x<1 ?) So statement two doesn't cover the negative area of the range. How can it be considered to be sufficient?

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Hi Bunuel!

A question here.

How is St 2 sufficient? You say it yourself that 2) implies that 0<x<1 so that is just part of the range of the question stem ( is -1<x<1 ?) So statement two doesn't cover the negative area of the range. How can it be considered to be sufficient?

Do I make myself clear btw?

The question asks: whether x is between -1 and 1. (2) says that x is between 0 and 1, so the answer to the question is YES.
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If $$x\neq{0}$$, is $$|x|$$< 1?

(1) $$x^2$$ < 1

(2) $$|x|$$ < $$1/x$$

If $$x\neq{0}$$, is $$|x|$$< 1?
This means -1<x<1, where $$x\neq{0}$$

(1) $$x^2$$ < 1
$$x^2<1$$ means |x|<1, since only fractions with absolute value less than 1 will have their square less than 1.
Sufficient

(2) $$|x|$$ < $$1/x$$
Since |x| >0, we can write 1/|x|x>1
Since |x| and 1 are positive, x also must be positive for above to be true.
And since X is also positive, |X|=X, and X<1/X can be written as x^2<1
Therefore X is between 0 and 1
Sufficient

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Hi Bunuel!

A question here.

How is St 2 sufficient? You say it yourself that 2) implies that 0<x<1 so that is just part of the range of the question stem ( is -1<x<1 ?) So statement two doesn't cover the negative area of the range. How can it be considered to be sufficient?

Do I make myself clear btw?

The question asks: whether x is between -1 and 1. (2) says that x is between 0 and 1, so the answer to the question is YES.

Can you please elaborate on how a "partial" range in 2) (0 < x < 1) satisfies the full range that is required by the original prompt? I would think that the ranges have to be exact same, i.e. 1) provides a range that is exact same as compared to that in the prompt.

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Hi Bunuel!

A question here.

How is St 2 sufficient? You say it yourself that 2) implies that 0<x<1 so that is just part of the range of the question stem ( is -1<x<1 ?) So statement two doesn't cover the negative area of the range. How can it be considered to be sufficient?

Do I make myself clear btw?

The question asks: whether x is between -1 and 1. (2) says that x is between 0 and 1, so the answer to the question is YES.

Can you please elaborate on how a "partial" range in 2) (0 < x < 1) satisfies the full range that is required by the original prompt? I would think that the ranges have to be exact same, i.e. 1) provides a range that is exact same as compared to that in the prompt.

Thanks.

Any x, which is between 0 and 1, will obviously fall into the range between -1 and 1, so we can answer the question with an YES: x IS between -1 and 1.
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Re: If x ≠ 0, is |x| < 1 ? (1) x^2 < 1 (2) |x| < 1/x [#permalink]
This is what I did for statement 2:

|x|<1/x
As |x| will always be non negative, so the equation becomes:
X<1/x
Multiplying both sides by x
X^2<1
X^2-1<0 which is then to be worked out as the same way for st 1.

Experts please let me know is this method correct? Bunuel chetan2u VeritasKarishma

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This is what I did for statement 2:

|x|<1/x
As |x| will always be non negative, so the equation becomes:
X<1/x
Multiplying both sides by x
X^2<1
X^2-1<0 which is then to be worked out as the same way for st 1.

Experts please let me know is this method correct? Bunuel chetan2u VeritasKarishma

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Yes Shef08, you can do this here because $$\frac{1}{x}>|x|$$ means $$\frac{1}{x}\geq{0}$$, which in turn means $$x\geq{0}$$, so you can cross multiply..

exc4libur , as we can see BOTH sides are non-negative, we can square both sides to get our answer ..
$$\frac{1}{x}>|x|$$......$$\frac{1}{x^2}>|x|^2....x^4<1$$
Now x>0, so 0<x<1
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This is what I did for statement 2:

|x|<1/x
As |x| will always be non negative, so the equation becomes:
X<1/x
Multiplying both sides by x
X^2<1
X^2-1<0 which is then to be worked out as the same way for st 1.

Experts please let me know is this method correct? Bunuel chetan2u VeritasKarishma

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If we write |x| < 1/x as x < 1/x, then we are assuming that x is positive because |x| = x only when x >= 0.

x < 1/x
I cannot multiply both sides by x without knowing the sign of x. Here x could be positive or negative e.g.
when x = 1/2, x < 1/x
when x = -2, x < 1/x

So I won't multiply both sides by x. I take 1/x to the other side.

x - 1/x < 0

(x^2 - 1)/x < 0

So 0 < x < 1 or x < -1
But x must be positive so only 0 < x < 1 satisfies.

Now try putting |x| = -x when x is negative.
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If x ≠ 0, is |x| < 1 ?

(1) x^2 < 1
(2) |x| < 1/x

A Masterpeice from OG

By working on the Question stem, we will have -1<x<1,

S1. x^2 < 1, it means -1<x<1. Sufficient
S2. |x| < 1/x, it means x has to be positive, because | | is always positive and it is less than a value. So x has to be positive.
Now as x is positive, and the reciprocal is greater than a number, it means the number has to be between 0 & 1. Sufficient.

Hence D, as both statement alone is sufficient
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Hi Karishma 🙏

(X^2-1)/x<0
(x-1)(x+1)/x<0
Now x cannot be zero. As denominator can not zero

But how do we get

0 < x < 1 or x < -1

I understand that x must be positive

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Hi Karishma 🙏

(X^2-1)/x<0
(x-1)(x+1)/x<0
Now x cannot be zero. As denominator can not zero

But how do we get

0 < x < 1 or x < -1

I understand that x must be positive

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Check out this post:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/inequalities ... 91482.html

Let me know if you have any doubts in it.
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**If \( x \neq 0 \), is \( |x| < 1 \)?**

**Statements:**
1. \( x^2 < 1 \)
2. \( |x| < \frac{1}{x} \)

### Content Structure:
- The text contains a series of posts from different users discussing the problem and providing solutions.
- Each user provides their reasoning and analysis of the statements.

### Analysis:
TYPE: SINGLE_QUESTION_WITH_ANSWER

1. **Statement 1: \( x^2 < 1 \)**
   - This implies \( -1 < x < 1 \).
   - Since \( |x| \) is the absolute value of \( x \), \( |x| < 1 \) if \( -1 < x < 1 \).
   - Therefore, Statement 1 is sufficient.

2. **Statement 2: \( |x| < \frac{1}{x} \)**
   - Since \( |x| \) is always non-negative, \( \frac{1}{x} \) must also be positive, implying \( x > 0 \).
