What is the ratio of y to x?

[devang.lakhani]

What is the ratio of y to x?

(1) y = 3x

(2) x = 11

This is a DS question. The answer assumes that x is not equal to 0 in option (1). Is that fine?

Regards,

Devang

[venkat_yj]

Yes, x cannot be zero as y/x=3. If x were zero, y/x would have been undefined.

[RonPurewal]

ah, no, the first poster is correct.

"y = 3x" is not equivalent to "y/x = 3", because the latter requires that x be nonzero, while x = 0 and y = 0 is a perfectly acceptable solution to the former.

so, yes, we need to add the stipulation that x be nonzero.

thanks. we will edit the problem.

[venkat_yj]

thanks for correcting. Missed that one!

[Ben Ku]

:-)

[yousuf_azim]

What is the ans?

BR

[jnelson0612]

What is the ans?

BR

The answer should be A.