GMAT Math : DSQ: Graphing an ordered pair
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Example Question #1 : Dsq: Graphing An Ordered Pair
What quadrant contains the point 
Statement 1:
Statement 2:
EITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 2 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
Statement 2 ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but Statement 1 ALONE is NOT sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are insufficient to answer the question.
Statement 1 alone tells you that 
Statement 2 tells you that any of the following hold:
This places the point in any quadrant except Quadrant II (where 
The two statements together only eliminate two quadrants and leave both Quadrant I and Quadrant III as possibilities.
Example Question #1 : Dsq: Graphing An Ordered Pair
Graph the point 
I) 
II) 
Statement I is sufficient to answer the question, but statement II is not sufficient to answer the question.
Both statements are needed to answer the question.
Either statement is sufficient to answer the question.
Statement II is sufficient to answer the question, but statement I is not sufficient to answer the question.
Neither statement is sufficient to answer the question. More information is needed.
Both statements are needed to answer the question.
Graph the point (a,b)
I) (a,b) is in quadrant 4
II)
To graph (a,b) we need to know a and b
I) Tells us which quadrant the point is in. In quadrant 4, the x value is positive and the y value must be negative.
II) Lets us find the following:
So the only possible location of 
Therefore, both statements are needed to answer the question.
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