Bunuel wrote:
If the tick marks shown on the number line above are equally spaced and if x and y are the numbers designating the end points of an interval, as shown, what is the value of x?
(1) x = (3y)/4
(2) y = 2
[Reveal] Spoiler:
There are 8 divisions. Let the total length of these 8 equally spaced divisions be 'D'
So we have ,
D/8 = |y-x| ---> Absolute sign signifies the magnitude of the length between x & y,
...



.jpg)



