Question: In the figure shown, the measure of angle PRS is how many degrees greater than the measure of angle PQR ?

(1) The measure of angle QPR is 30°.
(2) The sum of the measures of angles PQR and PRQ is 150°.
A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) ALONE is not sufficient.
B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) ALONE is not sufficient.
C) BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D) EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are not sufficient.
Approach Solution 1
It is asked in the question - \(\Lambda{PRS} - \Lambda{PQR}\) = ?
Statement 1: the measure of angle QPR is 30
QPR = 30
In triangle QPR, three angles sum = 180° = \(\Lambda{QPR} + \Lambda{PQR} + \Lambda{PRQ}\)
\(180=30+\Lambda{PQR}+(180-\Lambda{PRS})\)
30 = \(\Lambda{PRS}-\Lambda{PQR}\)
Hence, it is sufficient to get the answer.
Statement 2:
The sum of the angles \(\Lambda{PQR}\) and \(\Lambda{PRQ}\) is 150
Basically, the same information is given \(\Lambda{PQR}+\Lambda{PRQ}\) = 150
\(\Lambda{PQR}\) + 180 -\(\Lambda{PRS}\) = 150
30 =\(\Lambda{PRS}\) - \(\Lambda{PQR}\)
This is also sufficient to get the answer.
Hence, D is the correct answer.
Approach Solution 2
Since (angle SPQ) + (angle PQR) = 90 in triangle PQS, we know that (angle SPQ) + (angle SQR) + 90 = 180.
Equalize those two:
Angles SPR plus PRS equal angles SPQ plus PQR.
The angles SPQ and SPR are equal to the angles PRS and PQR.
The query is: "The measure of angle PRS is how many degrees greater than the measure of angle PQR?" They are requesting (angle PRS) - (angle PQR), or to put it another way, according to the equation above: if we know (angle SPQ) - (angle SPR), then we also know (angle PRS) - (angle PQR).
First claim: (angle QPR) equals 30 degrees
Since the two little angles that make up the great angle (angle SPQ) are identical, we may deduce that (angle SPQ) = (angle SPR) + (angle QPR).
Consequently, (angle SPQ) = (angle SPR) + 30 – Angles SPQ minus SPR equal 30. Angle PRS minus Angle PQR equals 30.
Statement 1 is adequate on its own.
Secondly, (angle PQR) plus (angle PRQ) equals 150 degrees.
Triangle PQR teaches us that: Angles PQR, PRQ, and QPR added together equal 180 degrees.
Statement 2 is sufficient on its own if (angle PQR) + (angle PRQ) = 150 degrees, as 150 + (angle QPR) = 180 degrees ---> (angle QPR) = 30, and we have the same information as in statement 1.
Approach Solution 3
Statement 1:
Angle QPR is measured at 30°.
Let x be the RPS measurement. The triangle PQS's two interior angles are then 90 and 30 + x. Thus, 180 - (90 + 30 + x) = 180 - 120 - x = 60 - x is the third internal angle of the same triangle. The angle PQS therefore equals 60 - x in terms of x.
Check out the triangular PRS now. The third interior angle (angle PRS) is 180 - (90 + x) = 90 - x because this triangle has two interior angles that are 90 and x.
We may calculate that the angle PRS is greater than the angle PQS by 90 - x - (60 - x) = 90 - x - 60 + x = 30 degrees using the two formulas.
The first claim is adequate to respond to the question.
Statement 2:
The sum of PQR and PRQ's measurements is 150°.
Thus, angle QPR is defined as 180 – 150, or 30°. We can use QPR = 30 to calculate the difference between the measures of angles PRS and PQR using the same method as in statement one.
The second claim is adequate to respond to the question.
“In the figure shown, the measure of angle PRS is how many degrees greater than the measure of angle PQR ?" - is a topic of the GMAT data sufficiency section of GMAT. This question has been borrowed from the book “GMAT Official Guide Quantitative Review”.
To understand GMAT data sufficiency questions, applicants must possess fundamental qualitative skills. Quant tests a candidate's aptitude in reasoning and mathematics. The GMAT Quantitative test's problem-solving phase consists of a question and two statements. By using mathematics to answer the question, the candidate must select the appropriate response among five choices which states which statement is sufficient to answer the problem. The data sufficiency section of the GMAT Quant topic is made up of very complicated math problems that must be solved by using the right math facts.
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