CAT 2024 Question Paper | Quant Slot 2

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CAT 2024 Quant was dominated by Algebra followed by Arithmetic. In Arithmetic, the questions were dominated by topics like Speed-time-distance, Mixture and Alligations. This year, there was a surprise. The questions from Geometry were relatively on the lower side as compared to the previous years. There were 8 TITA Qs this year. Overall this section was at a medium level of difficulty.

Question 2 If \(x\) and \(y\) satisfy the equations \(|x|+x+y=15\) and \(x+|y|-y=20\), then \((x-y)\) equals

  1. 10
  2. 5
  3. 20
  4. 15

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The question is "If \(x\) and \(y\) satisfy the equations \(|x|+x+y=15\) and \(x+|y|-y=20\), then \((x-y)\) equals "

Hence, the answer is '15'

Choice D is the correct answer.

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