-- the rest of the analysis is correct; the problem winds up as x^2 - x - 6 = 0, an equation that factors to (x - 3)(x + 2) = 0 and has the two solutions x = 3 and x = -2. I have reached up to this point in the computation. Given that the equation has 2 solutions, shouldn't the answer be E instead?...
Hi, Apologies for the delayed response. Also, question is from Oct 27, not Nov 3. Anyway, here's the explaination I can't quite understand: Statement (1): SUFFICIENT. We know that p is odd. We know from the problem stem that y is odd, which means that y2 is odd. Therefore, x2 must be even (because O...