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Real numbers $x$ , $y$ , and $z$ satify the inequalities $0<x<1$ , $-1<y<0$ , and $1<z<2$ . Which of the following numbers is necessarily positive?

$\textbf{(A)}\ y+x^2\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ y+xz\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ y+y^2\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ y+2y^2\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ y+z$

Notice that $y+z$ must be positive because $|z|>|y|$ . Therefore the answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(E) } y+z}$ .

The other choices:

$\textbf{(A)}$ As $x$ grows closer to $0$ , $x^2$ decreases and thus becomes less than $y$ .

$\textbf{(B)}$ $x$ can be as small as possible ( $x>0$ ), so $xz$ grows close to $0$ as $x$ approaches $0$ .

$\textbf{(C)}$ For all $-1<y<0$ , $y>y^2$ , and thus it is always negative.

$\textbf{(D)}$ The same logic as above, but when $-\frac{1}{2}<y<0$ this time.

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−	~~We start from the last answer choice because the answer for these type of questions are usually in the last few answer choices.~~ Notice that <math>y+z</math>~~, the last answer choice,~~ must be positive because <math>\|z\|>\|y\|</math>. Therefore the answer is <math>\boxed{\textbf{(E) } y+z}</math>.	+	Notice that <math>y+z</math> must be positive because <math>\|z\|>\|y\|</math>. Therefore the answer is <math>\boxed{\textbf{(E) } y+z}</math>.