Workbook Wednesdays: X to the Nth Power

Welcome to this week’s edition of Workbook Wednesdays! If you’re ready to sharpen your quantitative skills, check out the Challenge Problem below, courtesy of our friends at ManhattanGMAT.

Question
If n is a positive integer and x does not equal zero, is x^n > x^(n+1)?

1) x < 1

2) n is even.

(A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (2) alone is not.
(B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (1) alone is not.
(C) Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
(D) EACH statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
(E) Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question.