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GMAT Question of the Day (Dec 1): Word Problems (Work) and Sentence Correction

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Math

In normal printing mode, 20 printers can print 100 pages in 3 minutes. In economy mode, printers work 20% faster than in normal mode. How many printers are required to print 180 pages in 3 minutes in economy mode?

(A) 25
(B) 28
(C) 29
(D) 30
(E) 32

OA and Explanation

Verbal (SC)

In a leveraged buyout, investors borrow huge sums of money to buy companies, hoping to pay off the debt by using the company's earnings and to profit richly by the later resale of the companies or their divisions.

(A) by using the company's earnings and to profit
(B) by using the companies' earnings and by profiting
(C) using the companies' earnings and profiting
(D) with the company's earnings, profiting
(E) with the companies' earnings and to profit

OA and Explanation

  1. Answer is D.

    20% faster so 100*1.2=120
    so, 20*180/120=30.

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