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GMAT Question of the Day (Apr 20): Arithmetic and Critical Reasoning

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Math (DS)

Is A^7 B^2 C^3 > 0 ?

1. BC < 0[/latex]    2. [latex]AC > 0

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - C - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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Verbal (CR)

Frieda: Lightning causes fires and damages electronic equipment. Since lightning rods can prevent any major damage, every building should have one.

Erik: Your recommendation is pointless. It is true that lightning occasionally causes fires, but faulty wiring and overloaded circuits cause far more fires and damage to equipment than lightning does.

Erik’s response fails to establish that Frieda’s recommendation should not be acted on because his response

(A) does not show that the benefits that would follow from Frieda’s recommendation would be offset by any disadvantage
(B) does not offer any additional way of lessening the risk associated with lightning
(C) appeals to Frieda’s emotions rather than to her reason
(D) introduces an irrelevant comparison between overloaded circuits and faulty wiring
(E) confuses the notion of preventing damage with that of causing inconvenience

Question Discussion & Explanation
Correct Answer - C - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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  1. Dena Dena

    Hello,

    Maybe I am really getting crazy of all the GMAT stuff, but I don’t get the C in the math question.
    If you know that AC>0, you know that both A and C should be negative or both should be positive.
    So you also know that the result of the question will always be positive (as B squared will also be positive).
    Don’t we have enough with B instead of combining 1 and 2 (C)?

    Thanks for your feedback.

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