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GMAT Question of the Day (Jan 29)

Miranda Menestrina 0

Math

A ship is transporting several cats and a crew (sailors, a cook, and a one-legged captain) to a nearby port. If these passengers combined have 15 heads and 41 legs, then how many cats is the ship transporting?

A. 3
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
E. 8

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

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Verbal

Isotopes in the recently excavated bones of a 14-year-old girl from the Jamestown archaeological site indicate [u]she had eaten a high-protein diet, so was probably the daughter of a gentleman, not a maidservant.
[/u]

a. she had eaten a high-protein diet, so was probably the daughter of a gentleman, not a maidservant.
b. that she ate a high protein diet, so probably had been the daughter of a gentleman, and not a maidservant.
c. that she had eaten a high protein diet, so was probably the daughter of a gentleman, and not a maidservant’s.
d. she ate a high-protein diet, so was probably the daughter of a gentleman, and had not been a maidservant.
e. she had eaten a high-protein diet, thereby had probably been the daughter of a gentleman, not a maidservant’s.

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

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