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GMAT Question of the Day (May 27)

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Math

Product A is 10 percent more expensive than Product B. Product B is 10 percent cheaper than Product C. If the price of the Product C is $300, how much cheaper is Product B than Product A?

A. $2.00
B. $3.00
C. $9.00
D. $15.00
E. $27.00

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

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Verbal

Psychologist: Though popularized by the media and even some ill-informed scientists, photographic memory is a myth. Most of the top competitors at this summer’s national memory championship have brains that are neurologically indistinguishable from those of the general population and cognitive abilities that are seldom more than a standard deviation above average.

Which of the following would LEAST strengthen the argument above?

The competitors at this summer’s championship are typical of the segment of the population thought to have photographic memory.

People with photographic memories would have brains that are neurologically distinguishable from those of the general population.

Photographic memory requires cognitive abilities more than a standard deviation above average.

Photographic memory was initially proposed by a scientist whose theories of mind have since been widely discredited.

Photographic memory, if it exists, would be a requirement even to qualify for a national memory competition.

Question Discussion & Explanation

Correct Answer - D - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)

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