GMAT Question of the Day (March 28)

Math

A chess player won 25 percent of the first 20 games he played and all of his remaining games. What is the ratio of the number of games he won to the number of the games he lost? (Assume there cannot be a draw in the game.)

(1) If the player had won 25 percent of the total games he played, he would have lost 30 more games than he actually did.

(2) The player won 75 percent of the games he played.

 

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

Verbal

So heavy were the storm’s rains and hailstones, and its gusts of gale-force wind were relentless, the city took nearly a decade to recover from the monumental hurricane that affected not just a region, but an entire nation.

(A) and its gusts of gale-force wind were relentless,

(B) and the gale-force wind gusts were relentless, so that

(C) its gusts of gale-force wind relentless, that

(D) the gale-force winds were gusting so relentlessly,

(E) so relentless its gusts of gale-force wind, that

 

Question Discussion & Explanation

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

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