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GMAT Question of the Day (May 29)

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Math

The ratio of A to B is \frac{1}{2}. If A is increased by x\% and B is decreased by \frac{x}{2}\%, which of the following represents the new value of the ratio of A to B?

A. \frac{100 + x}{200 - x}
B. \frac{1 + \frac{x}{100}}{1 - \frac{x}{200}}
C. \frac{x + 1}{2x + 2}
D. \frac{2x + 1}{200 - x}
E. \frac{200 + x}{1 - x}

 

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

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Verbal

According to many military historians, Germany’s conquest of the mountainous island of Navarone in the Aegean Sea was of utmost military importance throughout the Second World War because they realized that, if they did not exploit its strategic location, their survival against the indomitable naval might of the British would always be in peril.

(A) they realized that, if they did not exploit its strategic location, their survival against the indomitable naval might of the British would always be in peril.

(B) it realized that, if it did not exploit the island’s strategic location, Germany’s survival against the indomitable naval might of the British would always be in peril.

(C) the nation’s generals realized that, if Navarone’s strategic location was not exploited, Germany’s survival against the indomitable naval might of the British was always in peril.

(D) they realized that, if Navarone’s strategic location was not exploited, Germany’s survival against the indomitable naval might of the British was always in peril.

(E) the nation’s generals realized that, if they did not exploit Navarone’s strategic location, Germany’s survival against the indomitable naval might of the British would always be in peril.

 

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

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