{"id":10005,"date":"2012-01-25T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=10005"},"modified":"2012-01-25T04:22:07","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T11:22:07","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-jan-25-work-problem-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-jan-25-work-problem-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Jan 25): Work Problem and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It takes Jack 2 more hours than Tom to type 20 pages. Working together, Jack and Tom can type 25 pages in 3 hours. How long will it take Jack to type 40 pages?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 5 hours<br \/>\n(B) 6 hours<br \/>\n(C) 8 hours<br \/>\n(D) 10 hours<br \/>\n(E) 12 hours<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: rgb(141, 179, 226); border-top: 4px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 4px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5px; margin-left: 20px; font-size: 15px; font-family: Gergia,serif; font-weight: bold\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 19px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px\">GMAT Daily Deals<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Free GMAT Club tests (over 1,100 questions & $250 value) + $200 promo code when you sign up for Kaplan GMAT courses. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/kaplan-gmat-discount-promotion-code\/?fl=blog\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Learn more!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 0px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Stacy Blackman: Expertise on every school and every application scenario. $100 discount! <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/marketplace\/admissions.xhtml?fl=blog\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Learn more!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (SC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the Great Plains, nineteenth-century <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, doing it without<\/span> timber and nails.<\/p>\n<p>(A) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, doing it without<br \/>\n(B) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, did it without<br \/>\n(C) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, making them while not having<br \/>\n(D) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, making do without<br \/>\n(E) settlers\u2019 homes were built of mud and grass, making do without <\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#cecece\">\nAnswers to the questions: <strong>E<\/strong>, <strong>D<\/strong><br \/>\nFor explanations please see these threads: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/rate-m09q05-73633.html\">math<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/on-the-great-plains-nineteenth-century-settlers-used-mud-76506.html\">verbal<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Like these questions?<\/strong> Get the GMAT Club question collection: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/tests\/\">online at GMAT Club<\/a> OR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fentity%2FGMAT-Club%2FB0048PPF3U%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dntt_athr_dp_pel_1&tag=gmatclub-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957\">on your Kindle<\/a> OR <a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=PJTlq5NYqfE&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=blog&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fgmat-toolkit%252Fid328345537%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D6%2526partnerId%253D30\">on your iPhone\/iPad<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (PS) It takes Jack 2 more hours than Tom to type 20 pages. 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