{"id":10142,"date":"2012-02-03T02:00:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=10142"},"modified":"2012-02-03T06:02:56","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T13:02:56","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-feb-3-word-problem-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-feb-3-word-problem-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Feb 3): Word Problem and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It took the bus 4 hours to get from town A to town B. What was the average speed of the bus for the trip?<\/p>\n<p>   1. In the first 2 hours the bus covered 100 miles<br \/>\n   2. The average speed of the bus for the first half of the distance was twice its speed for the second half<\/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\">e-GMAT: 36 hours of live instruction on GMAT Verbal along with online practice tests. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/e-gmat-discount-coupon-code\/?fl=blog\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Save over $400 with GMAT Club!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Magoosh: GMAT Prep that's as smart as you are. 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