{"id":10403,"date":"2012-02-23T02:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=10403"},"modified":"2012-02-23T06:08:20","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T13:08:20","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-feb-23-rate-problem-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-feb-23-rate-problem-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Feb 23): Rate Problem and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Water flows into an empty tank of 54 liters via 12 small pipes. The rate of each pipe is 1 liter per hour. However, water flows out of the tank via several big pipes at the rate of 1.5 liter per hour. If after 12 hours, the tank is completely full, how many big pipes are there?<\/p>\n

(A) 2.5
\n(B) 3
\n(C) 4
\n(D) 5
\n(E) 6<\/p>\n

\nQuestion Discussion & Explanation<\/a>
\nCorrect Answer<\/strong> - D -<\/span> (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)\n<\/div>\n

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