{"id":10590,"date":"2012-03-09T02:00:17","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T09:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=10590"},"modified":"2012-03-09T05:14:06","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T12:14:06","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-mar-9-coordinate-geometry-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-mar-9-coordinate-geometry-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Mar 9): Coordinate Geometry and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vertices of a triangle have coordinates <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%28-1%2C0%29&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='(-1,0)' title='(-1,0)' class='latex' \/>, <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%284%2C0%29&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='(4,0)' title='(4,0)' class='latex' \/> and <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%280%2CA%29&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='(0,A)' title='(0,A)' class='latex' \/>. Is the area of the triangle bigger than 15?<\/p>\n<p>1. $latex A<3$\n2. 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