{"id":11516,"date":"2012-05-17T02:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=11516"},"modified":"2012-05-17T13:53:55","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T20:53:55","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-may-17-algebra-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-may-17-algebra-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (May 17): Algebra and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=x&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='x' title='x' class='latex' \/> is a positive integer, is  <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=y%5E2%28x%5E3-x%2B1%29%3E75%3F&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='y^2(x^3-x+1)&gt;75?' title='y^2(x^3-x+1)&gt;75?' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<p>1. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=y%3E1&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='y&gt;1' title='y&gt;1' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n2. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%28x-1%29%5E2%3D16&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='(x-1)^2=16' title='(x-1)^2=16' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m02-72905.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- C -<\/span> (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)\n<\/div>\n<p><\/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\">Best VeritasPrep Discount: save $865! <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/veritas-prep-discount\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>See the GMAT exclusive discount here.<br \/>\n<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">MBA Prep School - Get Powerful Tools for Building a Winning MBA Application & save via GMAT Club:<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/mba-prep-school-s-featured-products-104943.html\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Try it now!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 0px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Why pay $3500 for 1 application? 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In order to prevent passenger deaths from gas inhalation, safety officials recommend that passengers be provided with smoke hoods that prevent inhalation of the gases. <\/p>\n<p>Which of the following, if true, constitutes the strongest reason to require implementation of the safety officials' recommendation?<\/p>\n<p>(A) Test evacuations showed that putting on the smoke hoods added considerably to the overall time it took passengers to leave the cabin.<br \/>\n(B) Some airlines are willing to buy the smoke hoods even though they consider them to be prohibitively expensive.<br \/>\n(C) Although the smoke hoods protect passengers from the toxic gases, they can do nothing to prevent the gases from igniting.<br \/>\n(D) Some experienced flyers fail to pay attention to the safety instructions given on every commercial flight before takeoff.<br \/>\n(E) In many airplane accidents, passengers who were able to reach emergency exits were overcome by toxic gases before they could exit the airplane.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-smoke-hood-requirement-be-careful-78391.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- E -<\/span> (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)\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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/category\/blog\/gmat-tests\/\"><strong>Browse all GMAT Questions of the Day<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to GMAT Question of the Day:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=GMAT-Question-of-the-day&amp;loc=en_US\">E-mail<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/GMAT-Question-of-the-day\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (DS) If is a positive integer, is 1. 2. 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