{"id":11550,"date":"2012-05-24T02:00:48","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T09:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=11550"},"modified":"2012-05-17T13:40:59","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T20:40:59","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-may-24-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-may-24-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (May 24): Arithmetic and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Which of the following integers is a divisor of <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%2815%21%2B13%29&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='(15!+13)' title='(15!+13)' class='latex' \/>?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 15<br \/>\n(B) 14<br \/>\n(C) 13<br \/>\n(D) 7<br \/>\n(E) 2<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m03q20-78137.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\">e-GMAT, verbal for non-natives, is offering a verbal score improvement guarantee & 37% off @ GMAT Club. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/e-gmat-offers-verbal-score-improvement-guaranteed\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Learn more!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Magoosh GMAT: GMAT Prep that's as smart as you are. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/magoosh-gmat-discount\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Big savings - over $400 - via GMAT Club!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 0px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">FREE B-School Cheat Sheets from Precision Essay for top MBA programs such as Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.precisionessay.com\/resources\/bschool-cheat-sheet\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Learn more!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (CR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Business Consultant: <strong>Some corporations shun the use of executive titles<\/strong> because they fear that the use of titles indicating position in the corporation tends to inhibit communication up and down the corporate hierarchy. Since an executive who uses a title is treated with more respect by outsiders, however, use <strong>of a title can facilitate an executive\u2019s dealings with external businesses<\/strong>. Clearly, corporations should adopt the compromise of encouraging their executives to use their corporate titles externally but not internally, since even if it is widely known that the corporation\u2019s executives use titles outside their organization, this knowledge does not by itself inhibit communication within the corporation.<\/p>\n<p>In the consultant\u2019s reasoning, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?<\/p>\n<p>(A) The first describes a strategy that has been adopted to avoid a certain problem; the second presents a drawback to that strategy.<br \/>\n(B) The first describes a strategy that has been adopted to avoid a certain problem; the second is a consideration raised to call into question the effectiveness of that strategy as a means of achieving that goal.<br \/>\n(C) The first describes a strategy that has been adopted to avoid a certain problem; the second is a consideration the consultant raises in questioning the significance of that problem.<br \/>\n(D) The first is part of an explanation that the consultant offers for a certain phenomenon; the second is that phenomenon.<br \/>\n(E) The first describes a policy for which the consultant seeks to provide a justification; the second is a consideration the consultant raises as part of that.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-boldface-businness-titles-75866.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- A -<\/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 (PS) Which of the following integers is a divisor of ? 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