{"id":11885,"date":"2012-06-13T02:00:07","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=11885"},"modified":"2012-06-11T12:03:54","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T19:03:54","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-june-13-combinations-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-june-13-combinations-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (June 13): Combinations and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are 3 red chips and 2 blue chips. When arranged in a row, they form a certain color pattern, for example RBRRB. How many color patterns are possible?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 10<br \/>\n(B) 12<br \/>\n(C) 24<br \/>\n(D) 60<br \/>\n(E) 100<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m09-72702.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<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\">Save $350 on Manhattan GMAT Courses with great discounts! <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/manhattan-gmat-discount-promotion-code\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Use code GCLUB100 to claim your $250 bonus.<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Here's a Steal of a GMAT Pill Deal: Save $233 + an extra $250 in bonuses. $483 total savings. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/gmat-pill-discount\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Enroll now!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Last chance to save with MBA Mission! $100 off offer expires 6\/30. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/mba-mission-100-discount-115087.html\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Get it while you can! <\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 0px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">New partner at GMAT Club: The Princeton Review! <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/princeton-review-gmat-discount-promotion-code\/?fl=twitter\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Save $100 and get a great guarantee.<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (CR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fish currently costs about the same at seafood stores throughout Eastville and its surrounding suburbs. Seafood stores buy fish from the same wholesalers and at the same prices, and other business expenses have also been about the same. But new tax breaks will substantially lower the cost of doing business within the city. Therefore, in the future, profit margins will be higher at seafood stores within the city than at suburban seafood stores.<\/p>\n<p>For the purposes of evaluating the argument, it would be most useful to know whether<\/p>\n<p>(A) More fish wholesalers are located within the city than in the surrounding suburbs<br \/>\n(B) Any people who currently own seafood stores in the suburbs surrounding Eastville will relocate their businesses nearer to the city<br \/>\n(C) The wholesale price of fish is likely to fall in the future<br \/>\n(D) Fish has always cost about the same at seafood stores throughout Eastville and its surrounding suburbs<br \/>\n(E) Seafood stores within the city will in the future set prices that are lower than those at suburban seafood stores<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-fish-stores-64556.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 (PS) There are 3 red chips and 2 blue chips. 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