{"id":12415,"date":"2012-06-27T02:00:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T09:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=12415"},"modified":"2012-06-21T13:15:03","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T20:15:03","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-june-27-statistics-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-june-27-statistics-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (June 27): Statistics and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After M students took the test, there was a total of 64% of correct answers. If the test contains 50 questions, what is the least number of questions that the next student have to get right to bring the total of correct answers to 70%?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 3M + 20<br \/>\n(B) 3M + 35<br \/>\n(C) 4M + 15<br \/>\n(D) 4M + 20<br \/>\n(E) 4M + 45<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m21-69272.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- B -<\/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\">Did you know Veritas Prep has admissions consultants from all top 25 business schools? <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/veritas-prep-discount\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Save $865 via GMAT Club!<\/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. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/mba-prep-school-s-featured-products-104943.html\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Learn more.<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 0px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Ask MBA Admit - Dr Shel Watts, resident GMAT Club expert Harvard Oxford grad w\/ > 20 years admissions experience. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/mbaadmit-special-discount-through-gmat-club\/?fl=twitter\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Details!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (SC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives,<\/span> capitalized on her keen observation and love of the natural world.<\/p>\n<p>(A) Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives,<br \/>\n(B) In her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives, Beatrix Potter<br \/>\n(C) In her book illustrations, which she carefully coordinated with her narratives, Beatrix Potter<br \/>\n(D) Carefully coordinated with her narratives, Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations<br \/>\n(E) Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinated them with her narratives and<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/book-illustrations-80747.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<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) After M students took the test, there was a total of 64% of correct answers. 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