{"id":13574,"date":"2012-08-16T02:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=13574"},"modified":"2012-08-09T14:48:23","modified_gmt":"2012-08-09T21:48:23","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-aug-16-mixture-problem-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-aug-16-mixture-problem-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Aug 16): Mixture Problem and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To make lemonade, a recipe requires 4 lemons, 30 ounces of sugar, and 2 pints of water. One can squeeze out 0.4 cups of 5% citric acid from an average lemon. Marta does not have lemons, but wants to make lemonade from 4 cups of 12% citric acid. She has sugar and water in abundance. How much water will Marta use?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 2 pt.<br \/>\n(B) 6 pt.<br \/>\n(C) 12 pt.<br \/>\n(D) 15 pt.<br \/>\n(E) 100 pt.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m07-72458.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\">Get $100 off a Manhattan GMAT course (and an extra $250 bonus) with the code GCLUB100! <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/manhattan-gmat-discount-promotion-code\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Sign up now!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Save $100 when you sign up for a School Package with mbaMission by 8\/31\/2012. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/mbamission\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Only at GMAT Club!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 0px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Did u know The Princeton Review offers small group instruction in 41 states & 21 countries? <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/princeton-review-gmat-discount-promotion-code\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Save $100 via GMAT Club.<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (SC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their<\/span> death rates from heart disease are far lower in France.<\/p>\n<p>(A) people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their<br \/>\n(B) people in France and the United States consume fatty foods at about the same rate, the<br \/>\n(C) fatty foods are consumed by people in France at a comparable rate to the United States\u2019s, their<br \/>\n(D) the rate of fatty foods consumed in France and the United States is about the same, the<br \/>\n(E) the rate of people consuming fatty foods is about the same in France and the United States, the<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/france-52828.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<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) To make lemonade, a recipe requires 4 lemons, 30 ounces of sugar, and 2 pints of water. 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