{"id":13793,"date":"2012-08-28T02:00:32","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=13793"},"modified":"2012-08-23T12:21:55","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T19:21:55","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-aug-28-geometry-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-aug-28-geometry-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Aug 28): Geometry and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=M&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='M' title='M' class='latex' \/> , <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=N&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='N' title='N' class='latex' \/> , and <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=O&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='O' title='O' class='latex' \/> are midpoints of sides <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=AB&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='AB' title='AB' class='latex' \/> , <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=BC&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='BC' title='BC' class='latex' \/> , and <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=AC&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='AC' title='AC' class='latex' \/> of triangle <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=ABC&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='ABC' title='ABC' class='latex' \/> . What is the area of triangle <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=MON&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='MON' title='MON' class='latex' \/> ?<\/p>\n<p>   1. The area of <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=ABC&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='ABC' title='ABC' class='latex' \/> is <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B%5Csqrt%7B3%7D%7D%7B4%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{\\sqrt{3}}{4}' title='\\frac{\\sqrt{3}}{4}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n   2. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=ABC&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='ABC' title='ABC' class='latex' \/> is an equilateral triangle with height <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B%5Csqrt%7B3%7D%7D%7B2%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{\\sqrt{3}}{2}' title='\\frac{\\sqrt{3}}{2}' class='latex' \/> <\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/ds-geometry-m08q22-28687.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- D -<\/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\">Manhattan GMAT: The best teachers, most advanced learning approach & a focus solely placed on the GMAT. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/manhattan-gmat-discount-promotion-code\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Save $350!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Just a few more days to save on Bootcamps at MBA Mission! $100 off offer expires 8\/31. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/mba-mission-100-discount-115087.html\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Register now.<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 0px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Did you know The Princeton Review offers small group instruction in 41 states and 21 countries. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/princeton-review-gmat-discount-promotion-code\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Save $350 @ GMAT Club.<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (SC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">Though he had had<\/span> success broadcasting his controversial radio program on highly regulated terrestrial airwaves, Howard Stern opted out of terrestrial broadcasting in favor of the less regulated satellite radio medium.<\/p>\n<p>(A) Though he had had<br \/>\n(B) Though he has had<br \/>\n(C) Even though he had<br \/>\n(D) Having had<br \/>\n(E) Having achieved<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/howard-stern-mgmat-82346.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 (DS) If , , and are midpoints of sides , , and of triangle . 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