{"id":1663,"date":"2009-12-25T03:00:12","date_gmt":"2009-12-25T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=1663"},"modified":"2009-12-25T01:45:47","modified_gmt":"2009-12-25T09:45:47","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-dec-25-arithmetic-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-dec-25-arithmetic-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Dec 25): Arithmetic and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1000 dollars were converted into pounds and then the pounds were converted back into dollars at the same exchange rate of <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=x&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='x' title='x' class='latex' \/> pounds per dollar. If a commission of <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=y%5C%25&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='y\\%' title='y\\%' class='latex' \/> is levied on any exchange operation, what dollar amount was left after the exchanges?<\/p>\n<p>1. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=x+%3D+0.6&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='x = 0.6' title='x = 0.6' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n2. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=y+%3D+5&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='y = 5' title='y = 5' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m19-75526.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (SC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recent cosmological advances have made <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">it possible to observe stellar objects that would only a decade ago have been unable to be viewed<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>(A) it possible to observe stellar objects that would only a decade ago have been unable to be viewed<br \/>\n(B) it possible to observe stellar objects that would have been invisible only a decade ago<br \/>\n(C) possible that one can observe stellar objects invisible only a decade ago<br \/>\n(D) possible the observing of stellar objects that were not capable of being viewed only a decade ago<br \/>\n(E) possible the observing of stellar objects that only a decade ago would not have been able to be viewed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/sc-cosmological-advances-76389.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (DS) 1000 dollars were converted into pounds and then the pounds were converted back into dollars at the same exchange rate of pounds per dollar. If a commission of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gmat-tests","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1663"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1665,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1663\/revisions\/1665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}