{"id":17736,"date":"2013-04-12T02:00:59","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=17736"},"modified":"2013-04-08T15:26:58","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T22:26:58","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-apr-12-word-problem-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-apr-12-word-problem-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Apr 12): Word Problem and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Machine A can produce 50 components a day while machine B only 40. The monthly maintenance cost for machine A is $1500 while that for machine B is $550. If each component generates an income of $10 what is the least number of days per month that the plant has to work to justify the usage of machine A instead of machine B?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 6<br \/>\n(B) 7<br \/>\n(C) 9<br \/>\n(D) 10<br \/>\n(E) 11<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/ps-work-m08q10-73532.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\">Free GMAT practice tests from Kaplan! 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