{"id":1779,"date":"2010-01-06T03:16:48","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T11:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2010-01-06T03:16:48","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T11:16:48","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-jan-6-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-jan-6-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Jan 6): Arithmetic and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=x+%3E+1&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='x &gt; 1' title='x &gt; 1' class='latex' \/> and <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=y+%3E+1&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='y &gt; 1' title='y &gt; 1' class='latex' \/> , is <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=x+%3E+y&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='x &gt; y' title='x &gt; y' class='latex' \/> ?<\/p>\n<p>1. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Csqrt%7Bx%7D+%3E+y&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\sqrt{x} &gt; y' title='\\sqrt{x} &gt; y' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n2. $latex \\sqrt{y} < x$\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m01-q5-72101.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (CR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If there is an oil-supply disruption resulting in higher international oil prices, domestic oil prices in open-market countries such as the United States will rise as well, whether such countries import all or none of their oil.<\/p>\n<p>If the statement above concerning oil-supply disruptions is true, which of the following policies in an open-market nation is most likely to reduce the long-term economic impact on that nation of sharp and unexpected increases in international oil prices?<\/p>\n<p>(A) Maintaining the quantity of oil imported at constant yearly levels<br \/>\n(B) Increasing the number of oil tankers in its fleet<br \/>\n(C) Suspending diplomatic relations with major oil-producing nations<br \/>\n(D) Decreasing oil consumption through conservation<br \/>\n(E) Decreasing domestic production of oil<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-oil-supply-disruption-76272.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (DS) If and , is ? 1. 2. $latex \\sqrt{y} < x$ OA and Explanation Verbal (CR) If there is an oil-supply disruption resulting in higher international oil prices,&#8230;\n<\/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-1779","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\/1779","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=1779"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1781,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779\/revisions\/1781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}