{"id":20290,"date":"2013-08-21T02:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=20290"},"modified":"2013-08-18T07:42:14","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T14:42:14","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-aug-21-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-aug-21-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Aug 21): Arithmetic and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If each expression under the square root is greater than or equal to 0, what is <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Csqrt%7Bx%5E2+-+6x+%2B+9%7D+%2B+%5Csqrt%7B2+-+x%7D+%2B+x+-+3&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\sqrt{x^2 - 6x + 9} + \\sqrt{2 - x} + x - 3' title='\\sqrt{x^2 - 6x + 9} + \\sqrt{2 - x} + x - 3' class='latex' \/>?<\/p>\n<p>(A) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Csqrt%7B2-x%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\sqrt{2-x}' title='\\sqrt{2-x}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(B) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=2x-6+%2B+%5Csqrt%7B2-x%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='2x-6 + \\sqrt{2-x}' title='2x-6 + \\sqrt{2-x}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(C) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Csqrt%7B2-x%7D+%2B+x-3&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\sqrt{2-x} + x-3' title='\\sqrt{2-x} + x-3' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(D) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=2x-6+%2B+%5Csqrt%7Bx-2%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='2x-6 + \\sqrt{x-2}' title='2x-6 + \\sqrt{x-2}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(E) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=x+%2B+%5Csqrt%7Bx-2%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='x + \\sqrt{x-2}' title='x + \\sqrt{x-2}' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m08-16-squares-75296.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<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\">Over 4 M students achieved educational & career goals due to Kaplan\u2019s unparalleled test prep courses. 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Today, however, because of grade inflation, the honors degree goes to more than 50 percent of a graduating class. Therefore, to restore confidence in the degrees they award, colleges must take steps to control grade inflation.<\/p>\n<p>Which one of the following is an assumption that, if true, would support the conclusion in the passage? <\/p>\n<p>(A) Today\u2019s students are not higher achievers than the students of twenty years ago.<br \/>\n(B) Awarding too many honors degrees causes colleges to inflate grades.<br \/>\n(C) Today\u2019s employers rely on honors ranking in making their hiring decisions.<br \/>\n(D) It is not easy for students with low grades to obtain jobs.<br \/>\n(E) Colleges must make employers aware of the criteria used to determine who receives an honors degree<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-top-college-students-67546.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 (PS) If each expression under the square root is greater than or equal to 0, what is ? 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