{"id":21251,"date":"2013-10-29T02:00:23","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T09:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=21251"},"modified":"2013-10-24T21:48:23","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T04:48:23","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-29-combinations-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-29-combinations-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Oct 29): Combinations and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4 women and 6 men work in the accounting department. In how many ways can a committee of 3 be formed if it has to include at least one woman?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 36<br \/>\n(B) 60<br \/>\n(C) 72<br \/>\n(D) 80<br \/>\n(E) 100<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/combi-ques-m08q04-68227.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- E -<\/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: 99 percentile teachers and superior curriculum at a more affordable price. 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The researchers have concluded that people in these counties stay indoors more and thus avoid exposure to the disease.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers' conclusion would be most strengthened if which of the following were true?<\/p>\n<p>(A) Programs designed to control the size of disease-bearing mosquito populations have not affected the incidence of mosquito borne encephalitis.<br \/>\n(B) The occupations of county residents affect their risk of exposure to mosquito-borne encephalitis more than does television-watching.<br \/>\n(C) The incidence of mosquito-borne encephalitis in counties with the largest number of television sets per capita is likely to decrease even further.<br \/>\n(D) The more time people in a county spend outdoors, the greater their awareness of the dangers of mosquito-borne encephalitis.<br \/>\n(E) The more television sets there are per capita in a county, the more time the average county resident spends watching television.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-medical-researchers-69709.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- E -<\/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) 4 women and 6 men work in the accounting department. 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