{"id":21402,"date":"2013-11-25T02:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=21402"},"modified":"2013-11-01T16:09:08","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T23:09:08","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-nov-25-probability-and-critical-reasoning-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-nov-25-probability-and-critical-reasoning-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Nov 25): Probability and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three cannons are firing at a target. If their individual probabilities to hit the target are 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5 respectively, what is the probability that none of the cannons will hit the target after one round of fire?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 0.06<br \/>\n(B) 0.12<br \/>\n(C) 0.21<br \/>\n(D) 0.29<br \/>\n(E) 0.94<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/probability-m01q04-63526.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- C -<\/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\">Only Knewton Gmat prep gives you access to >3,400 GMAT practice questions, all online. 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Thus the methods used to determine the gold content of Frobisher\u2019s samples must have been inaccurate.<\/p>\n<p>Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?<\/p>\n<p>(A) The gold content of the soil on Kodlunarn Island is much lower today than it was in the sixteenth century.<br \/>\n(B) The two mining expeditions funded by Elizabeth I did not mine the same part of Kodlunarn Island.<br \/>\n(C) The methods used to assess gold content of the soil samples provided by<br \/>\nFrobisher were different from those generally used in the sixteenth century.<br \/>\n(D) Frobisher did not have soil samples from any other Canadian island examined for gold content.<br \/>\n(E) Gold was not added to the soil samples collected by Frobisher before the samples were examined.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-gold-content-69072.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) Three cannons are firing at a target. 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