{"id":21743,"date":"2014-01-16T02:00:17","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T09:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=21743"},"modified":"2013-11-19T23:06:33","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T06:06:33","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-jan-16-work-problem-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-jan-16-work-problem-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Jan 16): Work Problem and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A contractor estimated that his 10-men crew could complete the construction in 110 days if there was no rain. (Assume the crew does not work on any rainy day and rain is the only factor that can deter the crew from working). However, after 5 days of rain, on the 61-st day, he hired 6 more people to finish the project early. If the job was done in 100 days, on how many days after day 60 was it raining?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 4<br \/>\n(B) 5<br \/>\n(C) 6<br \/>\n(D) 7<br \/>\n(E) 8<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/a-contractor-estimated-that-his-10-men-crew-m07q06-75694.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- B -<\/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\">Veritas Prep has worked  with over 50K students at over 90 locations worldwide.  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Yet they return to the same trees their forebears left. Scientists theorize that monarchs, like homing pigeons, map their routes according to the earth\u2019s electromagnetic fields. As a first step in testing this theory, lepidopterists plan to install a low-voltage transmitter inside one grove of \u201cbutterfly trees\u201d in the Mexican forests. If the butterflies are either especially attracted to the grove with the transmitter or especially repelled by it, lepidopterists will have evidence that______<\/p>\n<p>(A) monarch butterflies have brains, however minuscule<br \/>\n(B) monarch butterflies are sensitive to electricity<br \/>\n(C) low-voltage electricity can affect butterflies, whether positively or adversely<br \/>\n(D) monarchs map their routes according to the earth\u2019s electromagnetic fields<br \/>\n(E) monarchs communicate in intergenerationally via electromagnetic fields<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/monarch-butterflies-whose-average-life-span-is-nine-months-76159.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- B -<\/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) A contractor estimated that his 10-men crew could complete the construction in 110 days if there was no rain. 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