{"id":2223,"date":"2010-02-02T03:00:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=2223"},"modified":"2010-02-02T03:05:17","modified_gmt":"2010-02-02T11:05:17","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-feb-2-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-feb-2-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Feb 2): Arithmetic and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The sum of first <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=N&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='N' title='N' class='latex' \/> consecutive odd integers is <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=N%5E2&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='N^2' title='N^2' class='latex' \/> . What is the sum of all odd integers between 13 and 39 inclusive?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 351<br \/>\n(B) 364<br \/>\n(C) 410<br \/>\n(D) 424<br \/>\n(E) 450<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m20q31-73009.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (CR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Current farm policy is institutionalized penalization of consumers. It increases food prices for middle- and low-income families and costs the taxpayer billions of dollars a year.<br \/>\nWhich of the following statements, if true, would provide support for the author\u2019s claims above?<br \/>\nI. Farm subsidies amount to roughly $20 billion a year in federal payouts and $12 billion more in higher food prices.<br \/>\nII. According to a study by the Department of Agriculture, each $1 of benefits provided to farmers for ethanol production costs consumers and taxpayers $4.<br \/>\nIII. The average full-time farmers have an average net worth of over $300,000.<\/p>\n<p>(A) I only<br \/>\n(B) II only<br \/>\n(C) III only<br \/>\n(D) I and II only<br \/>\n(E) I, II, and III<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-farm-policy-76127.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (PS) The sum of first consecutive odd integers is . What is the sum of all odd integers between 13 and 39 inclusive? (A) 351 (B) 364 (C) 410&#8230;<\/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-2223","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\/2223","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=2223"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2226,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions\/2226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}