{"id":22397,"date":"2014-01-16T02:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T09:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=22397"},"modified":"2014-01-10T16:59:48","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T23:59:48","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-jan-16-word-problem-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-jan-16-word-problem-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Jan 16): Word Problem and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With both valves open, the pool will be filled with water in 48 minutes. The first valve alone would fill the pool in 2 hours. 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