{"id":22511,"date":"2014-01-21T02:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T09:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=22511"},"modified":"2014-01-18T21:53:38","modified_gmt":"2014-01-19T04:53:38","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-jan-21-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-jan-21-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Jan 21): Arithmetic and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Series <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=A%28n%29&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='A(n)' title='A(n)' class='latex' \/> is such that <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=A%28n%29+%3D+%5Cfrac%7BA%28n-1%29%7D%7Bn%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='A(n) = \\frac{A(n-1)}{n}' title='A(n) = \\frac{A(n-1)}{n}' class='latex' \/> . How many elements of the series are bigger than <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{1}{2}' title='\\frac{1}{2}' class='latex' \/>?<\/p>\n<p>   1. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=A%282%29+%3D+5&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='A(2) = 5' title='A(2) = 5' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n   2. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=A%281%29+-+A%282%29+%3D+5&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='A(1) - A(2) = 5' title='A(1) - A(2) = 5' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m15-71960.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- D -<\/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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Medical schools should invest as much time in teaching their students how to prevent illness as in teaching them how to cure it.<\/p>\n<p>Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument above?<\/p>\n<p>(A) Many contagious diseases can be prevented with vaccines.<br \/>\n(B) In 1988, for every three cents the United States spent on prevention, it spent 97 cents on curative treatment.<br \/>\n(C) The number of students enrolled in medical school is the highest it has ever been.<br \/>\n(D) More people die each year from disease than from accidental causes.<br \/>\n(E) As the population grows, the number of doctors in certain specialties has not been keeping pace.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/medical-education-in-the-united-states-has-focused-almost-76120.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- A -<\/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 (DS) Series is such that . How many elements of the series are bigger than ? 1. 2. 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