{"id":22824,"date":"2014-02-11T02:00:57","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T09:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=22824"},"modified":"2014-02-07T15:12:48","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T22:12:48","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-feb-11-rate-problem-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-feb-11-rate-problem-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Feb 11): Rate Problem and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Water flows into an empty tank of 54 liters via 12 small pipes. The rate of each pipe is 1 liter per hour. However, water flows out of the tank via several big pipes at the rate of 1.5 liter per hour. If after 12 hours, the tank is completely full, how many big pipes are there?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 2.5<br \/>\n(B) 3<br \/>\n(C) 4<br \/>\n(D) 5<br \/>\n(E) 6<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/flow-rida-m05q09-72813.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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