{"id":2308,"date":"2010-02-09T03:00:58","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T11:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=2308"},"modified":"2010-02-09T03:00:36","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T11:00:36","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-feb-9-algebra-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-feb-9-algebra-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Feb 9): Algebra and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gold depreciated at a rate of <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=X%5C%25&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='X\\%' title='X\\%' class='latex' \/> per year between 2000 and 2005. If 1 kg of gold cost <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=S&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='S' title='S' class='latex' \/> dollars in 2001 and <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=T&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='T' title='T' class='latex' \/> dollars in 2003, how much did it cost in 2002?<\/p>\n<p>(A) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=T%5Cfrac%7BS%7D%7B2%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='T\\frac{S}{2}' title='T\\frac{S}{2}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(B) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=T%5Csqrt%7B%5Cfrac%7BT%7D%7BS%7D%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='T\\sqrt{\\frac{T}{S}}' title='T\\sqrt{\\frac{T}{S}}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(C) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=T%5Csqrt%7BS%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='T\\sqrt{S}' title='T\\sqrt{S}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(D) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=T%5Cfrac%7BS%7D%7B%5Csqrt%7BT%7D%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='T\\frac{S}{\\sqrt{T}}' title='T\\frac{S}{\\sqrt{T}}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(E) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Csqrt%7BST%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\sqrt{ST}' title='\\sqrt{ST}' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m25-q-75939.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (SC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In good years, the patchwork of green fields that <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them<\/span> in the area just for the season.<\/p>\n<p>(A) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them<br \/>\n(B) surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of whom are<br \/>\n(C) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of who are<br \/>\n(D) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustle with farm workers, many of which<br \/>\n(E) surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many are<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/sc-good-years-76552.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (PS) Gold depreciated at a rate of per year between 2000 and 2005. If 1 kg of gold cost dollars in 2001 and dollars in 2003, how much did&#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-2308","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\/2308","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=2308"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2311,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308\/revisions\/2311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}