{"id":23084,"date":"2014-03-06T02:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=23084"},"modified":"2014-02-27T18:40:45","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T01:40:45","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-mar-6-statistics-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-mar-6-statistics-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Mar 6): Statistics and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If sets <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' \/> 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' \/> are united into a single set, will the mean of this set be smaller than the sum of means of sets <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' \/> 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' \/> ?<\/p>\n<p>1. <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' \/> 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' \/> are one-element sets<br \/>\n2. Neither set <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' \/> nor set <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' \/> contains negative numbers<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m24-q-76516.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- E -<\/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\">Veritas Prep has worked  with over 50K students at over 90 locations worldwide.  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