{"id":23141,"date":"2014-03-13T02:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=23141"},"modified":"2014-03-06T10:45:48","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T17:45:48","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-mar-13-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-mar-13-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Mar 13): Arithmetic and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=x&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='x' title='x' class='latex' \/> and <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=y&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='y' title='y' class='latex' \/> are positive integers and <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=x+%3E+y&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='x &gt; y' title='x &gt; y' class='latex' \/> . What is the value of <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=xy%5E2+%2B+yx%5E2&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='xy^2 + yx^2' title='xy^2 + yx^2' class='latex' \/> ?<\/p>\n<p>1. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=xy+%3D+6&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='xy = 6' title='xy = 6' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n2. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=x&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='x' title='x' class='latex' \/> is a prime number<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m02-q14-what-if-the-x-and-y-are-negative-76276.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- C -<\/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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One can only conclude from this change that violent crime is now out of control, and, to be safe from personal attack, one should not leave one\u2019s home except for absolute necessities.<\/p>\n<p>Which one of the following, if true, would cast the most serious doubt on the conclusion? <\/p>\n<p>(A) Newspapers and televised news programs have more comprehensive coverage of violent crime than newspapers did in the old days.<br \/>\n(B) National data show that violent crime is out of control everywhere, not just in the author\u2019s city.<br \/>\n(C) Police records show that people experience more violent crimes in their own neighborhoods than they do outside their neighborhoods.<br \/>\n(D) Murder comprised a larger proportion of violent crimes in the old days than it does today.<br \/>\n(E) News magazines play a more important role today in informing the public about crime than they did in the old days.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/unlike-newspapers-in-the-old-days-today-s-newspapers-and-79128.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) and are positive integers and . 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