{"id":23145,"date":"2014-03-14T02:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T09:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=23145"},"modified":"2014-03-06T10:50:52","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T17:50:52","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-mar-14-overlapping-sets-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-mar-14-overlapping-sets-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Mar 14): Overlapping Sets and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Foodmart customers regularly buy at least one of the following products: milk, chicken, or apples. 60% of shoppers buy milk, 50% buy chicken, and 35% buy apples. If 10% of the customers buy all 3 products, what percentage of Foodmart customers purchase exactly 2 of the above products?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 5%<br \/>\n(B) 10%<br \/>\n(C) 15%<br \/>\n(D) 25%<br \/>\n(E) 30%<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m03-74439.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\">e-GMAT\u2019s methods help non-natives improve on GMAT Verbal. $595 total savings @ GMAT Club. 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In response the report\u2019s authors granted that the critics had raised a valid point but explained that, to do anything at all, the program needed continued government funding, and that to get such funding the program first needed to regain a reputation for competence.<\/p>\n<p>The basic position taken by the report\u2019s authors on the criticism leveled against the report is that<\/p>\n<p>(A) addressing the critics\u2019 concern now would be premature<br \/>\n(B) the critics\u2019 motives are self-serving<br \/>\n(C) the notion of a coherent vision would be inappropriate to a program of the sort at issue<br \/>\n(D) the authors of the report are more knowledgeable than its critics<br \/>\n(E) giving the report a single focus is less desirable than the critics claim<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/a-recent-report-on-an-environmental-improvement-program-was-78646.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:\/\/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 (PS) Foodmart customers regularly buy at least one of the following products: milk, chicken, or apples. 60% of shoppers buy milk, 50% buy chicken, and 35% buy apples. 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