{"id":23467,"date":"2014-04-10T02:00:30","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T09:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=23467"},"modified":"2014-04-04T22:32:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-05T05:32:56","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-apr-10-overlapping-sets-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-apr-10-overlapping-sets-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Apr 10): Overlapping Sets and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a certain office 25% of the computers are equipped with built-in modems and infra-red ports. What percentage of the computers are not equipped with either of these devices?<\/p>\n<p>1. Half of the computers that are equipped with built-in modems do not have infra-red ports<br \/>\n2. 35% of all computers are equipped with infra-red ports but do not have built-in modems<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m11-74398.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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Yet fasting is not used to treat water retention even though the conventional medications often has serious side effects.<\/p>\n<p>Which of the following, if true, best explains the fact that fasting is not used as a treatment for water retention?<\/p>\n<p>(A) For a small percentage of patients with water retention, fasting induces a temporary sense of nausea<br \/>\n(B) Getting patients with water retention to fast regularly is more difficult than getting healthy patients to do so.<br \/>\n(C) Fasting regularly over a long period of time can lead to temporary impairment of balance comparable to that induced by consuming several ounces of alcohol.<br \/>\n(D) The dramatic shifts in water retention connected with fasting have not been traced to particular changes in brain chemistry.<br \/>\n(E) The water retention returns in full force as soon as the fast is broken by even a small meal.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/according-to-a-review-of-38-studies-of-patients-suffering-78834.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<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 (DS) In a certain office 25% of the computers are equipped with built-in modems and infra-red ports. 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