{"id":23753,"date":"2014-05-09T02:00:30","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T09:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=23753"},"modified":"2014-05-01T20:27:42","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T03:27:42","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-may-9-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-may-9-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (May 9): Arithmetic and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=a&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='a' title='a' class='latex' \/> , <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=b&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='b' title='b' class='latex' \/> , and <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=c&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='c' title='c' class='latex' \/> are integers. Is <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=abc+%3D+0&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='abc = 0' title='abc = 0' class='latex' \/> ?<\/p>\n<p>1. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=a%5E2+%3D+2a&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='a^2 = 2a' title='a^2 = 2a' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n2. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7Bb%7D%7Bc%7D+%3D+%5Cfrac%7B%28a%2Bb%29%5E2%7D%7Ba%5E2%2B2ab%2Bb%5E2%7D+-+1&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{b}{c} = \\frac{(a+b)^2}{a^2+2ab+b^2} - 1' title='\\frac{b}{c} = \\frac{(a+b)^2}{a^2+2ab+b^2} - 1' class='latex' \/> ( <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=a+%5Cne+-b&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='a \\ne -b' title='a \\ne -b' class='latex' \/> and <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=c+%5Cne+0&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='c \\ne 0' title='c \\ne 0' class='latex' \/> ) <\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m03-70290.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- B -<\/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. $654 total savings @ GMAT Club. 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The manager wants to ensure that standards of quality remain constant from week to week. The manager, therefore, suggests that the company reject 500 of the 2,000 light bulbs it produces each week.<\/p>\n<p>Of the following, the best criticism of the manager\u2019s plan is that the plan assumes that<\/p>\n<p>(A) light bulb manufacturers cannot market every light bulb that they produce<br \/>\n(B) the overall quality of the light bulbs would not be improved if the total number of light bulbs produced were reduced<br \/>\n(C) each light bulb that is reviewed is worthy of being reviewed<br \/>\n(D) it is difficult to judge the quality of a light bulb<br \/>\n(E) the 1,500 light bulbs that are accepted will be of the same quality from week to week<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/light-bulb-company-79612.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) , , and are integers. 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