{"id":24011,"date":"2014-05-26T02:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=24011"},"modified":"2014-05-23T20:17:10","modified_gmt":"2014-05-24T03:17:10","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-may-26-geometry-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-may-26-geometry-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (May 26): Geometry and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Water evaporates at the rate of two liters per hour per one square meter of surface. How long will it take to evaporate 30 liters of water from a swimming pool full of water with vertical walls and a flat bottom that holds 56 cubic meters of water?<\/p>\n<p>1. The depth of the pool is 2 meters<br \/>\n2. The pool is circular with a radius of 3 meters<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/ds-water-evaporates-at-the-rate-of-two-liters-m07q26-75699.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\">GMAT below 720? Let Aringo help you get accepted at top MBA Progams. 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On average, each teenager spends just as much as the average adult does, and we have far more new customers than we have lost over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>The store manager responds to the owner by<\/p>\n<p>(A) questioning the veracity of owner\u2019s evidence<br \/>\n(B) arguing that it would be difficult to implement the owner\u2019s directive<br \/>\n(C) offering new evidence implying that the status quo is not incompatible with the owner\u2019s goal<br \/>\n(D) demonstrating that the average teenage customer is as profitable as the average adult customer<br \/>\n(E) offering new evidence refuting that presented by the owner <\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-store-manager-64286.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<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) Water evaporates at the rate of two liters per hour per one square meter of surface. 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