{"id":2474,"date":"2010-02-26T03:00:24","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=2474"},"modified":"2010-02-26T03:15:42","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T11:15:42","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-feb-26-probability-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-feb-26-probability-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Feb 26): Probability and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the break of a football match the coach will make 3 substitutions. If the team consists of 11 players among which there are 2 forwards, what is the probability that none of the forwards will be substituted?<\/p>\n<p>(A) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B21%7D%7B55%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{21}{55}' title='\\frac{21}{55}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(B) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B18%7D%7B44%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{18}{44}' title='\\frac{18}{44}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(C) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B28%7D%7B55%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{28}{55}' title='\\frac{28}{55}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(D) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B28%7D%7B44%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{28}{44}' title='\\frac{28}{44}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(E) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B36%7D%7B55%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{36}{55}' title='\\frac{36}{55}' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m13-q10-76118.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (CR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement: The world\u2019s best coffee beans come from Colombia. The more Colombian beans in a blend of coffee, the better the blend, and no company purchases more Colombian beans than Kreemo Coffee. Inc. So it only stands to reason that if you buy a can of Kreemo\u2019s coffee, you\u2019re buying the best blended coffee available today. <\/p>\n<p>The reasoning of the argument in the advertisement is flawed because it overlooks the possibility that <\/p>\n<p>(A) the equipment used by Kreemo to blend and  package its coffee is no different from that  used by most other coffee producers<br \/>\n(B) not all of Kreemo\u2019s competitors use Colombian coffee beans in the blends of coffee they sell<br \/>\n(C) Kreemo sells more coffee than does any other company<br \/>\n(D) Kreemo\u2019s coffee is the most expensive blended coffee available today<br \/>\n(E) the best unblended coffee is better than the best blended coffee<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-blend-it-well-77609.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (PS) During the break of a football match the coach will make 3 substitutions. If the team consists of 11 players among which there are 2 forwards, what is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gmat-tests","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2474"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2477,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474\/revisions\/2477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}