{"id":24859,"date":"2014-07-21T02:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=24859"},"modified":"2014-07-17T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T05:00:00","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-july-21-combinations-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-july-21-combinations-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (July 21): Combinations and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Carly has 3 movies that she can watch during the weekend: 1 Action movie, 1 Comedy, and 1 Drama. However, she needs to watch the Drama 3 times. Assuming Carly has time for 5 movies and intends to watch all of them, in how many ways can she do so? <\/p>\n<p>(A) 6<br \/>\n(B) 20<br \/>\n(C) 24<br \/>\n(D) 60<br \/>\n(E) 120<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/ps-movies-m05q27-50926.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\">GMAT below 720? Let Aringo help you get accepted at top MBA Progams. 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