{"id":25853,"date":"2014-10-17T02:00:26","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=25853"},"modified":"2014-10-12T21:17:32","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T04:17:32","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-17\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Oct 17)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ratio of the number of employees of three companies X, Y and Z is 3:4:8, respectively. Is the average age of all employees in these companies less than 40 years?<\/p>\n<p>(1) The total age of all the employees in these companies is 600.<\/p>\n<p>(2) The average age employees in X, Y, and Z, is 40, 20, and 50, respectively.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m25-184420.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. $400 total savings @ GMAT Club. 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This is a specious<br \/>\nargument, as unsound as it would be to assert that the ever-increasing rate at which rain forests are being cut<br \/>\ndown demonstrates a lack of danger to that resource. The real cause of the increased fish-catch is a greater<br \/>\nefficiency in using technologies that deplete resources.<br \/>\nThe environmentalist's statements, if true, best support which of the following as a conclusion?<br \/>\n(A) The use of technology is the reason for the increasing encroachment of people on nature.<br \/>\n(8) It is possible to determine how many fish are in the sea in some way other than by catching fish.<br \/>\n(C) The proportion of marine fish that are caught is as high as the proportion of rain forest trees that are cut<br \/>\ndown each year.<br \/>\n(D) Modern technologies waste resources by catching inedible fish.<br \/>\n(E) Marine fish continue to be an endangered resource.<\/p>\n<p>Again not satisfied with the explanation from OG please can some one try?<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/environmentalist-the-commissioner-of-the-fish-and-game-88326.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:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fentity%2FGMAT-Club%2FB0048PPF3U%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dntt_athr_dp_pel_1&tag=gmatclub-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957\">on your Kindle<\/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 The ratio of the number of employees of three companies X, Y and Z is 3:4:8, respectively. 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