{"id":25885,"date":"2014-10-20T02:00:03","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=25885"},"modified":"2014-10-18T15:23:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-18T22:23:15","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-20\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Oct 20)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/m01-21.gif\" alt=\"m01-21\" title=\"m01-21\" width=\"319\" height=\"193\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/m01-21.gif 319w, https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/m01-21-300x181.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If equation <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?%7C%5Cfrac%7Bx%7D%7B2%7D%7C%20%2B%20%7C%5Cfrac%7By%7D%7B2%7D%7C%20%3D%205\" alt=\"|\\frac{x}{2}| + |\\frac{y}{2}| = 5\" class=\"latex\"> encloses a certain region on the coordinate plane, what is the area of this region?<\/p>\n<p>A. 20<br \/>\nB. 50<br \/>\nC. 100<br \/>\nD. 200<br \/>\nE. 400<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m25-184421.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. GMAT Club Special = 30% off! <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/aringo-discounts-via-gmat-club\/?fl=twitter\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"> <u>Save today!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Amerasia Consulting: 10% off OR sign up for 3 schools and get a 4th free thru GMAT Club. Sign up now. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/amerasia-consulting-group-save-via-gmat-club\/?fl=twitter\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"> <u>Learn more!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 0px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Stratus Prep has served clients from across the country and around the globe. Save up to $500 @ GMAT Club.<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/stratus-prep-discount\/?fl=twitter\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"> <u>Learn more!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When demand for a factory's products is high, more money is spent at the factory for safety precautions and machinery maintenance than when demand is low. Thus the average number of on-the-job accidents per employee each month should be lower during periods when demand is high than when demand is low and less money is available for safety precautions and machinery maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Which of the following, if true about a factory when demand for its products is high, casts the most serious doubt on the conclusion drawn above?<\/p>\n<p>(A) Its employees ask for higher wages than they do at other times.<br \/>\n(B) Its management hires new workers but lacks the time to train them properly.<br \/>\n(C) Its employees are less likely to lose their jobs than they are at other times.<br \/>\n(D) Its management sponsors a monthly safety award for each division in the factory.<br \/>\n(E) Its old machinery is replaced with modern, automated models.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/when-demand-for-a-factory-s-products-is-high-more-money-is-136005.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<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 If equation encloses a certain region on the coordinate plane, what is the area of this region? A. 20 B. 50 C. 100 D. 200 E. 400 Question Discussion&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gmat-tests","category-gmat","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25885","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\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25885"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25887,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25885\/revisions\/25887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}