{"id":26804,"date":"2014-12-23T02:00:02","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=26804"},"modified":"2014-12-21T21:13:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T04:13:32","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-dec-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-dec-23\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Dec 23)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A bus leaves city <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?M\" alt=\"M\" class=\"latex\"> and travels to city <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?N\" alt=\"N\" class=\"latex\"> at a constant speed, at the same time another bus leaves city <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?N\" alt=\"N\" class=\"latex\"> and travels to city <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?M\" alt=\"M\" class=\"latex\"> at the same constant speed. After driving for 2 hours they meet at point <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?P\" alt=\"P\" class=\"latex\">. The following day the buses do the return trip at the same constant speed. One bus is delayed 24 minutes and the other leaves 36 minutes earlier. If they meet 24 miles from point <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?P\" alt=\"P\" class=\"latex\">, what is the distance between the two cities?<\/p>\n<p>A. 48<br \/>\nB. 72<br \/>\nC. 96<br \/>\nD. 120<br \/>\nE. 192<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/d01-183485.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<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\">Manhattan GMAT: 99 percentile teachers and superior curriculum at a more affordable price. 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