{"id":26811,"date":"2014-12-25T02:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T09:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=26811"},"modified":"2014-12-21T21:21:55","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T04:21:55","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-dec-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-dec-25\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Dec 25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A cook went to a market to buy some eggs and paid $12. But since the eggs were quite small, he talked the seller into adding two more eggs, free of charge. As the two eggs were added, the price per dozen went down by a dollar. How many eggs did the cook bring home from the market?<\/p>\n<p>A. 8<br \/>\nB. 12<br \/>\nC. 15<br \/>\nD. 16<br \/>\nE. 18<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/d01-183487.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\">Veritas Prep has worked  with over 50K students at over 90 locations worldwide.  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