{"id":26933,"date":"2015-01-01T08:42:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T15:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=26933"},"modified":"2015-01-01T08:42:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T15:42:40","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-jan-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-jan-1\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Jan 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How many liters of pure alcohol must be added to a 40-liter solution that is 10% alcohol by volume in order to double the alcohol proportion? <\/p>\n<p>A. 4<br \/>\nB. 5<br \/>\nC. 10<br \/>\nD. 20<br \/>\nE. 40<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/d01-183492.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\">Veritas Prep has worked  with over 50K students at over 90 locations worldwide.  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Obviously, the mayor\u2019s publicity campaign has convinced many people to leave their cars at home and ride the bus to work..<\/p>\n<p>Which of the following, if true, casts the most serious doubt on the conclusion drawn above?<\/p>\n<p>(A) Fares for all bus routes in Greenville have risen an average of five percent during the past six months.<br \/>\n(B) The mayor of Greenville rides the bus to City Hall in the city\u2019s midtown area.<br \/>\n(C) Road reconstruction has greatly reduced the number of lanes available to commuters in major streets leading to the midtown area during the past six months.<br \/>\n(D) The number of buses entering the midtown area of Greenville during the morning hours is exactly the same now as it was one year ago.<br \/>\n(E) Surveys show that longtime bus riders are no more satisfied with the Greenville bus service than they were before the mayor\u2019s publicity campaign began<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/since-the-mayor-s-publicity-campaign-for-greenville-s-bus-131528.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- C -<\/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 How many liters of pure alcohol must be added to a 40-liter solution that is 10% alcohol by volume in order to double the alcohol proportion? 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