{"id":27856,"date":"2015-03-16T02:00:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T09:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=27856"},"modified":"2015-03-15T20:51:20","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T03:51:20","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-march-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-march-16\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (March 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?x\" alt=\"x\" class=\"latex\"> and <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?y\" alt=\"y\" class=\"latex\"> are positive integers, is <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?x%5E%7B16%7D%20-%20y%5E8%20%2B%20345y%5E2\" alt=\"x^{16} - y^8 + 345y^2\" class=\"latex\"> divisible by 15?<\/p>\n<p>(1) <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?x\" alt=\"x\" class=\"latex\"> is a multiple of 25, and <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?y\" alt=\"y\" class=\"latex\"> is a multiple of 20<\/p>\n<p>(2)        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?y%20%3D%20x%5E2\" alt=\"y = x^2\" class=\"latex\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m02-183550.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\">GMAT below 720? 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Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Unemployment rates are not useful indicators of growth and prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Economic growth cannot be measured in terms of productivity.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Legislation has not been recently passed to make legal bankruptcy easier to obtain.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 There has not been an increase in the number of bankruptcy lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The media often misrepresent the current state of economic affairs.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/assumption-revision-the-media-claim-that-the-economy-is-entering-193671.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\/forum\/inference-revision-government-restrictions-have-severely-limited-193148.html\">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 and are positive integers, is divisible by 15? 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