{"id":27860,"date":"2015-03-18T02:00:28","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=27860"},"modified":"2015-03-15T21:14:17","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T04:14:17","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-march-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-march-18\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (March 18)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the past <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?k\" alt=\"k\" class=\"latex\"> days the average (arithmetic mean) number of cupcakes baked by Liv was 55 per day. Today Bibi helped Liv and together they baked 100 cupcakes, which raised the average to 60 cupcakes per day. What is the value of <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?k\" alt=\"k\" class=\"latex\">?<\/p>\n<p>A. 8<br \/>\nB. 9<br \/>\nC. 10<br \/>\nD. 12<br \/>\nE. 13<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m02-183552.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- A -<\/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\">Over 4 M students achieved educational & career goals thanks to Kaplan\u2019s unparalleled test prep courses. 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