{"id":27925,"date":"2015-03-23T02:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=27925"},"modified":"2015-03-20T07:43:59","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T14:43:59","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-march-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-march-23\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (March 23)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andy, George and Sally are a team of consultants working on Project Alpha. They have an eight hour deadline to complete the project. The team members work at constant rates throughout the eight hour period. If the team of three has to begin work now and no one else can work on this project, will Project Alpha be completed by the deadline?<\/p>\n<p>(1) Sally can finish the project alone in <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?4k%2B7\" alt=\"4k+7\" class=\"latex\"> hours, where <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?k\" alt=\"k\" class=\"latex\"> is a positive integer with a minimum value of 1 and a maximum value of 5.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Working alone, George will take <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?2k%2B1\" alt=\"2k+1\" class=\"latex\"> hours and Andy will take <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?3%2B2k\" alt=\"3+2k\" class=\"latex\"> hours, where <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?k\" alt=\"k\" class=\"latex\"> is a positive integer with a minimum value of 1 and a maximum value of 5<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m02-183555.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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