{"id":27927,"date":"2015-03-24T02:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T09:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=27927"},"modified":"2015-03-20T07:49:53","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T14:49:53","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-march-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-march-24\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (March 24)"},"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 consecutive integers (<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?x%20%5Cgt%20y\" alt=\"x \\gt y\" class=\"latex\">) and <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?x%5E2-1%20%5Cgt%20y%5E2-4y%2Bx-1\" alt=\"x^2-1 \\gt y^2-4y+x-1\" class=\"latex\">, then which of the following must be true?<\/p>\n<p>A.        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?y%20%5Cge%200\" alt=\"y \\ge 0\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nB.        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?y%20%5Cgt%200\" alt=\"y \\gt 0\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nC.        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?y%20%5Cgt%201\" alt=\"y \\gt 1\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nD.        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?y%20%5Cgt%207\" alt=\"y \\gt 7\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nE.        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?y%20%5Cgt%208\" alt=\"y \\gt 8\" class=\"latex\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m02-183556.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\">Manhattan GMAT: 99 percentile teachers and superior curriculum at a more affordable price. 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However, many newspaper editorials disagreed and suggested that the new publisher is more interested in boosting sales than in reporting important news events.<\/p>\n<p>Which of the following is an assumption necessary for the argument made by the gossip columnist\u2019s opponents?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The charitable activities of models and movie stars often focus public attention on pressing problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Final authority for choosing the cover subject of the magazine lies with the publisher.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A magazine can boost sales while highlighting the coverage of important world leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Some of the movie stars featured are now running for political office.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Magazine issues with models or movie stars on the covers are purchased at a rate more than three times greater than is the case with issues featuring politicians on the covers.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/assumption-revision-since-the-new-publisher-took-control-193668.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<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 If and are consecutive integers () and , then which of the following must be true? 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