{"id":27934,"date":"2015-03-26T02:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T09:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=27934"},"modified":"2015-03-20T13:01:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T20:01:41","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-march-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-march-26\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (March 26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Town X, <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?%5Cfrac%7B2%7D%7B3%7D\" alt=\"\\frac{2}{3}\" class=\"latex\"> of the males and <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B5%7D\" alt=\"\\frac{3}{5}\" class=\"latex\"> of the females speak Spanish. If the ratio of females to males in the town is 2:3, what percentage of the total population in Town X speaks Spanish?<\/p>\n<p>A. 36%<br \/>\nB. 40%<br \/>\nC. 48%<br \/>\nD. 64%<br \/>\nE. 73%<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m02-183558.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- D -<\/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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The researchers\u2019 hypothesis is based on which of the following assumptions?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Delta-32 does not prevent a carrier from contracting any disease other than the Plague.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Plague is not similar to other diseases caused by bacteria.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Delta-32 did not exist in its current form until the sixteenth century.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 No one who tested positive for Delta-32 has ever contracted a disease caused by bacteria.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Plague does not cause genetic mutations such as Delta-32.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/assumption-revision-researchers-studying-the-spread-193613.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#fff\">- E -<\/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 In Town X, of the males and of the females speak Spanish. 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