{"id":29878,"date":"2015-08-06T02:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=29878"},"modified":"2015-07-31T19:19:23","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T02:19:23","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-august-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-august-6\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (August 6)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the office supply store, Brittany bought 17 pens of three kinds: ball pens, gel pens, and ink pens, which cost $0.05, $0.10 and $0.25 each. The total that Brittany paid was $2.05. 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