{"id":29891,"date":"2015-08-14T02:00:24","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=29891"},"modified":"2015-07-31T19:31:13","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T02:31:13","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-august-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-august-14\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (August 14)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?xm%20%5Cnot%3D%200\" alt=\"xm \\not= 0\" class=\"latex\">, what is the product of <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?A\" alt=\"A\" class=\"latex\"> and <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?B\" alt=\"B\" class=\"latex\">?<br \/>\n(1) <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?A%20%3D%20%5Cfrac%7B2%7D%7Bxm%7D\" alt=\"A = \\frac{2}{xm}\" class=\"latex\"><\/p>\n<p>(2) <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?B%20%3D%2024xm\" alt=\"B = 24xm\" class=\"latex\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m05-183661.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color: #fff; color: #fff;\">- C -<\/span> (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #8db3e2; border-top: 4px solid #000000; border-bottom: 4px solid #000000; padding: 5px; margin-left: 20px; font-size: 15px; font-family: Gergia,serif; font-weight: bold;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 19px; color: #ffffff; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px;\">GMAT Daily Deals<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: #ffffff; list-style-type: disc;\">GMAT below 720? 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If the jacket is monochrome, the suspenders have exactly two colors. If the suspenders are monochrome, then the jacket has exactly three colors. I always make sure that the jacket and the suspenders share exactly one color.<\/p>\n<p>Which of the following must be true, on the basis of the statements above?<\/p>\n<p>A) The costume must not contain exactly four colors.<br \/>\nB) The costume must not contain exactly three colors.<br \/>\nC) The costume must not contain exactly two colors.<br \/>\nD) The tweed jacket must be monochromatic.<br \/>\nE) The suspenders must be monochromatic.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/birthday-clown-at-any-party-where-i-perform-my-costume-consists-of-201782.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color: #fff; color: #fff;\">- A\u00a0-<\/span> (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)<\/div>\n<p><strong>Like these questions?<\/strong> Get the GMAT Club question collection: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/inference-revision-government-restrictions-have-severely-limited-193148.html\">on your Kindle<\/a> OR <a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=PJTlq5NYqfE&amp;offerid=146261&amp;type=3&amp;subid=blog&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;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 , what is the product of and ? 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