{"id":30505,"date":"2015-09-16T02:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=30505"},"modified":"2015-09-13T20:53:26","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T03:53:26","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-september-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-september-16\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (September 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A candy factory manufactures various types of candy: 30% are dark chocolate, 25% are milk chocolate, 20% taffy, 5% caramel, and the rest are cream. Due to a hardware failure, all of the candy are mixed and dispatched into boxes holding 20 individually wrapped pieces of candy each. If 80 boxes are packed before the failure is caught, what is the maximum number of candy pieces a quality control inspector can open to get a taffy candy?<\/p>\n<p>A. 61<br \/>\nB. 120<br \/>\nC. 800<br \/>\nD. 1281<br \/>\nE. 1321<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m05-183684.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color: #fff; color: #fff;\">- D\u00a0-<\/span> (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)<\/div>\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;\">Veritas Prep has worked with over 50K students at over 90 locations worldwide. 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