{"id":30833,"date":"2015-10-16T02:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T09:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=30833"},"modified":"2015-10-11T13:40:02","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T20:40:02","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-october-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-october-16\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (October 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?g\" alt=\"g\" class=\"latex\"> is an integer what is the value of <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?%28-1%29%5E%7Bg%5E4%20-%201%7D\" alt=\"(-1)^{g^4 - 1}\" class=\"latex\">?<br \/>\n(1) <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?g%5E2%20%5Clt%201\" alt=\"g^2 \\lt 1\" class=\"latex\"><\/p>\n<p>(2) <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?g%5E2%2B2g%3D0\" alt=\"g^2+2g=0\" class=\"latex\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m06-183701.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)<\/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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The evidence of this explosion is that of the 70 or so professional opera companies currently active in North America,45 were founded over the course of the last 30 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The reasoning above assumes which one of the following?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>a) All of the 70 professional opera companies are commercially viable options.<\/p>\n<p>b) There were fewer than 45 professional opera companies that had been active 30 years ago and that ceased operations during the last 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>c) There has not been a corresponding increase in the number of professional companies devoted to other performing arts.<\/p>\n<p>d) The size of the average audience at performances by professional opera companies has increased over the past three decades.<\/p>\n<p>e) The 45 most recently founded companies were all established as a result of enthusiasm on the part of a potential audience.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/in-north-america-there-has-been-an-explosion-of-public-132612.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)<\/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 is an integer what is the value of ? 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