{"id":3124,"date":"2010-05-10T03:00:23","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=3124"},"modified":"2010-05-10T00:59:54","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T08:59:54","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-may-10-algebra-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-may-10-algebra-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (May 10): Algebra and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What is the value of <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=p%5E3+-+q%5E3&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='p^3 - q^3' title='p^3 - q^3' class='latex' \/> ?<\/p>\n<p>   1. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=p+-+q+%3D+0&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='p - q = 0' title='p - q = 0' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n   2. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=p+%2B+q+%3D+0&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='p + q = 0' title='p + q = 0' class='latex' \/> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m01-74454.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (CR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Excavation of the ancient city of Kourion on the island of Cyprus revealed a pattern of debris and collapsed buildings typical of towns devastated by earthquakes. Archaeologists have hypothesized that the destruction was due to a major earthquake known to have occurred near the island in A.D. 365.<\/p>\n<p>Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the archaeologists' hypothesis?<\/p>\n<p>(A) Bronze ceremonial drinking vessels that are often found in graves dating from years preceding and following A.D. 365 were also found in several graves near Kourion.<br \/>\n(B) No coins minted after A.D. 365 were found in Kourion, but coins minted before that year were found in abundance.<br \/>\n(C) Most modern histories of Cyprus mention that an earthquake occurred near the island in A.D. 365.<br \/>\n(D) Several small statues carved in styles current in Cyprus in the century between A.D. 300 and 400 were found in Kourion.<br \/>\n(E) Stone inscriptions in a form of the Greek alphabet that was definitely used in Cyrpus after A.D. 365 were found in Kourion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/critical-reasoning-problem-earthquakes-79679.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (DS) What is the value of ? 1. 2. OA and Explanation Verbal (CR) Excavation of the ancient city of Kourion on the island of Cyprus revealed a pattern&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gmat-tests","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3124"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3132,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124\/revisions\/3132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}