{"id":31720,"date":"2016-01-05T02:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=31720"},"modified":"2016-01-03T21:08:34","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T04:08:34","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-january-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-january-5\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (January 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The price of a certain commodity increased at a rate of <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?X\" alt=\"X\" class=\"latex\">% per year between 2000 and 2004. If the price was <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?M\" alt=\"M\" class=\"latex\"> dollars in 2001 and <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?N\" alt=\"N\" class=\"latex\"> dollars in 2003, what was the price in 2002 in terms of <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?M\" alt=\"M\" class=\"latex\"> and <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?N\" alt=\"N\" class=\"latex\">?<\/p>\n<p>A. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?%5Csqrt%7BMN%7D\" alt=\"\\sqrt{MN}\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nB. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?N%5Csqrt%7B%5Cfrac%7BN%7D%7BM%7D%7D\" alt=\"N\\sqrt{\\frac{N}{M}}\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nC. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?N%5Csqrt%7BM%7D\" alt=\"N\\sqrt{M}\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nD. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?N%5Cfrac%7BM%7D%7B%5Csqrt%7BN%7D%7D\" alt=\"N\\frac{M}{\\sqrt{N}}\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nE. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?NM%5E%7B%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B2%7D%7D\" alt=\"NM^{\\frac{3}{2}}\" class=\"latex\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m08-183772.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<div><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<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;\">e-GMAT\u2019s methods help non-natives improve on GMAT Verbal. $400 total savings @ GMAT Club. 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