{"id":31917,"date":"2016-01-28T02:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=31917"},"modified":"2016-01-24T21:35:22","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T04:35:22","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-january-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-january-28\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (January 28)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A man cycling along the road noticed that every 12 minutes a bus overtakes him and every 4 minutes he meets an oncoming bus. If all buses and the cyclist move at a constant speed, what is the time interval between consecutive buses?<\/p>\n<p>A. 5 minutes<br \/>\nB. 6 minutes<br \/>\nC. 8 minutes<br \/>\nD. 9 minutes<br \/>\nE. 10 minutes<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m08-183789.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color: #fff; color: #fff;\">- B\u00a0-<\/span>\u00a0(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;\">Manhattan GMAT: 99 percentile teachers and superior curriculum at a more affordable price. 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Sign up for\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=PJTlq5NYqfE&amp;subid=&amp;offerid=216481.1&amp;type=10&amp;tmpid=9961&amp;RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kaptest.com%2Fgmat%2Fgmat-practice%2Ffree-gmat-practice-question-a-day\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><u>Kaplan's Free Question a Day<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Verbal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Belmont Industries submitted a proposal to Arkland\u2019s head provincial administrator, recommending the company\u2019s thin salt-layer spray, which can be applied to city streets to make deicing and snow-removal considerably more efficient. However, the provincial administrator is likely to recommend that Belmont\u2019s spray not be implemented in its road-maintenance program because the spray would add to the already strained provincial seasonal road-maintenance budget.<\/p>\n<p>Which one of the following is assumed by Arkland\u2019s provincial administrator?<\/p>\n<p>\u24b6 Belmont\u2019s salt-layer spray does not provide any benefits other than for deicing and snow-removal.<br \/>\n\u24b7 Adding agents other than Belmont\u2019s salt-layer spray are likely to cost the province even more.<br \/>\n\u24b8 Arkland\u2019s winters typically stay within a narrow temperature range from winter to winter, but snowfall can vary considerably.<br \/>\n\u24b9 Funds saved from implementation of Belmont\u2019s salt-layer spray would not exceed the cost associated with the spray's implementation.<br \/>\n\u24ba Arkland\u2019s current deicing and snow-removal program does not already utilize the least expensive of available alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-assumption-series-1-belmont-industries-199381.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color: #fff; color: #fff;\">- D\u00a0-<\/span> (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Like these questions?<\/strong> Get the GMAT Club question collection: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/tests\/\">online at GMAT Club<\/a> OR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fentity%2FGMAT-Club%2FB0048PPF3U%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dntt_athr_dp_pel_1&amp;tag=gmatclub-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\">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 A man cycling along the road noticed that every 12 minutes a bus overtakes him and every 4 minutes he meets an oncoming bus. 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