{"id":32685,"date":"2016-04-15T02:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=32685"},"modified":"2016-04-09T11:22:55","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T18:22:55","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-april-15-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-april-15-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (April 15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If in the picture below, the arc is a quarter of a circle and <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?OABC\" alt=\"OABC\" class=\"latex\"> is a rectangle, what is <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?AC\" alt=\"AC\" class=\"latex\">?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/tests-beta\/resources\/import\/img\/m09-37.gif\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?5%5Csqrt%7B2%7D\" alt=\"5\\sqrt{2}\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nB. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?7%5Csqrt%7B2%7D\" alt=\"7\\sqrt{2}\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nC. 10<br \/>\nD. 12<br \/>\nE. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?9%5Csqrt%7B2%7D\" alt=\"9\\sqrt{2}\" class=\"latex\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m09-183845.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color: #fff; color: #fff;\">- C\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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In the ensuing months, Friendly\u2019s total share of the market fell to 4 percent, even though its monthly sales volume remained at the same level it had reached just prior to the enactment of regulation X.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the following, in conjunction with the information presented above, could be true EXCEPT:<\/p>\n<p>(1) All other computer retailers experienced a drop in their sales volume during the four-month period following the enactment of regulation X.<\/p>\n<p>(2) All other computer companies lost some market share during the four-month period prior to the enactment of regulation X.<\/p>\n<p>(3) The enactment of regulation X provided the Friendly chain\u2019s competitors with an advantage they did not previously have.<\/p>\n<p>(4) The enactment of regulation X did not provide the Friendly chain\u2019s competitors with an advantage they did not previously have; other dramatic changes in other market forces caused the decline in the Friendly chain\u2019s market share.<\/p>\n<p>(5) In the period following the enactment of regulation X, many new computer retailers that specialized in low-budget computers entered the <a class=\"th23autolinks postlink-local\" title=\"Look up details\" href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/marketplace\/\">marketplace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/over-an-eleven-month-period-during-which-national-retail-co-96396.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Correct Answer<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color: #fff; color: #fff;\">- D-<\/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 If in the picture below, the arc is a quarter of a circle and is a rectangle, what is ? 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