{"id":32768,"date":"2016-04-21T02:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T09:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=32768"},"modified":"2016-04-17T19:26:52","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T02:26:52","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-april-21-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-april-21-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (April 21)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A steamer going upstream would cover the distance between town A and town B in 4 hours and 30 minutes. 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