{"id":40790,"date":"2018-02-19T02:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T09:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=40790"},"modified":"2018-02-19T00:34:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T07:34:06","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-february-19-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-february-19-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (February 19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For every dollar Jim earns, Joan earns $1.5 and for every two dollars Joan earns, Sam earns $1.6. If Sam earned $300, how much did Jim earn?<\/p>\n<p>A. $180<br \/>\nB. $220<br \/>\nC. $250<br \/>\nD. $270<br \/>\nE. $300<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m03-184332.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong>\u00a0- <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">C<\/span> -\u00a0(click and drag your mouse to see the answer)<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/zw9oYW\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/MathRevQoDbanner728x90.jpg\" alt=\"Math Revolution\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Supporters of tax breaks that local governments award to businesses each year to prevent them from moving consider them vital economic development tools<\/span>\u00a0while critics denounce the tax breaks as corporate welfare that helps some localities but weakens the national economy.<\/p>\n<p>A. Supporters of tax breaks that local governments award to businesses each year to prevent them from moving consider them vital economic development tools<\/p>\n<p>B. Supporters consider tax breaks that local governments award businesses each year to prevent them from moving to be vital economic development tools<\/p>\n<p>C. Supporters of tax breaks that local governments award businesses each year to prevent them from moving consider them vital economic development tools<\/p>\n<p>D. Supporters consider tax breaks that local governments award businesses each year to prevent them from moving vital economic development tools<\/p>\n<p>E. Supporters of tax breaks that local governments award businesses each year to prevent them from moving consider the tax breaks to be vital economic development tools<\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;According to scholars, the earliest writing was probably not a direct rendering of speech, but was more likely to begin as a separate and distinct symbolic system of communication, and only later merged with spoken language.\\n\\n(A) was more likely to begin as\\n(B) more than likely began as\\n(C) more than likely beginning from\\n(D) it was more than likely begun from\\n(E) it was more likely that it began\\n\\nOA: B&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:[null,0],&quot;12&quot;:0}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/pronoun-revision-supporters-of-tax-breaks-that-193857.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Correct Answer<\/strong>\u00a0- <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">D\u00a0<\/span>-\u00a0(click and drag your mouse to see the answer)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Like these questions?<\/strong>\u00a0Get the\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/tests-beta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/tests-beta\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1494346763458000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGPuQLeF_71bLsXGDQ7KbNaq3jUAA\">GMAT Club Quizzes and CAT\u2019s<\/a><\/b><\/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>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=GMAT-Question-of-the-day&amp;loc=en_US\">E-mail<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/GMAT-Question-of-the-day\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math &nbsp; For every dollar Jim earns, Joan earns $1.5 and for every two dollars Joan earns, Sam earns $1.6. If Sam earned $300, how much did Jim earn? 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