{"id":40964,"date":"2018-03-07T02:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=40964"},"modified":"2018-03-06T18:26:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T01:26:37","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-march-7-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-march-7-3\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (March 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Working together, printer A and printer B could finish a task in 24 minutes. If printer A alone could finish the task in 60 minutes, how many pages does the task contain if printer B prints 5 pages a minute more than printer A ?<\/p>\n<p>A. 600<br \/>\nB. 800<br \/>\nC. 1000<br \/>\nD. 1200<br \/>\nE. 1500<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m23-184344.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Correct Answer<\/strong>\u00a0- <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">A<\/span>\u00a0-\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 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}\">A certain mayor has proposed a fee of five dollars per day on private vehicles entering the city, claiming that the fee will alleviate the city's traffic congestion. The mayor reasons that, since the fee will exceed the cost of round-trip bus fare from many nearby points, many people will switch from using their cars to using the bus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which of the following statements, if true, provides the best evidence that the mayor's reasoning is flawed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(A) Projected increases in the price of gasoline will increase the cost of taking private vehicle into the city.<\/p>\n<p>(B) The cost of parking fees already makes it considerable more expensive for most people to take a private vehicle into the city than to take a bus.<\/p>\n<p>(C) Most of the people currently riding the bus do not own private vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>(D) Many commuters opposing the mayor's plan have indicated that they would rather endure traffic congestion than pay a five dollar per day fee.<\/p>\n<p>(E) During the average workday, private vehicles owned and operated by people living within the city account for twenty percent of the city's traffic congestion.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/qotd-a-certain-mayor-has-proposed-a-fee-of-five-dollars-260885.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Correct Answer<\/strong>\u00a0- <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">B\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 Working together, printer A and printer B could finish a task in 24 minutes. 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