{"id":41974,"date":"2018-06-07T02:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=41974"},"modified":"2018-06-04T07:45:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T14:45:52","slug":"question-of-the-day-june-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/question-of-the-day-june-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Question of the Day (June 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Quant<\/h2>\n<p>A sphere is inscribed in a cube with an edge of <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?x\" alt=\"x\" class=\"latex\"> centimeters. In terms of x what is the shortest possible distance from one of the vertices of the cube to the surface of the sphere?<\/p>\n<p>A. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?x%28%5Csqrt%7B3%7D-1%29\" alt=\"x(\\sqrt{3}-1)\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nB. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?%5Cfrac%7Bx%7D%7B2%7D\" alt=\"\\frac{x}{2}\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nC. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?x%28%5Csqrt%7B2%7D-1%29\" alt=\"x(\\sqrt{2}-1)\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nD. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?%5Cfrac%7Bx%7D%7B2%7D%28%5Csqrt%7B3%7D-1%29\" alt=\"\\frac{x}{2}(\\sqrt{3}-1)\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nE. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?%5Cfrac%7Bx%7D%7B2%7D%28%5Csqrt%7B2%7D-1%29\" alt=\"\\frac{x}{2}(\\sqrt{2}-1)\" class=\"latex\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m25-184410.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Correct Answer<\/strong>\u00a0- <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">D<\/span>\u00a0-\u00a0(click and drag your mouse to see the answer)<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Verbal<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Environmentalist:<\/strong> The use of snowmobiles in the vast park north of Milville creates unacceptable levels of air pollution and should be banned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Milville business spokesperson:<\/strong> Snowmobiling brings many out-of-towners to Milville in winter months, to the great financial benefit of many local residents. So, economics dictate that we put up with the pollution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Environmentalist:<\/strong> I disagree: A great many cross-country skiers are now kept from visiting Milville by the noise and pollution that snowmobiles generate.<\/p>\n<p>Environmentalist responds to the business spokesperson by doing which of the following?<\/p>\n<p>A) Challenging an assumption that certain desirable outcome can derive from only one set of circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>B) Challenging an assumption that certain desirable outcome is outweighed by negative aspects associated with producing that outcome.<\/p>\n<p>C) Maintaining that the benefit that the spokesperson desires could be achieved in greater degree by a different means.<\/p>\n<p>D) Claiming that the spokesperson is deliberately misrepresenting the environmentalist\u2019s position in order to be better able to attack it.<\/p>\n<p>E) Denying that an effect that the spokesperson presents as having benefited a certain group of people actually benefited those people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/qotd-the-use-of-snowmobiles-in-the-vast-park-north-of-milville-239875.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Correct Answer<\/strong>\u00a0- <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">B<\/span>\u00a0-\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 CAT\u2019s<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quant A sphere is inscribed in a cube with an edge of centimeters. 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