{"id":4218,"date":"2010-08-26T03:00:22","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=4218"},"modified":"2010-08-26T05:43:08","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T13:43:08","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-aug-26-word-problem-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-aug-26-word-problem-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Aug 26): Word Problem and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Comet A is seen near the Earth every 12 years while comet B every 20 years. If both comets were observed in 1979, for how many years do we have to wait to see the two comets together again? (Assume now is 2004)<\/p>\n<p>(A) 16<br \/>\n(B) 20<br \/>\n(C) 25<br \/>\n(D) 32<br \/>\n(E) 35<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m08-72360.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (CR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Choi: All other factors being equal, children whose parents earned doctorates are more likely to earn a doctorate than children whose parents did not earn doctorates.<br \/>\nHart: But consider this: Over 70 percent of all doctorate holders do not have a parent that also holds a doctorate.<\/p>\n<p>Which of the following is the most accurate evaluation of Hart's reply?<\/p>\n<p>(A) It establishes that Choi's claim is an exaggeration.<br \/>\n(B) If true, it effectively demonstrates that Choi's claim cannot be accurate.<br \/>\n(C) It is consistent with Choi's claim.<br \/>\n(D) It provides alternative reasons for accepting Choi's claim.<br \/>\n(E) It mistakes what is necessary for an event with what is sufficient to determine that the event will occur.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-diologue-very-hard-67450.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (PS) Comet A is seen near the Earth every 12 years while comet B every 20 years. If both comets were observed in 1979, for how many years do&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gmat-tests","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4218"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4220,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4218\/revisions\/4220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}