{"id":43020,"date":"2018-08-17T02:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=43020"},"modified":"2018-08-12T14:43:53","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T21:43:53","slug":"question-of-the-day-august-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/question-of-the-day-august-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Question of the Day (August 17)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Quant<\/h2>\n<p>A pool has two water pumps A and B and one drain C. Pump A alone can fill the whole pool in <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?x\" alt=\"x\" class=\"latex\"> hours, and pump B alone can fill the whole pool in <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?y\" alt=\"y\" class=\"latex\"> hours. The drain can empty the whole pool in <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?z\" alt=\"z\" class=\"latex\"> hours, where <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?z%20%5Cgt%20x\" alt=\"z \\gt x\" class=\"latex\">. With pumps A and B both running and the drain C unstopped till the pool is filled, which of the following represents the amount of water in terms of the fraction of the pool which pump A pumped into the pool?<\/p>\n<p>A. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?%5Cfrac%7Byz%7D%7Bx%2By%2Bz%7D\" alt=\"\\frac{yz}{x+y+z}\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nB. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?%5Cfrac%7Byz%7D%7Byz%2Bxz-xy%7D\" alt=\"\\frac{yz}{yz+xz-xy}\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nC. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?%5Cfrac%7Byz%7D%7Byz%2Bxz%2Bxy%7D\" alt=\"\\frac{yz}{yz+xz+xy}\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nD. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?%5Cfrac%7Bxyz%7D%7Byz%2Bxz-xy%7D\" alt=\"\\frac{xyz}{yz+xz-xy}\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nE. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?%5Cfrac%7Byz%2Bxz-xy%7D%7Byz%7D\" alt=\"\\frac{yz+xz-xy}{yz}\" class=\"latex\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m26-184462.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<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Verbal<\/h2>\n<p>Before its bankruptcy in 2008,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Goldman Sachs initially financed Crystal Technologies, an early provider of cloud computing services, but they withdrew the funding<\/span>\u00a0only after a comprehensive review of the bankrupt technology company\u2019s balance sheet and intellectual property assets.<\/p>\n<p>A. Goldman Sachs initially financed Crystal Technologies, an early provider of cloud computing services, but they withdrew the funding<\/p>\n<p>B. Crystal Technologies, an early provider of cloud computing services, was initially financed by Goldman Sachs, which withdrew the funding<\/p>\n<p>C. Crystal Technologies, an early provider of cloud computing services, had been initially financed by Goldman Sachs and had its funding withdrawn<\/p>\n<p>D. Goldman Sachs initially financed Crystal Technologies, an early provider of cloud computing services, withdrawing the funding<\/p>\n<p>E. Crystal Technologies, an early provider of cloud computing services, was initially financed by Goldman Sachs and withdrawn<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/qotd-before-its-bankruptcy-in-2008-goldman-sachs-245128.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)<br \/>\n<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 pool has two water pumps A and B and one drain C. 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