{"id":45517,"date":"2019-05-15T02:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=45517"},"modified":"2019-05-12T07:32:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T14:32:28","slug":"question-of-the-day-may-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/question-of-the-day-may-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Question of the Day (May 15)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Verbal<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\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.<br \/><br \/><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.<br \/><br \/><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.<br \/><br \/>Environmentalist responds to the business spokesperson by doing which of the following?<br \/><br \/>(A) Challenging an assumption that certain desirable outcome can derive from only one set of circumstances.<br \/>(B) Challenging an assumption that certain desirable outcome is outweighed by negative aspects associated with producing that outcome.<br \/>(C) Maintaining that the benefit that the spokesperson desires could be achieved in greater degree by a different means.<br \/>(D) Claiming that the spokesperson is deliberately misrepresenting the environmentalist\u2019s position in order to be better able to attack it.<br \/>(E) Denying that an effect that the spokesperson presents as having benefited a certain group of people actually benefited those people.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/environmentalist-the-use-of-snowmobiles-in-the-vast-park-north-of-mil-24740.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Answer<\/strong>\u00a0-\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">B<\/span>\u00a0-\u00a0(click and drag your mouse to see the answer)<\/p>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/the-best-known-platonic-depiction-of-tyranny-appears-in-republic-266821.html\">Bonus RC Question of the Day<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Quant<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>At Store X, the list price of a new laptop is $1,500. For the holidays, Store X initially offered a 10% discount on the laptop. Later in the season, the store offered an additional $75 discount on the already discounted price. Sarah bought a new laptop at Store X after the multiple discounts were offered. What total percentage discount did Sarah get on the list price?<br \/><br \/>A. 7.5%<br \/>B. 12.5%<br \/>C. 15%<br \/>D. 20%<br \/>E. 25%<\/p>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m02-183574.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Answer<\/strong>\u00a0-\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">C <\/span>-\u00a0(click and drag your mouse to see the answer)<\/p>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/pythagurus-mba-consulting-scholarships-for-top-mba-applicants-291861.html\"><strong>Like these questions?<\/strong>&nbsp;Get the&nbsp;<strong>GMAT Club CAT\u2019s<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verbal Environmentalist: The use of snowmobiles in the vast park north of Milville creates unacceptable levels of air pollution and should be banned. 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