{"id":4755,"date":"2010-10-19T03:00:38","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=4755"},"modified":"2010-10-19T03:55:47","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T11:55:47","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-19-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-19-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Oct 19): Arithmetic and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B7%5E7%7D%7B7%5Ex%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{7^7}{7^x}' title='\\frac{7^7}{7^x}' class='latex' \/> an integer?<\/p>\n<p>1. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=0+%5Cle+x+%5Cle+7&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='0 \\le x \\le 7' title='0 \\le x \\le 7' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n2. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%7Cx%7C%3Dx%5E2&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='|x|=x^2' title='|x|=x^2' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m04-q26-77227.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (CR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Studies have shown that <strong>people who keep daily diet records are far more successful at losing weight than people who don\u2019t keep track of what they eat.<\/strong> Researchers believe that many weight-loss efforts fail because people eat more calories than they intend to consume. One study followed a group of patients who reported that they could not lose weight when consuming only 1,200 calories a day. <strong>The study found that the group consumed, on average, 47% more than it claimed and exercised 51% less.<\/strong> In contrast, when dieters record what they eat, their actual consumption more closely matches their reported consumption.<\/p>\n<p>The two boldface portions in the argument above are best described by which of the following statements?<\/p>\n<p>(A.) The first is a conclusion reached by researchers; the second is evidence that that conclusion is correct.<br \/>\n(B) The first is an explanation of why a certain theory is thought to be true; the second is an example of research results that support this theory.<br \/>\n(C) The first is an example illustrating the truth of a certain theory; the second is a competing theory.<br \/>\n(D) The first is a premise upon which the researchers base their opinion; the second illustrates that their opinion is correct.<br \/>\n(E) The first introduces a theory that the researchers have disproved; the second is the basis for the researchers\u2019 argument.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-diet-records-69266.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (DS) Is an integer? 1. 2. OA and Explanation Verbal (CR) Studies have shown that people who keep daily diet records are far more successful at losing weight than&#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-4755","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\/4755","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=4755"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4757,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4755\/revisions\/4757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}