{"id":4958,"date":"2010-11-05T03:00:51","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=4958"},"modified":"2010-11-05T03:57:24","modified_gmt":"2010-11-05T11:57:24","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-nov-5-arithmetic-and-sentence-correction-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-nov-5-arithmetic-and-sentence-correction-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Nov 5): Arithmetic and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=y+%3D+%5Cfrac+%7Bx%5E2+-+y%5E2%7D%7Bx-y%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='y = \\frac {x^2 - y^2}{x-y}' title='y = \\frac {x^2 - y^2}{x-y}' class='latex' \/> ( <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=x+%5Cne+y&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='x \\ne y' title='x \\ne y' class='latex' \/> ), then what is the value of <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=y&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='y' title='y' class='latex' \/> ?<\/p>\n<p>1. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=x+%2B+y+%3D+3&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='x + y = 3' title='x + y = 3' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n2. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=x+-+y+%3D+2&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='x - y = 2' title='x - y = 2' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m02-q25-y-value-71567.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (SC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to scientists at the University of California, the pattern of changes that have occurred in human DNA over the millennia <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">indicate the possibility that everyone alive today might be descended from a single female ancestor who<\/span> lived in Africa sometime between 140,000 and 280,000 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>(A) indicate the possibility that everyone alive today might be descended from a single female ancestor who<br \/>\n(B) indicate that everyone alive today might possibly be a descendant of a single female ancestor who had<br \/>\n(C) may indicate that everyone alive today has descended from a single female ancestor who had<br \/>\n(D) indicates that everyone alive today may be a descendant of a single female ancestor who<br \/>\n(E) indicates that everyone alive today might be a descendant from a single female ancestor who<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/may-vs-might-99154.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (DS) If ( ), then what is the value of ? 1. 2. OA and Explanation Verbal (SC) According to scientists at the University of California, the pattern of&#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-4958","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\/4958","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=4958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4959,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4958\/revisions\/4959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}