{"id":5106,"date":"2010-11-17T03:00:01","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=5106"},"modified":"2010-11-17T04:55:29","modified_gmt":"2010-11-17T12:55:29","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-nov-17-probability-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-nov-17-probability-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Nov 17): Probability and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If Ben were to lose the championship, Mike would be the winner with a probability of <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B4%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{1}{4}' title='\\frac{1}{4}' class='latex' \/> , and Rob - <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B3%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{1}{3}' title='\\frac{1}{3}' class='latex' \/> . If the probability of Ben being the winner is <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B7%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{1}{7}' title='\\frac{1}{7}' class='latex' \/> , what is the probability that either Mike or Rob will win the championship?<\/p>\n<p>(A) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B12%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{1}{12}' title='\\frac{1}{12}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(B) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B7%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{1}{7}' title='\\frac{1}{7}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(C) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{1}{2}' title='\\frac{1}{2}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(D) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B7%7D%7B12%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{7}{12}' title='\\frac{7}{12}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(E) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B6%7D%7B7%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{6}{7}' title='\\frac{6}{7}' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/if-ben-were-to-lose-the-championship-m07q12-75695.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (CR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cost of transatlantic airfare has nearly doubled over the past five years, yet airlines are doing a booming business. Clearly, people today have more money to spend on vacations than they did five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>All of the following, if true, would weaken the argument above EXCEPT:<\/p>\n<p>(A) Most people buying transatlantic tickets today use them for business trips, so airfare is refunded by their companies.<br \/>\n(B) There are fewer airlines in existence today than five years ago.<br \/>\n(C) People are taking shorter vacations and staying in cheaper hotels than they used to.<br \/>\n(D) Crossing the Atlantic by ship requires more time than most people can afford.<br \/>\n(E) Domestic airline flights have seen a steady increase in passengers<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-vacation-69871.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (PS) If Ben were to lose the championship, Mike would be the winner with a probability of , and Rob &#8211; . If the probability of Ben being the&#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-5106","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\/5106","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=5106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5107,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5106\/revisions\/5107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}