{"id":6109,"date":"2011-01-26T02:00:39","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=6109"},"modified":"2011-01-26T04:41:54","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T12:41:54","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-jan-26-word-problem-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-jan-26-word-problem-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Jan 26): Word Problem and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

With both valves open, the pool will be filled with water in 48 minutes. The first valve alone would fill the pool in 2 hours. What is the capacity of the pool if every minute the second valve admits 50 cubic meters of water more than the first?<\/p>\n

(A) 9000 cubic meters
\n(B) 10500 cubic meters
\n(C) 11750 cubic meters
\n(D) 12000 cubic meters
\n(E) 12500 cubic meters<\/p>\n

OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n

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Verbal (SC)<\/strong><\/p>\n

If the new airboat does what it is to be doing<\/span> -- travel at high speeds undeterred by sandbars, crocodile-infested mudflats, or marshy hippo haunts -- it could revolutionize transport on the 2,900-mile-long Congo River.<\/p>\n

(A) If the new airboat does what it is to be doing
\n(B) If the new airboat does what it is supposed to do
\n(C) If it does as the new airboat is supposed to do
\n(D) Doing what it is the new airboat is supposed to do
\n(E) Doing what the new airboat is to be doing<\/p>\n

OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n

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