{"id":6485,"date":"2011-03-07T02:00:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T10:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=6485"},"modified":"2011-03-07T04:34:13","modified_gmt":"2011-03-07T12:34:13","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-mar-7-probability-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-mar-7-probability-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Mar 7): Probability and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A basket contains 3 blue marbles, 3 red marbles, and 3 yellow marbles. If 3 marbles are extracted from the basket at random, what is the probability that a marble of each color is among the extracted?<\/p>\n<p>(A) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B2%7D%7B21%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{2}{21}' title='\\frac{2}{21}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(B) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B25%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{3}{25}' title='\\frac{3}{25}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(C) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B6%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{1}{6}' title='\\frac{1}{6}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(D) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B9%7D%7B28%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{9}{28}' title='\\frac{9}{28}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(E) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B11%7D%7B24%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{11}{24}' title='\\frac{11}{24}' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m15-73087.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: rgb(141, 179, 226); border-top: 4px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 4px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5px; margin-left: 20px; font-size: 15px; font-family: Gergia,serif; font-weight: bold\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 19px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px\">GMAT Daily Deals<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">View Kaplan's new Course page to learn more about their products and discounts - <a href=\"https:\/\/budurl.com\/KaplanCourses\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Learn more<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 0px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Knewton's full GMAT Prep online course - GMAT Club members benefit from 50% off. - <a href=\"https:\/\/budurl.com\/KnewtonFeb345\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Register now!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (SC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Christlers, the famous art house in London, owns several Hussains of various periods<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">on account of having<\/span> achieved an iconic status in the English art circle.<\/p>\n<p>(A) on account of having<br \/>\n(B) on account of their having<br \/>\n(C) because they have<br \/>\n(D) because of having<br \/>\n(E) because it has<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/sc-christlers-76557.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Like these questions?<\/strong> Get the GMAT Club question collection: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/tests\/\">online at GMAT Club<\/a> OR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fentity%2FGMAT-Club%2FB0048PPF3U%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dntt_athr_dp_pel_1&tag=gmatclub-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957\">on your Kindle<\/a> OR <a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=PJTlq5NYqfE&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fgmat-toolkit%252Fid328345537%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D6%2526partnerId%253D30\">on your iPhone\/iPad<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (PS) A basket contains 3 blue marbles, 3 red marbles, and 3 yellow marbles. 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