{"id":6913,"date":"2011-04-13T02:00:52","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=6913"},"modified":"2011-04-13T03:24:23","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T11:24:23","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-apr-13-coordinate-geometry-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-apr-13-coordinate-geometry-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Apr 13): Coordinate Geometry and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Which of the following points is not on the line <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=y+%3D+5x+%2B+3&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='y = 5x + 3' title='y = 5x + 3' class='latex' \/> ?<\/p>\n<p>(A) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%28%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%2C+%5Cfrac%7B11%7D%7B2%7D%29&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='(\\frac{1}{2}, \\frac{11}{2})' title='(\\frac{1}{2}, \\frac{11}{2})' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(B) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%28%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B3%7D%2C+%5Cfrac%7B14%7D%7B3%7D%29&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='(\\frac{1}{3}, \\frac{14}{3})' title='(\\frac{1}{3}, \\frac{14}{3})' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(C) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%28%5Csqrt%7B8%7D%2C+3+%2B+10%2A%5Csqrt%7B2%7D%29&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='(\\sqrt{8}, 3 + 10*\\sqrt{2})' title='(\\sqrt{8}, 3 + 10*\\sqrt{2})' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(D) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%28%5Csqrt%7B4%7D%2C+13%29&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='(\\sqrt{4}, 13)' title='(\\sqrt{4}, 13)' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(E) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%28%5Csqrt%7B2%7D%2C+%5Cfrac%7B31%7D%7B3%7D%29&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='(\\sqrt{2}, \\frac{31}{3})' title='(\\sqrt{2}, \\frac{31}{3})' class='latex' \/> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m10-q18-74349.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\">Join authors of Case Studies and Cocktails for free webinar. Make the most of your MBA on 4.14.11, 8:30PM EST - <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/budurl.com\/udhe\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Join now!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 0px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Need help with your MBA School application? Check out Amerasia Consulting's Round 3 Guarantee - <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/budurl.com\/AmerasiaRnd3\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Learn more<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (CR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recently, highly skilled workers in Eastern Europe have left jobs in record numbers to emigrate to the West. It is therefore likely that skilled workers who remain in Eastern Europe are in high demand in their home countries.<\/p>\n<p>Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?<\/p>\n<p>(A) Eastern European factories prefer to hire workers from their home countries rather than to import workers from abroad.<br \/>\n(B) Major changes in Eastern European economic structures have led to the elimination of many positions previously held by the highly skilled emigrants.<br \/>\n(C) Many Eastern European emigrants need to acquire new skills after finding work in the West.<br \/>\n(D) Eastern European countries plan to train many new workers to replace the highly skilled workers who have emigrated.<br \/>\n(E) Because of the departure of skilled workers from Eastern European countries, many positions are now unfilled.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/eatern-european-workers-78987.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) Which of the following points is not on the line ? 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