{"id":7016,"date":"2011-04-27T02:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=7016"},"modified":"2011-04-27T00:18:17","modified_gmt":"2011-04-27T08:18:17","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-apr-27-probability-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-apr-27-probability-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Apr 27): Probability and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>15 computers in the corporate network are infected with virus. If every day several computers are arbitrarily selected for scanning, what is the probability that no computer containing virus will be scanned in the course of the next five days?<\/p>\n<p>1. 10 computers are scanned every day<br \/>\n2. 4% of all computers in the corporate network are scanned every day<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m14-72877.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. 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