{"id":7255,"date":"2011-05-19T02:00:59","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T10:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=7255"},"modified":"2011-05-19T03:11:04","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T11:11:04","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-may-19-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-may-19-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (May 19): Arithmetic and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=a&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='a' title='a' class='latex' \/> , <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=b&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='b' title='b' class='latex' \/> , and <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=c&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='c' title='c' class='latex' \/> are integers. Is <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=abc+%3D+0&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='abc = 0' title='abc = 0' class='latex' \/> ?<\/p>\n<p>1. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=a%5E2+%3D+2a&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='a^2 = 2a' title='a^2 = 2a' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n2. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7Bb%7D%7Bc%7D+%3D+%5Cfrac%7B%28a%2Bb%29%5E2%7D%7Ba%5E2%2B2ab%2Bb%5E2%7D+-+1&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{b}{c} = \\frac{(a+b)^2}{a^2+2ab+b^2} - 1' title='\\frac{b}{c} = \\frac{(a+b)^2}{a^2+2ab+b^2} - 1' class='latex' \/> ( <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=a+%5Cne+-b&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='a \\ne -b' title='a \\ne -b' class='latex' \/> and <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=c+%5Cne+0&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='c \\ne 0' title='c \\ne 0' class='latex' \/> ) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m03-70290.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\">GMAT Club members receive 10% off of Veritas Prep GMAT Courses and MBA Admission Consulting. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/veritas-prep-discount\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Sign up!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 0px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Prepare for the GMAT fast! Take $248 off the GMAT Pill video series. Guaranteed Score Improvement. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/gmat-pill-discount\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Sign up!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (CR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A light bulb company produces 2,000 light bulbs per week. The manager wants to ensure that standards of quality remain constant from week to week. The manager, therefore, suggests that the company reject 500 of the 2,000 light bulbs it produces each week.<\/p>\n<p>Of the following, the best criticism of the manager\u2019s plan is that the plan assumes that<\/p>\n<p>(A) light bulb manufacturers cannot market every light bulb that they produce<br \/>\n(B) the overall quality of the light bulbs would not be improved if the total number of light bulbs produced were reduced<br \/>\n(C) each light bulb that is reviewed is worthy of being reviewed<br \/>\n(D) it is difficult to judge the quality of a light bulb<br \/>\n(E) the 1,500 light bulbs that are accepted will be of the same quality from week to week<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/light-bulb-company-79612.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 (DS) , , and are integers. 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