{"id":7449,"date":"2011-06-07T02:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=7449"},"modified":"2011-06-07T02:22:45","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T10:22:45","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-jun-7-word-problem-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-jun-7-word-problem-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Jun 7): Word Problem and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the farmer sells 75 of his chickens, his stock of feed will last for 20 more days than planned, but if he buys 100 more chickens, he will run out of feed 15 days earlier than planned. If no chickens are sold or bought, the farmer will be exactly on schedule. how many chickens does he have?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 60<br \/>\n(B) 120<br \/>\n(C) 240<br \/>\n(D) 275<br \/>\n(E) 300<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/chickens-algebra-m08q13-57652.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 Kaplan in their Road to Business School. 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