{"id":7496,"date":"2011-06-13T02:00:29","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T10:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=7496"},"modified":"2011-06-13T03:50:29","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T11:50:29","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-jun-13-mixture-problem-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-jun-13-mixture-problem-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Jun 13): Mixture Problem and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=X&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='X' title='X' class='latex' \/> grams of water were added to 80 grams of a strong solution of acid. If as a result, the concentration of acid in the solution became <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7BY%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{1}{Y}' title='\\frac{1}{Y}' class='latex' \/> times of the initial concentration, what was the concentration of acid in the original solution?<\/p>\n<p>1. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=X+%3D+80&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='X = 80' title='X = 80' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n2. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=Y+%3D+2&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='Y = 2' title='Y = 2' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m10-q23-ds-69232.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\">Check out Knewton's brand new On Demand Course. 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