{"id":7732,"date":"2011-06-29T02:00:52","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=7732"},"modified":"2011-06-29T01:45:22","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T09:45:22","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-jun-29-work-problem-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-jun-29-work-problem-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Jun 29): Work Problem and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jack can complete the task in 8 hours. Tom can complete the task in 12 hours. If Jack works on the task alone for 4 hours and then Tom starts to help him, how many hours in total will Jack have worked by the time the task is finished?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 5.0<br \/>\n(B) 5.2<br \/>\n(C) 5.6<br \/>\n(D) 6.4<br \/>\n(E) 7.2<\/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\">Combinations VS Permutations? 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