{"id":8071,"date":"2011-07-25T02:00:54","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=8071"},"modified":"2011-07-25T04:45:09","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T11:45:09","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-jul-25-counting-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-jul-25-counting-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Jul 25): Counting and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The choir consists of 5 boys and 6 girls. In how many ways can the singers be arranged in a row, so that all the boys are together? Do not differentiate between arrangements that are obtained by swapping two boys or two girls.<\/p>\n<p>(A) 120<br \/>\n(B) 30<br \/>\n(C) 24<br \/>\n(D) 11<br \/>\n(E) 7<\/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\">65% of students miss this data sufficiency question > How would you approach it? <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/gmat.knewton.com\/65percentmiss\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Knewton explains<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 0px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Need help with your MBA School application? Amerasia Consulting offers 15% off when you mention GMAT Club. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/ask-paul-lanzillotti-153\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Learn more!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (CR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A valid argument is often defined as one in which it is not possible for all the premises to be true and the conclusion false. A circular argument is sometimes defined as one in which one of the premises is identical to the conclusion. From these definitions we can infer that...<\/p>\n<p>(A) Every circular argument is valid as long as its premises are true.<br \/>\n(B) Every valid argument is circular.<br \/>\n(C) No circular argument is valid.<br \/>\n(D) Some circular arguments are valid, and some are not.<br \/>\n(E) Some circular arguments are not valid, and some valid arguments are not circular. <\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#cecece\">\nAnswers to the questions: <strong>E<\/strong>, <strong>A<\/strong><br \/>\nFor explanations please see these threads: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/choir-of-5-boys-and-6-girls-75428.html\">math<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-circular-argument-66352.html\">verbal<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/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=blog&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 (PS) The choir consists of 5 boys and 6 girls. 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