{"id":8125,"date":"2011-08-01T02:00:27","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=8125"},"modified":"2011-07-31T10:39:58","modified_gmt":"2011-07-31T17:39:58","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-aug-1-combinations-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-aug-1-combinations-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Aug 1): Combinations and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Carly has 3 movies that she can watch during the weekend: 1 Action movie, 1 Comedy, and 1 Drama. However, she needs to watch the Drama 3 times. Assuming Carly has time for 5 movies and intends to watch all of them, in how many ways can she do so? <\/p>\n<p>(A) 6<br \/>\n(B) 20<br \/>\n(C) 24<br \/>\n(D) 60<br \/>\n(E) 120<\/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 recent study of college students shows that, contrary to predicted results, special nutritional planning does not positively affect students\u2019 grades. Sixty students, half of whom were given a nutritionally balanced diet, had grades no higher than did those students who were not placed on the diet plan.<\/p>\n<p>Which of the following, if true, is most useful in determining the accuracy of the study described above?\t<\/p>\n<p>(A) Performance of business executives was shown to improve drastically after major alterations were made in their diets.<br \/>\n(B) Honors students, after altering their diets, maintained that they did not change their study habits.<br \/>\n(C) Students who participated in various fitness regimens found that their grades improved appreciably after they altered their exercise habits.<br \/>\n(D) High school students who previously had low grades found that after they altered their diets, their grades improved dramatically.<br \/>\n(E) All of the college students who volunteered for the study were either in their first or second year of college.<\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#cecece\">\nAnswers to the questions: <strong>B<\/strong>, <strong>D<\/strong><br \/>\nFor explanations please see these threads: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/ps-movies-m05q27-50926.html\">math<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-nutrition-study-66755.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) Carly has 3 movies that she can watch during the weekend: 1 Action movie, 1 Comedy, and 1 Drama. 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