{"id":8467,"date":"2011-08-29T02:00:48","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T09:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=8467"},"modified":"2011-08-29T03:21:29","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T10:21:29","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-aug-29-statistics-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-aug-29-statistics-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Aug 29): Statistics and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is the mean of a non-empty set <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=S&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='S' title='S' class='latex' \/> bigger than its median?<\/p>\n<p>1. All members of <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=S&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='S' title='S' class='latex' \/> are consecutive multiples of 3<br \/>\n2. The sum of all members of <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=S&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='S' title='S' class='latex' \/> equals 75<\/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\">Application Boot Camp: 7 Profile Weaknesses and How to Correct Them. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/www.knewton.com\/blog\/gmat\/2011\/08\/16\/application-boot-camp-7-profile-weaknesses-and-how-to-correct-them\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Learn more!<\/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 (SC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A higher interest rate is only one of the factors, albeit an important one, <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">that keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>(A) that keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade.<br \/>\n(B) that keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, as it did earlier in the decade<br \/>\n(C) that keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, as it did earlier in the decade<br \/>\n(D) that keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, like earlier in the decade<br \/>\n(E) that keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade<\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#cecece\">\nAnswers to the questions: <strong>A<\/strong>, <strong>B<\/strong><br \/>\nFor explanations please see these threads: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m08-72357.html\">math<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/higher-ineterest-rate-83530.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 (DS) Is the mean of a non-empty set bigger than its median? 1. 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