{"id":8590,"date":"2011-09-06T02:00:26","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=8590"},"modified":"2011-09-06T02:22:37","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T09:22:37","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-sep-6-algebra-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-sep-6-algebra-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Sep 6): Algebra and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The safety distance <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='D' title='D' class='latex' \/> (meters) between cars moving on a motorway depends on their speed <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=V&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='V' title='V' class='latex' \/> (meters per second):<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=D+%3D+%5Cfrac%7BV%5E2%7D%7B100%7D+%2B+9&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='D = \\frac{V^2}{100} + 9' title='D = \\frac{V^2}{100} + 9' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<p>If two cars want to maintain a time interval of 1 second between each other, which of the following speeds will breach the safety regulation?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 5 m\/s<br \/>\n(B) 10 m\/s<br \/>\n(C) 25 m\/s<br \/>\n(D) 50 m\/s<br \/>\n(E) 90 m\/s<\/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\">GMAT Pill is hosting a live discussion on GMAT Strategy on September 6, 2011 at 10PM EST. Also, learn how Vishal went from a V30 to V40. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/www.gmatpill.com\/gmat-prep-about-the-gmat\/gmatpill-congratulates-vishal-improves-verbal-3040-scores-700-emphasis-reading-comprehension-pill\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Learn more!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Enroll in MBA Prep School's 2011\/2012 season pass for only $97. Discount code: GC2011Season. Offer valid until 9\/30\/11. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/mbaprepschool.com\/pricing\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Sign up!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 0px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">MBA Admit.com Special for GMAT Club Members-Gold pkg is only $1195. Mention code GMATCL611. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/mbaadmit.com\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Sign up!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (CR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Neither a rising standard of living nor balanced trade, by itself, establishes a country's ability to compete in the international marketplace. Both are required simultaneously since standards of living can rise because of growing trade deficits and trade can be balanced by means of a decline in a country's standard of living.<\/p>\n<p>If the facts stated in the passage above are true, a proper test of a country's ability to be competitive is its ability to<\/p>\n<p>(A) balance its trade while its standard of living rises<br \/>\n(B) balance its trade while its standard of living falls<br \/>\n(C) increase trade deficits while its standard of living rises<br \/>\n(D) decrease trade deficits while its standard of living falls<br \/>\n(E) keep its standard of living constant while trade deficits rise<\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#cecece\">\nAnswers to the questions: <strong>A<\/strong>, <strong>A<\/strong><br \/>\nFor explanations please see these threads: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m09-79520.html\">math<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-standard-of-living-67740.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 safety distance (meters) between cars moving on a motorway depends on their speed (meters per second): If two cars want to maintain a time interval of 1&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,9,721,717],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gmat-tests","category-gmat","category-critical-reasoning-gmat","category-problem-solving-gmat","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8590"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8592,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8590\/revisions\/8592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}