{"id":8893,"date":"2011-10-04T02:00:20","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=8893"},"modified":"2011-10-04T05:00:47","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T12:00:47","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-4-arithmetic-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-4-arithmetic-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Oct 4): Arithmetic and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A computer generated a sequence <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=A&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='A' title='A' class='latex' \/> of numbers using the following formula:<br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=A_n+%3D+A_1+%2B+%28n-1%29d&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='A_n = A_1 + (n-1)d' title='A_n = A_1 + (n-1)d' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<p><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' \/> is the common difference between any two consecutive terms of the sequence <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=A&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='A' title='A' class='latex' \/><\/p>\n<p>If the sum of the second and the fifth terms of the sequence is 8 and the sum of the third and the seventh terms is 14, what is the first term of the sequence?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 3<br \/>\n(B) 2<br \/>\n(C) 1<br \/>\n(D) -1<br \/>\n(E) -3<\/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\">Join Kaplan for an exclusive free weekend of GMAT prep open only for a limited number of registrants. <a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=PJTlq5NYqfE&subid=&offerid=216481.1&type=10&tmpid=6366&u1=twitter&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.kaptest.com%252FGMAT%252FHome%252Fgmat-practice-weekend.html\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Register now!<\/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? 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