{"id":8937,"date":"2011-10-11T02:00:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T09:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=8937"},"modified":"2011-10-11T07:01:50","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T14:01:50","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-11-word-problem-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-11-word-problem-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Oct 11): Word Problem and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One fisherman was telling his friends that he caught a fish that had a 60 foot long head. It also had a tail that was as long as the fish's head and a half of its body. Finally, the body was half the size of the whole fish. What is the length of this fish?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 120<br \/>\n(B) 200<br \/>\n(C) 240<br \/>\n(D) 400<br \/>\n(E) 480<\/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? Amerasia Consulting offers 10% 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><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">It was only after Katharine Graham became publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 that it moved into the first rank of American newspapers, and it was under her command that the paper won high praise for its unrelenting reporting of the Watergate scandal<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>(A) It was only after Katharine Graham became publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 that it moved into the first rank of American newspapers, and it was under her command that the paper won high praise for its unrelenting reporting of the Watergate scandal.<br \/>\n(B) It was only after Katharine Graham's becoming publisher of The Washington Post in 1963  that it moved into the first rank of American newspaper, and under her command it had  won high praise<br \/>\n(C) Katharine Graham became publisher of The Washington Post in 1963, and only after that<br \/>\ndid it move into the first rank of American newspapers, having won high praise under her command<br \/>\n(D) Moving into the first rank of American newspaper only after Katharine Graham became<br \/>\nits publisher in 1963, The Washington Post, winning high praise under her command<br \/>\n(E)  Moving into the first rank of American newspapers only after Katharine Graham's becoming its publisher in 1963, The Washington Post won high praise under her command.<\/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\/m04-36-ambiguous-sentence-75581.html\">math<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/toughest-sc-84842.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) One fisherman was telling his friends that he caught a fish that had a 60 foot long head. 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