{"id":9008,"date":"2011-10-17T02:00:11","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T09:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=9008"},"modified":"2011-10-17T04:54:42","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T11:54:42","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-17-rate-problem-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-17-rate-problem-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Oct 17): Rate Problem and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A soccer coach riding his bike at 24 km\/h reaches his office 5 minutes late. Had he traveled 25% faster, he would have reached the office 4 minutes earlier than the scheduled time. How far is his office from his house?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 18 km<br \/>\n(B) 24 km<br \/>\n(C) 36 km<br \/>\n(D) 40 km<br \/>\n(E) 72 km<\/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\">Knewton Releases New GMAT Premium Live Course. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/knewton-gmat-discount-coupon-code\/\" 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\">FREE B-School Cheat Sheets from Precision Essay for top MBA programs such as Harvard, Standford, and Wharton. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/www.precisionessay.com\/resources\/bschool-cheat-sheet\/\" 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>The chanterelle, a type of wild mushroom, grows beneath host trees such as the Douglas fir, which provide it with necessary sugars. The underground filaments of chanterelles, which extract the sugars, in turn provide nutrients and water for their hosts. Because of this mutually beneficial relationship, harvesting the chanterelles  growing beneath a Douglas fir seriously endangers the tree.  <\/p>\n<p>Which of the following, if true, casts the most doubt on the conclusion drawn above?<\/p>\n<p>(A) The number of wild mushrooms harvested has increased in recent years.<br \/>\n(B) Chanterelles grow not only beneath Douglas firs but also beneath other host trees.<br \/>\n(C) Many types of wild mushrooms are found only in forests and cannot easily be grown elsewhere.<br \/>\n(D) The harvesting of wild mushrooms stimulates future growth of those mushrooms.<br \/>\n(E) Young Douglas fir seedlings die without the nutrients and water provided by chanterelle filaments.<\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#cecece\">\nAnswers to the questions: <strong>A<\/strong>, <strong>D<\/strong><br \/>\nFor explanations please see these threads: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m04-q21-soccer-coach-bike-ride-70736.html\">math<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-the-chanterelle-a-type-of-wild-mushroom-69075.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) A soccer coach riding his bike at 24 km\/h reaches his office 5 minutes late. 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