{"id":9076,"date":"2011-10-26T02:00:56","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-10-26T04:58:28","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T11:58:28","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-26-coordinate-geometry-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-26-coordinate-geometry-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Oct 26): Coordinate Geometry and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the coordinate graph, a circle is centered at the point (3, 3). If the radius of the circle is <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Csqrt%7B6%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\sqrt{6}' title='\\sqrt{6}' class='latex' \/> , and there is a square <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=ABCD&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='ABCD' title='ABCD' class='latex' \/> inscribed into the circle cutting it into 5 regions, what is the area of the segment <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=CD&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='CD' title='CD' class='latex' \/> ?<\/p>\n<p>(A) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cpi&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\pi' title='\\pi' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(B) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=6%5Cpi+-+%5Csqrt%7B12%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='6\\pi - \\sqrt{12}' title='6\\pi - \\sqrt{12}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(C) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=6%5Cpi+-+2%5Csqrt%7B6%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='6\\pi - 2\\sqrt{6}' title='6\\pi - 2\\sqrt{6}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(D) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=3%28%5Cfrac%7B%5Cpi%7D%7B2%7D+-+1%29&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='3(\\frac{\\pi}{2} - 1)' title='3(\\frac{\\pi}{2} - 1)' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(E) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=3+%5Cfrac%7B%5Cpi%7D%7B4%7D+-+%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B2%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='3 \\frac{\\pi}{4} - \\frac{3}{2}' title='3 \\frac{\\pi}{4} - \\frac{3}{2}' class='latex' \/> <\/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\">Revolution Prep offers a full GMAT online course for only $200 when you use promo code RPGCLB5. 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