{"id":9276,"date":"2011-11-15T02:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=9276"},"modified":"2011-11-15T04:43:43","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T11:43:43","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-nov-15-geometry-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-nov-15-geometry-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Nov 15): Geometry and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If quadrilateral <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' \/> is inscribed into a circle, what is the value of <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cangle+BAD&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\angle BAD' title='\\angle BAD' class='latex' \/> ?<\/p>\n<p>1. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=AC+%3D+CD&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='AC = CD' title='AC = CD' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n2. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cangle+ADC+%3D+70%5E%5Ccirc&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\angle ADC = 70^\\circ' title='\\angle ADC = 70^\\circ' 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. Plus, when you sign up through GMAT Club to get a $250 bonus. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/revolution-prep-gmat-coupon-code-discount\/\" 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\">Do you have a pile of excuses preventing you from making headway on your applications?  Learn why 99% of all excuses are baloney, and what to do about it. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/www.stacyblackman.com\/2011\/04\/26\/tuesday-tip-why-almost-all-excuses-are-b-s\/\" 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>Mayor of Plainsville: In order to help the economy of Plainsville, I am using some of our tax revenues to help bring a major highway through the town and thereby attract new business to Plainsville.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens\u2019 group: You must have interests other than our economy in mind. If you were really interested in helping our economy, you would instead allocate the revenues to building a new business park, since it would bring in twice the business that your highway would.<\/p>\n<p>The argument by the citizens\u2019 group relies on which one of the following assumptions?<\/p>\n<p>(A) Plainsville presently has no major highways running through it.<br \/>\n(B) The mayor accepts that a new business park would bring in more new business than would the new highway.<br \/>\n(C) The new highway would have no benefits for Plainsville other than attracting new business.<br \/>\n(D) The mayor is required to get approval for all tax revenue allocation plans from the city council.<br \/>\n(E) Plainsville\u2019s economy will not be helped unless a new business park of the sort envisioned by the citizens\u2019 group is built.<\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#cecece\">\nAnswers to the questions: <strong>E<\/strong>, <strong>B<\/strong><br \/>\nFor explanations please see these threads: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m04-q7-77757.html\">math<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-mayor-of-plainsville-69548.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 (DS) If quadrilateral is inscribed into a circle, what is the value of ? 1. 2. 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