{"id":9379,"date":"2011-11-29T02:00:37","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=9379"},"modified":"2011-11-29T05:57:44","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T12:57:44","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-nov-29-probability-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-nov-29-probability-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Nov 29): Probability and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three cannons are firing at a target. If their individual probabilities to hit the target are 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5 respectively, what is the probability that none of the cannons will hit the target after one round of fire?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 0.06<br \/>\n(B) 0.12<br \/>\n(C) 0.21<br \/>\n(D) 0.29<br \/>\n(E) 0.94<\/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\">Get $100 off a Manhattan GMAT course with the code GCLUB100! <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/marketplace\/courses.xhtml#mgmat\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Sign up now!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Thanksgiving Sale! Save an additional $25 for a total savings of $513 until November 29, 2011. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/www.gmatpill.com\/amember\/signup-pricing-gmatclub.html\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Enroll now!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 0px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">mbaMission is offering an MBA application writing class, \"Constructing a Standout MBA Application Boot Camp.\" New session starts 12\/13\/2011. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/services.php?package=8\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Learn more and sign up today!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (CR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Frobisher, a sixteenth-century English explorer, had soil samples from Canada\u2019s Kodlunarn Island examined for gold content. Because high gold content was reported, Elizabeth I funded two mining expeditions. Neither expedition found any gold there. Modern analysis of the island\u2019s soil indicates a very low gold content. Thus the methods used to determine the gold content of Frobisher\u2019s samples must have been inaccurate.<\/p>\n<p>Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?<\/p>\n<p>(A) The gold content of the soil on Kodlunarn Island is much lower today than it was in the sixteenth century.<br \/>\n(B) The two mining expeditions funded by Elizabeth I did not mine the same part of Kodlunarn Island.<br \/>\n(C) The methods used to assess gold content of the soil samples provided by<br \/>\nFrobisher were different from those generally used in the sixteenth century.<br \/>\n(D) Frobisher did not have soil samples from any other Canadian island examined for gold content.<br \/>\n(E) Gold was not added to the soil samples collected by Frobisher before the samples were examined.<\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#cecece\">\nAnswers to the questions: <strong>C<\/strong>, <strong>E<\/strong><br \/>\nFor explanations please see these threads: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/probability-m01q04-63526.html\">math<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-gold-content-69072.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) Three cannons are firing at a target. 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