{"id":9501,"date":"2011-12-13T02:00:32","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=9501"},"modified":"2011-12-13T06:00:01","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T13:00:01","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-dec-13-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-dec-13-arithmetic-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Dec 13): Arithmetic and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=p%5E2+%3E+q%5E2&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='p^2 &gt; q^2' title='p^2 &gt; q^2' class='latex' \/> ?<\/p>\n<p>1. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=p+%3E+0&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='p &gt; 0' title='p &gt; 0' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n2. <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=q+%3E+0&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='q &gt; 0' title='q &gt; 0' 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\">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\">An Incredible GMATPill Deal: Originally $560, now $322 (Save $238 + extra $250). <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>In the earliest stages of the common law, a party could have a case heard by a judge only upon the payment of a fee to the court, and then only if the case fit within one of the forms for which there existed a writ. At first the number of such formalized cases of action was very small, but judges invented new forms which brought more cases and greater revenues.<\/p>\n<p>Which of the following conclusions is most strongly suggested by the paragraph above?<\/p>\n<p>(A) Early judges often decided cases in an arbitrary and haphazard manner.<br \/>\n(B) In most early cases, the plaintiff rather than the defendant prevailed.<br \/>\n(C) The judiciary at first had greater power than either the legislature or the executive.<br \/>\n(D) One of the motivating forces for the early expansion in judicial power was economic considerations.<br \/>\n(E) The first common law decisions were inconsistent with one another and did not form a coherent body of law.<\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#cecece\">\nAnswers to the questions: <strong>E<\/strong>, <strong>D<\/strong><br \/>\nFor explanations please see these threads: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m02-q11-ds-69415.html\">math<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-judges-75757.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) Is ? 1. 2. 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