{"id":9503,"date":"2011-12-14T02:00:31","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=9503"},"modified":"2011-12-14T05:56:24","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T12:56:24","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-dec-14-word-problem-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-dec-14-word-problem-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Dec 14): Word Problem and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A corporation with 5,000,000 shares of publicly listed stock reported total earnings of $7.20 per share for the first 9 months of operation. During the final quarter the number of publicly listed shares was increased to 10,000,000 shares, and fourth quarter earnings were reported as $1.25 per share. What are the average annual earnings per share based on the number of shares at the end of the year?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 1.75<br \/>\n(B) 2.40<br \/>\n(C) 3.15<br \/>\n(D) 3.60<br \/>\n(E) 4.85<\/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\">Introducing Veritas Prep GMAT on Demand for the iPad! 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