{"id":9582,"date":"2011-12-20T02:00:03","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=9582"},"modified":"2011-12-20T04:59:59","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T11:59:59","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-dec-20-work-problem-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-dec-20-work-problem-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Dec 20): Work Problem and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two consultants can type up a report in 12.5 hours and edit it in 7.5 hours. If Mary needs 30 hours to type the report and Jim needs 12 hours to edit it alone, how many hours will it take if Jim types the report and Mary edits it immediately after he is done?<\/p>\n<p>(A) 41.4<br \/>\n(B) 34.1<br \/>\n(C) 13.4<br \/>\n(D) 12.4<br \/>\n(E) 10.8<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/rt-w-report-m07q03-55570.html\">OA and Explanation<\/a><\/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\">Exclusive GMAT Club offer! 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Is Billing wasting supplies?<br \/>\nHead of Billing: Not at all.<br \/>\nWhich of the following, if true, best supports the position of the Head of Billing?<\/p>\n<p>(A) There are more staff members in Accounting than in Billing.<br \/>\n(B) Two years ago, expenditures in Accounting for clerical supplies were the same as were expenditures that year in Billing for clerical supplies.<br \/>\n(C) The work of Billing now requires a wider variety of clerical supplies than it did in the past.<br \/>\n(D) Some of the paper-and-pencil work of both Accounting and Billing has been replaced by work done on computers.<br \/>\n(E) Members of Accounting found the clerical supplies cabinet of Billing more convenient to go to for supplies than their own department\u2019s cabinet.<\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#cecece\">\nAnswers to the questions: <strong>A<\/strong>, <strong>E<\/strong><br \/>\nFor explanations please see these threads: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/rt-w-report-m07q03-55570.html\">math<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-clerical-supplies-33103.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) Two consultants can type up a report in 12.5 hours and edit it in 7.5 hours. 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