{"id":9619,"date":"2011-12-21T02:00:03","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=9619"},"modified":"2011-12-21T05:45:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T12:45:45","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-dec-21-word-problem-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-dec-21-word-problem-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Dec 21): Word Problem and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The price of a certain commodity increased at a rate of <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=X&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='X' title='X' class='latex' \/> % per year between 2000 and 2004. If the price was <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=M&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='M' title='M' class='latex' \/> dollars in 2001 and <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=N&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='N' title='N' class='latex' \/> dollars in 2003, what was the price in 2002 in terms of <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=M&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='M' title='M' class='latex' \/> and <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=N&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='N' title='N' class='latex' \/> ?<\/p>\n<p>(A) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Csqrt%7BMN%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\sqrt{MN}' title='\\sqrt{MN}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(B) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=N%5Csqrt%7B%5Cfrac%7BN%7D%7BM%7D%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='N\\sqrt{\\frac{N}{M}}' title='N\\sqrt{\\frac{N}{M}}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(C) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=N%5Csqrt%7BM%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='N\\sqrt{M}' title='N\\sqrt{M}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(D) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=N%5Cfrac%7BM%7D%7B%5Csqrt%7BN%7D%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='N\\frac{M}{\\sqrt{N}}' title='N\\frac{M}{\\sqrt{N}}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(E) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=NM%5E%7B%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B2%7D%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='NM^{\\frac{3}{2}}' title='NM^{\\frac{3}{2}}' 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\">Sign up for Kaplan's Business School Blueprint. 5 nights, 5 opportunities to get ahead. <a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=PJTlq5NYqfE&offerid=216481.10001092&subid=0&type=4&u1=questionofday\" 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\">Trying to figure out what approach to take when answering essay questions?  Stacy Blackman Consulting's essay guides are all available for immediate download, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stacyblackman.com\/store\/#essay\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>here<\/u><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (SC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hegsted argues that <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">just as polio vaccine is given to every person to protect the few who might actually contract polio<\/span>, mass dietary change is needed to protect the significant number who are susceptible to the life-threatening effects of press eating habits.<\/p>\n<p>(A) just as polio vaccine is given to every person to protect the few who might actually contract polio<br \/>\n(B) like polio vaccine, which is given to every person to protect the few who might contract polio<br \/>\n(C) similar to polio vaccine which is given to every person to protect the few who might actually contract polio<br \/>\n(D) while, to protect the few who might actually contract polio, polio vaccine is given to every person<br \/>\n(E) similar to the giving of polio vaccine to every person in order to protect the few who might contract polio actually <\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#cecece\">\nAnswers to the questions: <strong>A<\/strong>, <strong>A<\/strong><br \/>\nFor explanations please see these threads: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/ps-commodity-m08q01-73256.html\">math<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/sc-dr-hegsted-76186.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) The price of a certain commodity increased at a rate of % per year between 2000 and 2004. 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