{"id":9684,"date":"2011-12-30T02:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=9684"},"modified":"2011-12-30T05:49:02","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T12:49:02","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-dec-30-probability-and-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-dec-30-probability-and-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Dec 30): Probability and Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Set <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=S&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='S' title='S' class='latex' \/> consists of all prime integers less than 10. If two numbers are chosen form set <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=S&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='S' title='S' class='latex' \/> at random, what is the probability that the product of these numbers will be greater than the product of the numbers which were not chosen?<\/p>\n<p>(A) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B3%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{1}{3}' title='\\frac{1}{3}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(B) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B2%7D%7B3%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{2}{3}' title='\\frac{2}{3}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(C) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{1}{2}' title='\\frac{1}{2}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(D) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B7%7D%7B10%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{7}{10}' title='\\frac{7}{10}' class='latex' \/><br \/>\n(E) <img src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/latex.php?latex=%5Cfrac%7B4%7D%7B5%7D&#038;bg=ffffff&#038;fg=000000&#038;s=0' alt='\\frac{4}{5}' title='\\frac{4}{5}' 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\">e-GMAT, verbal for non-natives. 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