{"id":4845,"date":"2012-12-19T16:23:54","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T21:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/?p=4845"},"modified":"2019-08-30T16:46:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T16:46:07","slug":"the-math-beast-challenge-problem-of-the-week-december-17-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/the-math-beast-challenge-problem-of-the-week-december-17-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"The Math Beast Challenge Problem of the Week &#8211; December 17, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/\/cdn.manhattanprep.com\/images\/gre\/gre_math_beast(1).png\" alt=\"Math Beast\" \/>Each week, we post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week&#8217;s drawing for two free Manhattan Prep GRE Strategy Guides.<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 5px;padding: 0;border: 0\" src=\"\/\/cdn.manhattanprep.com\/images\/gre\/gre_cat_images\/areas4.gif\" alt=\"gre challenge problem\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the figure above, an unshaded circle with diameter\u00a0<em>x<\/em>\u00a0is surrounded by a shaded region with uniform width of 2.\u00a0 For what values of\u00a0<em>x<\/em>\u00a0is the area of the unshaded circle greater than the area of the shaded region?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>See the answer choices and submit your pick over on our <a href=\"\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/challenge_thisweek.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Problem<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week, we post a new Challenge Problem for you to attempt. If you submit the correct answer, you will be entered into that week&#8217;s drawing for two free Manhattan Prep GRE Strategy Guides. In the figure above, an unshaded circle with diameter\u00a0x\u00a0is surrounded by a shaded region with uniform width of 2.\u00a0 For what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[68],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-4845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-challenge-problems","tag-challenge-problem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6998,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4845\/revisions\/6998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4845"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=4845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}