{"id":4985,"date":"2013-02-05T18:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T23:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/?p=4985"},"modified":"2019-08-30T16:46:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T16:46:00","slug":"the-math-beast-challenge-problem-of-the-week-february-4-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/the-math-beast-challenge-problem-of-the-week-february-4-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"The Math Beast Challenge Problem of the Week &#8211; February 4, 2013"},"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>If 5 liters of water are added to a barrel when it is half full of water, the amount of water in the barrel will increase by\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/cdn.manhattanprep.com\/images\/gre\/gre_cat_images\/barrel1.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>.\u00a0 If\u00a0<em>x<\/em>\u00a0liters of water are then removed from the barrel, the amount of water in the barrel will decrease to\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/cdn.manhattanprep.com\/images\/gre\/gre_cat_images\/barrel2.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0of the capacity of the barrel.\u00a0 What is the value of\u00a0<em>x<\/em>?<\/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. If 5 liters of water are added to a barrel when it is half full of water, the amount of water [&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-4985","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\/4985","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=4985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6979,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4985\/revisions\/6979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4985"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=4985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}