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According to recent studies comparing the nutritional value [#permalink]
 07 Jan 2012, 15:01
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According to recent studies comparing the nutritional value of meat from wild animals and meat from domesticated animals, wild animals have less total fat than do livestock fed on grain and more of a kind of fat they think is good for cardiac health. A. wild animals have less total fat than do livestock fed on grain and more of a kind of fat they think is B. wild animals have less total fat than livestock fed on grain and more of a kind of fat thought to be C. wild animals have less total fat than that of livestock fed on grain and have more fat of a kind thought to be D. total fat of wild animals is less than livestock fed on grain and they have more fat of a kind thought to be E. total fat is less in wild animals than that of livestock fed on grain and more of their fat is of a kind they think is appreciate your explanation!
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Re: comparison problem, need explanation please [#permalink]
07 Jan 2012, 16:08
I think the OA should have been B?
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Re: comparison problem, need explanation please [#permalink]
07 Jan 2012, 16:13
arps wrote: I think the OA should have been B? no. B has comparison problem, seems to compare total fat with livestock, unclear, must use "that" to refer to total fat
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Re: comparison problem, need explanation please [#permalink]
07 Jan 2012, 16:18
Had it been the fat of wild animals is less than that of livestock, then we are comparing the fat, but it says wild animals have less fat that livestock, are we not comparing the two types of animals here.
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Re: comparison problem, need explanation please [#permalink]
07 Jan 2012, 16:22
arps wrote: Had it been the fat of wild animals is less than that of livestock, then we are comparing the fat, but it says wild animals have less fat that livestock, are we not comparing the two types of animals here. yeah, what is compares is "the fat of wild animals" and "the fat of livestock", the fat of the two animals. If we use "less fat than livestock", then it will cause ambiguous comparison between fat and livestock, which is not parallel
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Re: comparison problem, need explanation please [#permalink]
07 Jan 2012, 16:33
Thank you miaojunmaggie , this makes sense now
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Re: comparison problem, need explanation please [#permalink]
16 Jul 2012, 21:39
The answer is B according to the explanation on www-manhattangmat-com/forums/according-to-recent-studies-comparing-the-nutritional-value-t718.html. What is the source of this question?
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Re: comparison problem, need explanation please [#permalink]
18 Jul 2012, 17:25
The answer to this question is definitely (B) and not (C). The question itself is fine; somebody just made a minor typo and put (C) instead of (B). In (C) we have the pronoun 'that': 'wild animals have less total fat than that of....' What exactly does the 'that' refer to? If the 'that' referred to the fat of livestock, then we would be comparing 'wild animals' to 'the fat of livestock' which is indeed a bizarre comparison. (B) maintains a logical comparison between 'wild animals' and 'livestock.'
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Re: According to recent studies comparing the nutritional value [#permalink]
30 Oct 2012, 14:28
http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/acc ... -t718.htmlThe above link (shared by rahulsn84) states that MGMAT supports B on this one. Was not convinced with B as " wild animals have less total fat than livestock fed on grain" could be interpreted to mean wild animals have less fat and more livestock -Illogical comparison. Also, MGMAT guides emphasizes the need for "does" in situations such as I like to eat pies more that Jill does (Without "does" you could like pies more than Jill or eating them more than Jill does). Anyway, as per the thread though that rule is valid, GMAT doesn't consider it a deal breaker!!) :O
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