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In the 1980s the rate of increase of the minority population [#permalink]
 07 Dec 2006, 11:24
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In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice as fast as the 1970’s.
(A) twice as fast as
(B) twice as fast as it was in
(C) twice what it was in
(D) two times faster than that of
(E) two times greater than
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thats what I thought too....unfortunately its wrong
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Re: SC - rate of increase [#permalink]
07 Dec 2006, 13:29
To maintain ||sm we need 'in the 1970's' so our choices left are B and C.
'twice as fast as' is wrong. I think 'fast' is coverved in 'rate of increase' so we just need 'twice'
So answer is C!
tobiastt wrote: In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice as fast as the 1970’s.
(A) twice as fast as
(B) twice as fast as it was in
(C) twice what it was in
(D) two times faster than that of
(E) two times greater than
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Do not use 'fast' to describe 'rate'
Rate is just a number, use 'great', 'large' etc.
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OA is C
http://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... population
Quote: In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice as fast as the 1970’s.
(A) twice as fast as
(B) twice as fast as it was in
(C) twice what it was in
(D) two times faster than that of
(E) two times greater than
Personally, I don't understand why it's not D. "that", in choice D, can refer to "the rate of increase of the minority population" the same way that "it", in choice C, suppose to refer to "the rate of increase of the minority population". Additionally, from what I understand, "it" is informal and if possible shouldn't be used in writing.
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thanks guys ....didn´t know that.
Actually this beauty of sentence came um in GMATPrep at level 42 ....
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Viperace wrote: Do not use 'fast' to describe 'rate'
Rate is just a number, use 'great', 'large' etc.
I was also choosing B...but changed my mind after looking at this post..
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Quote: Actually this beauty of sentence came um in GMATPrep at level 42 ....
level 42 signifies what sort of difficulty level .... 5, 6, 7?
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sorry, what I mean to say is that I scored V42 in GMATPrep and since this was one of the final questions, the level should be more or less 42 .
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Quote: In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice as fast as the 1970’s.
(A) twice as fast as
(B) twice as fast as it was in
(C) twice what it was in
(D) two times faster than that of
(E) two times greater than
Cannot use "fast" to describe a rate. A rate is 2x greater or twice what it used to be. 2x = twice.
Therefore, A,B and D are out.
between C and E. E incorrectly says that the rate in the 80's is greater than the 1970s >>> Comparison problem.
We need to say it is two times greater than (twice what) it was in the 1970s
Ans is C
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Quote: sorry, what I mean to say is that I scored V42 in GMATPrep and since this was one of the final questions, the level should be more or less 42 .
and V42 is typically what percentile?
Also, does anyone know the OR (official reasoning) behind this? perhaps it's posted in the above link?
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buckkitty wrote: Quote: between C and E. E incorrectly says that the rate in the 80's is greater than the 1970s >>> Comparison problem.
We need to say it is two times greater than (twice what) it was in the 1970s
Ans is C Between C & E, we need to maintain parallel structure. In the 1980's....in the 1970's.
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