At Shiprock, New Mexico, a perennially powerful girls’ high school basketball team has become a path to college for some and a source of pride for a community where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are below the poverty level.
(A) where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are
(B) where they have 49 percent of the household incomes
(C) where 49 percent of the household incomes are
(D) which has 49 percent of the household incomes
(E) in which 49 percent of them have household incomes
Sparta_750 wrote:
GMATNinjaI have been under the impression that 'where' doesn't go with metaphorical locations such as company, relationship, and 'in which' is preferred.
Eg: I worked with a company, in which 49% of employees are
Slightly confused. Request enlightment :please
I wish that I was cool enough to provide actual enlightenment!
Sejal16 wrote:
Can someone clearly explain usage of which v/s where ?
In GMAT, where can refer only physical places. How do we know if community refers to a caste or a neighborhood ?
You both have the right idea: in general, "where" would have to modify an actual place. "Community" might refer to a physical location ("the community of Ames, Iowa"), but it could also refer to a group of people who may or may not be in the same physical location ("the LGBTQ community").
So the devil is in the details. Here's the original sentence again:
Quote:
At Shiprock, New Mexico, a perennially powerful girls’ high school basketball team has become a path to college for some and a source of pride for a community where the household incomes of 49 percent of them are below the poverty level.
Notice that the sentence explicitly mentions a physical location in New Mexico, and then the sentence goes on to discuss "household incomes." Logically, the "community" mentioned here is a physical one.
So "where" is fine -- and there are other issues in some of the answer choices, as discussed
here.
I hope this helps!
cannot refer to clans.
Please help.
As rainfall began to decrease in the Southwest about the middle of the twelfth century, most of the Monument Valley Anasazi abandoned their homes to join other clans whose access to water was less limited.
(A) whose access to water was less limited
(B) where there was access to water that was less limited
(C) where they had less limited water access
(D) with less limitations on water access
(E) having less limitations to water access