GMAT Club World Cup 2022 (DAY 4): Throughout the last decade, the cost

Throughout the last decade, the cost of caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of $25 billion per year.

(A) caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of

Estimate of is not correct.

(B) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now collectively spending an estimated

Correct. Estimated $25 billion

(C) caring for children with food allergies increased, families having spent an estimated

having spent is incorrect. It means the increase has happened having spent something. Illogical

(D) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now spending a collective estimate of

estimate of is incorrect

(E) providing care for children with food allergies increased, with the result that families spent an estimated

use of spent is incorrect.

IMO B

(A) caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of
INCORRECT. "spending an estimate of .." seems families are spending an estimate rather than money.

(B) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now collectively spending an estimated
INCORRECT. Sentence has ambiguity in meaning. "..with families now collectively spending an estimated" may seem to mean that cost has increased "with families spending". That's absurd.

(C) caring for children with food allergies increased, families having spent an estimated
INCORRECT. This also has meaning issue. This sentence seem to mean that "cost of caring for children with food allergies increased" as a result of "families having spent an estimated $25 billion per year". This does not make sense.

(D) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now spending a collective estimate of
INCORRECT. This has the same issue as in B. Use of "with" in the sentence makes it ambiguous

(E) providing care for children with food allergies increased, with the result that families spent an estimated.
CORRECT. . This gets rid of any ambiguity or meaning issues present in other sentence

[quote="Bunuel"]Throughout the last decade, the cost of caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of $25 billion per year.


(A) caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of
-Both with families and spending an estimate is incorrect. This is creating meaning issue.

(B) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now collectively spending an estimated
-Use of with familiies is incorrect
(C) caring for children with food allergies increased, families having spent an estimated
families having spent is incorrect.This is creating meaning issue
(D) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now spending a collective estimate of
-spending a collective estimate is incorrect. This is creating meaning issue
(E) providing care for children with food allergies increased, with the result that families spent an estimated
-This is the correct option.With result has fixed the issue of with families.

IMO Option E is the correct choice.

The event occurred in the last decade. Only option E used the correct past tense.

Since sentence is talking about through out last decade,therefore whole structure is in past tense.
Has options are ruled out.B& D are incorrect.
Providing care is better than caring for children.More over ,option talks about present situation. A is also incorrect.

In option C, having spent an estimated is incorrect.
Correct option E

(A) caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of

(B) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now collectively spending an estimated

(C) caring for children with food allergies increased, families having spent an estimated

(D) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now spending a collective estimate of

(E) providing care for children with food allergies increased, with the result that families spent an estimated

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Throughout the last decade, the cost of caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of $25 billion per year.


(A) caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of

(B) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now collectively spending an estimated - Correct

(C) caring for children with food allergies increased, [no connecting word] families having spent an estimated

(D) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now spending a collective estimate of

(E) providing care for children with food allergies increased, with the result that families spent an estimated

Throughout the last decade, the cost of caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of $25 billion per year.

“Cost …. has increased” is the correct form as a verb is must for a sentence. Other choices are fragment —-> Eliminate A,C,E

“Collectively spending” is the correct form as the amount is spent by the family. “Collective estimate” is nonsensical —-> Eliminate D

Correct choice is B

(A) caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of

(B) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now collectively spending an estimated

(C) caring for children with food allergies increased, families having spent an estimated

(D) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now spending a collective estimate of

(E) providing care for children with food allergies increased, with the result that families spent an estimated

Issues: Subject Verb pair and wordiness

Subject verb pair
cost ... has increased ... is correct SV pair... A C E eliminated

wordiness
spending an estimated vs spending a collective estimate of
spending an estimated is correct. D is eliminated

Correct answer - B

Throughout the last decade, the cost of caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of $25 billion per year.


(A) caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of

Since the phrase starts with <<Throughout>>, I need the Present Perfect Tense. Hence the use of <<increased>> is incorrect.

(B) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now collectively spending an estimated

Seems legit. << providing care>> correctly modifies spending. Keep it as a CONTENDER.

(C) caring for children with food allergies increased, families having spent an estimated

Incorrect. The phrase <<families having spent an estimated>> seems to signify that each family spent $25 billion per year which is not what the original sentence is about. Also, this choice has similar problem as in Option A.

(D) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now spending a collective estimate of

The use of word <<collective>> modifying the word estimate is incorrect here and distorts the meaning. INCORRECT !!

(E) providing care for children with food allergies increased, with the result that families spent an estimated

Incorrect. this choice has similar problem as in Option A and in Option C.

IMO Option B

Throughout the last decade, the cost of caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of $25 billion per year.


(A) caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of Correct

seems good

(B) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now collectively spending an estimated Incorrect

collective and estimate both have same meaning

(C) caring for children with food allergies increased, families having spent an estimated Incorrect

having uses wrong; 'estimated' should be 'estimate'

(D) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now spending a collective estimate of Incorrect

same as B

(E) providing care for children with food allergies increased, with the result that families spent an estimated Incorrect

'estimated' should be 'estimate'; unnecessary long; A seems better than E

Throughout the last decade, the cost of caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of $25 billion per year.


(A) caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of
Families are not spending estimate of ..But they are spending estimated 25 billion dollars . Wrong

(B) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now collectively spending an estimated
Present perfect is wrong and also now collectively spending is wrong as we are talking about past

(C) caring for children with food allergies increased, families having spent an estimated
Caring for is wrong and also modifier "families having spent an estimated"

(D) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now spending a collective estimate of
Same as B

(E) providing care for children with food allergies increased, with the result that families spent an estimated
Correct

Answer is E

The sentence starts with 'Throughout the last decade' meaning over the course of the last decade, which implies something that has been going on since the last 10 years, so the correct usage with that should be 'has increased' instead of 'increased' because something has increased throughout the last decade, not just increased once during that time. ELIMINATE A, C, E
Between B and D, the difference is families now collectively spending vs families now spending a collective:
Now families now collectively spending sounds redundant ELIMINATE B

Answer - D

(A) caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of
incorrect :- it conveys each family spend 25billion$

(B) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now collectively spending an estimated
correct :- proper and precise

(C) caring for children with food allergies increased, families having spent an estimated
incorrect :- it conveys each family spend 25billion$

(D) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now spending a collective estimate of
incorrect :- spending a collective estimate is wordy

(E) providing care for children with food allergies increased, with the result that families spent an estimated
incorrect :- it conveys each family spend 25billion$

Throughout the last decade, the cost of caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of $25 billion per year.


(A) caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of - "the cost of caring" is a wrong usage

(B) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now collectively spending an estimated - Smooth and correct form and meaning.

(C) caring for children with food allergies increased, families having spent an estimated. The same as in A

(D) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now spending a collective estimate of

(E) providing care for children with food allergies increased, with the result that families spent an estimated - it alters the intended meaning with "with the result that families spent an estimated"

(A) caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of
--> 'caring for children' is not the correct implication here

(B) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now collectively spending an estimated
--> Correct. the spending is rightly calculated as collective for the families

(C) caring for children with food allergies increased, families having spent an estimated
--> 'caring for children' is not the correct implication here

(D) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now spending a collective estimate of
--> the estimate would not be collective. The spending would be collective. Incorrect

(E) providing care for children with food allergies increased, with the result that families spent an estimated
--> the first phrase ends without a proper verb, such phrases should ideally have a gerund following. Incorrect

Answer: D

Throughout the last decade, the cost of caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of $25 billion per year.

Split : Cost of caring for children vs Cost of providing care for children.
Cost of providing care makes more sense as in one can be willing to do monetary transaction when providing services.
Cost of caring doesn't make sense as in one can care for all the children of the world. This is just a thought and not any kind of service which is provided against which money can be spent or earned.
This eliminates A and C.

(A) caring for children with food allergies increased, with families now spending an estimate of --> Incorrect. As explained above.

(B) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now collectively spending an estimated --> Incorrect. As per the meaning of this an estimation was already done that $25 billion per year will be spent and that did happen. whereas the meaning should come out as the increase in cost has led to an estimate of some $ amount.

(C) caring for children with food allergies increased, families having spent an estimated --> Incorrect. As explained above.

(D) providing care for children with food allergies has increased, with families now spending a collective estimate of --> Correct. providing care is right. families spending collectively is fine. Estimate of takes care that $ amount is not predicted earlier but an approximation of what is happening now.

(E) providing care for children with food allergies increased, with the result that families spent an estimated --> Incorrect. Similar error as B. Also, this sentence can also mean that individual family are spending approx. $25 billion per year which is absurd.

ANSWER A

First split Increased vs has increased: Simple past tense is correct here. No need for perfect tense. B & D are out

Option E distorts the meaning by stating families spent i.e. past tense.

Between A and C - option A is concise and straightforward. "having" in option C is not correct. Also "estimated" is a verb and "an estimate" is a noun