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Alright, let’s break down the question.

Argument Summary:
There’s a correlation between higher average fat intake in a country and a higher incidence of cancer in that country (and vice-versa). Therefore, individuals should reduce their fat intake to reduce their risk of cancer.

Question:
Which option weakens the argument that individuals should reduce their fat intake to lower their risk of cancer?

Analysis of Options:

(A) Traditional Diets: This choice tells us why countries might have differences in fat intake. However, it doesn’t necessarily weaken the direct link between fat intake and cancer risk for an individual.

(B) Wealth: This option states a correlation between wealth and fat intake but doesn’t draw a link between wealth and cancer incidence. So, it doesn’t directly weaken the argument.

(C) Prominent Cause of Death: This suggests that even in countries with low fat intake, cancer is still a significant health concern. However, it doesn’t provide an alternative reason for the cancer, so it doesn’t sufficiently weaken the argument.

(D) Environmental Pollution: This choice offers an alternative cause for the high incidence of cancer in countries with high fat intake. If high fat intake countries also have high levels of pollution, then the pollution could be the primary cause of the higher cancer rates, not the fat intake. This weakens the argument’s claim that individuals should reduce fat intake to lower their risk of cancer.

(E) Individual Diet Variability: While this option highlights that an individual’s diet can differ from the country’s average, it doesn’t directly challenge the link between fat intake and cancer.

Answer:
Option (D) is the correct choice because it introduces an alternative cause for the high incidence of cancer in countries with high fat intake, thereby weakening the argument’s direct correlation between fat intake and cancer risk.

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Can anyone help me out with improving my verbal score, my test is in next two days, please if anyone can share useful strategies and tips for verbal, sentence correction especially, Thankyou

Current score in VA?

Try studying sentence correction as you would study maths. I.e. solve the question and see what concepts you are missing.

After doing about 50 questions you should be able to handle almost all questions.

Hi, i have bookmarked a reply on the gmat question of the day forum.. But now cannot find where the bookmarked is saved, or how to access that bookmark.
Can anybody please advice where to find these bookmarked

Hi! Could you try clicking on your profile and then selecting the My Bookmarks option? If it isn’t visible there then I recommend searching for a direct quote of the text from the post

Hi Guys, got a test score of 580 3rd time. 45 in Quant, Verbal is the big problem especially RC and CR. Do you have any recommendations for me? I am a bad reader under pressure..

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[Dinosaur tracks show them walking with their feet directly under their bodies, like] mammals and birds, not extended out to the side in the manner of modern reptiles.
A. Dinosaur tracks show them walking with their feet directly under their bodies, like
B. Dinosaur tracks show that they walked with their feet directly under their bodies, as do
C. Dinosaurs left tracks that showed them walking with their feet directly under their bodies, like
D. The tracks that dinosaurs left show that they walked with their feet directly under their bodies, as do
E. In the tracks they left, dinosaurs are shown walking with their feet under their bodies, like
我的答案：C
正确答案：D

is there anyone who understands this question?

Yes, the answer is D.

Like is used when two nouns are compared or an hypothetical situation is compared. ’As’ is used when actions/ clauses etc are compared. Here action is compared of dinosaur and mammals and birds. So ’as’ is appropriate here. Only B and D uses ’as’. In option B ’dinosaur tracks show that they’ means that tracks were walking not the dinosaurs. Eliminating B we are left only with D. D eliminates all the above errors.

Thank u! I’m wondering what’s the correct usage of “as with…”

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Hi ,

How to start Rc? Should I just start from solving og ?

Probably be good to get some understanding about how to read, how to approach questions, and what to watch out for.
You need a book such as MGMAT or Kaplan Verbal Workbook or anything really in Addition to the OG. Think of OG as the Door and a book/course as a key that unlocks that door