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Many of us complain about rising fuel prices, but a measure-for-measure comparison is sobering: a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% of a latte.
A. a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% of a latte
B. a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% of what a latte does
C. a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% as compared to a latte
D. the cost of a coffee cup of gas is roughly 10% of a latte
E. the cost of a coffee cup of gas is roughly 10% as compared to a latte
A. a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% of a latte
B. a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% of what a latte does
C. a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% as compared to a latte
D. the cost of a coffee cup of gas is roughly 10% of a latte
E. the cost of a coffee cup of gas is roughly 10% as compared to a latte
25 Sep 2013, 11:47
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Many of us complain about rising fuel prices, but a measure-for-measure comparison is sobering: a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% of a latte.
1. a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% of a latte
2. a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% what a latte does
3. a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% as compared to a latte
4. the cost of a coffee cup of gas is roughly 10% of a latte
5. the cost of a coffee cup of gas is roughly 10% as compared to a latte
Can any Expert Explain this?
Dear honchos,1. a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% of a latte
2. a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% what a latte does
3. a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% as compared to a latte
4. the cost of a coffee cup of gas is roughly 10% of a latte
5. the cost of a coffee cup of gas is roughly 10% as compared to a latte
Can any Expert Explain this?
Because of your p.m., I will respond, even though there already are some excellent responses above.
BTW, the choices in a high quality GMAT SC should be (A) - (E), not (1) - (5). Whether the beginning is "a cup of coffees costs" or "the cost of a cup of coffee is", what follows must be a price. For example, both of the following would be grammatically & logically correct.
(i) A cup of coffees costs $5.00.
(ii) The cost of a cup of coffee is $5.00.
Of course, in this sentence, we are not given a dollar amount --- what the sentence is trying to say is that the price is 1/10 of the price of a latte. Once I saw that the beginning of the sentence required a price at the end, I just scanned the endings looking for something that constitutes a legitimate dollar-amount price
(A) & (D) ..... 10% of a latte --- that's a quantity of liquid, not a price
(B) ..... what a latte does ---- here, the "substitute verb" "does" stands in for the verb at the beginning of the sentence, "costs", and "what a latte costs" is a legitimate dollar-amount price. This works. Incidentally, on this grammatical structure, see:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/repeating- ... -the-gmat/
In (C) & (E), the "as compared to a latte" structure is problematic. We could logically say "As compared to a latte, a coffee cup of gasoline is more/less". The structure "10% as compared to ..." is particular ambiguous ---- 10% more? less? of? This structure is a grammatical and logical trainwreck, so these two answers are incorrect.
The only answer that works is (B).
I really like this question. It is a high quality question with a clear right answer and good tempting wrong answers. It's not the first time that I have been impressed with a Veritas question.
BTW, re: the content --- I remember seeing an email, about a decade ago --- "Do you think the price of gas is high?" ---- then they listed a number of other common liquids ---- juice, salad dressing, Starbucks, beer, wine, etc., typical prices in units of cost/gallon, and they were all more than the price of gas; the topper of the list was some Britney Spears perfume that cost something like $80/ounce, so its price per gallon was well over $1000!!
Mike
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24 Sep 2013, 20:04
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This is tricky because we so often use the collocation percent of:
(1) Ten percent of the electorate are total morons.
(2) China bought five percent of the Ukraine yesterday.
However, we need to ignore this collocation and look at the grammar of the sentence. It's asking is to correct a sentence that compares two quantities using the pattern verb + number + what + noun + do. As in:
(3) She earns ten times what I do.
(4) He eats twice as much as I do but still stays skinny!
(1) Ten percent of the electorate are total morons.
(2) China bought five percent of the Ukraine yesterday.
However, we need to ignore this collocation and look at the grammar of the sentence. It's asking is to correct a sentence that compares two quantities using the pattern verb + number + what + noun + do. As in:
(3) She earns ten times what I do.
(4) He eats twice as much as I do but still stays skinny!
honchos
Many of us complain about rising fuel prices, but a measure-for-measure comparison is sobering: a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% of a latte.
1. a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% of a latteThis has the meaning that you pay for the cup of gas with ~10% of your latte. Wrong.
2. a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% what a latte does
3. a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% as compared to a latte Again, 10% of what?
4. the cost of a coffee cup of gas is roughly 10% of a latte This sentence means that to buy a coffee cup of gas, you pay with ~10% of a latte. I think it would be right if it said roughly 10% that of a latte.
5. the cost of a coffee cup of gas is roughly 10% as compared to a latte"is roughly ten percent" doesn't work because it doesn't say 10% of what.
1. a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% of a latteThis has the meaning that you pay for the cup of gas with ~10% of your latte. Wrong.
2. a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% what a latte does
3. a coffee cup of gas costs roughly 10% as compared to a latte Again, 10% of what?
4. the cost of a coffee cup of gas is roughly 10% of a latte This sentence means that to buy a coffee cup of gas, you pay with ~10% of a latte. I think it would be right if it said roughly 10% that of a latte.
5. the cost of a coffee cup of gas is roughly 10% as compared to a latte"is roughly ten percent" doesn't work because it doesn't say 10% of what.
BTW, the choices in a high quality GMAT SC should be (A) - (E), not (1) - (5). 
