Middleweight Blackhole

Question

A middleweight black hole weighs in at roughly 500 solar masses, hundreds of times more massive than the lightweight black holes produced by the collapse of individual stars, but  thousands or even millions of times less in its mass as  the heavyweight giants that lurks in the centers of galaxies.

A.
B. it is thousands or even millions of times less massive as
C. thousands or even millions of times less massive than 
D. yet it is thousands or even millions times less massive than
E. yet it is thousands or even millions of times less in its mass than

jimmyjamesdonkey · Answer

C

sumanamba · Answer

C.

Each answerchoice has ambiguous 'it' reference

vshaunak@gmail.com · Answer

Should be 'C'

getafixdruid · Answer

straight C.

hanumayamma · Answer

A. thousands or even millions of times less in its mass as    
B. it is thousands or even millions of times less massive as   ]
C. thousands or even millions of times less massive than  Hold it] 
D. yet it is thousands or even millions times less massive than  but yet – awkward construction – eliminate it ]
E. yet it is thousands or even millions of times less in its mass than  but yet – awkward construction – eliminate it ]

Answer: C

gmat blows · Answer

OA is C.

But, I chose D (even though, I didnt like the 'yet') because, I thought 'it' is required as the subject for the clause starting with 'but'?

Is C correct because it is // to the first modifying phrase, 'hundreds of times more massive..'? 
so does that mean, 'but' can also introduce phrases?

thanks.

buffdaddy · Answer

in this sentence "but" is not underlined, so one has to live with it. "but" and "yet" together is incorrect since this introduces redundancy (they are both contrasting words)

billyjeans · Answer

C for ||ism

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