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The company is in bankruptcy and has no dividends to pay; however, if the merger with the larger company is successful, shareholders could receive from 10 cents on the dollar up to 40 cents on the dollar for their stock.

(A) from 10 cents on the dollar up to 40 cents on the dollar
(B) from 10 cents of the dollar to 40 cents of the dollar
(C) from 10 cents on the dollar and 40 cents on the dollar
(D) from 10 to 40 cents of the dollar
(E) from 10 to 40 cents on the dollar
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Re: The company is in bankruptcy and has no dividends to pay; however, if [#permalink] New post   22 Nov 2006, 16:37
b/w D and E for me. I'm gonna go with E. I hear people say "x on the dollar" all the time. That may be reason enough not to choose it.
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Re: The company is in bankruptcy and has no dividends to pay; however, if [#permalink] New post   22 Nov 2006, 16:59
I'd go for E.

'A' would have been good if it was "10 cents on the dollar to 40 cents on the dollar". The "up" is tipping me off...
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Re: The company is in bankruptcy and has no dividends to pay; however, if [#permalink] New post   22 Nov 2006, 19:03
E. I believe- 'of' the dollar.

praetorian-what is the answer.
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Re: The company is in bankruptcy and has no dividends to pay; however, if [#permalink] New post   22 Nov 2006, 20:26
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(A) from 10 cents on the dollar up to 40 cents on the dollar
(B) from 10 cents of the dollar to 40 cents of the dollar
(C) from 10 cents on the dollar and 40 cents on the dollar
(D) from 10 to 40 cents of the dollar
(E) from 10 to 40 cents on the dollar

- Need 'on the dollar'. B , D out.
- Need 'from - to' C out
- A is a little wordy though I can't see anything wrong with it.

E it is.


Praetorian, these are some real tough SCs!!!
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Re: The company is in bankruptcy and has no dividends to pay; however, if [#permalink] New post   22 Nov 2006, 20:27
A, B, C are ruled out.

"on the dollar" sounds better.

E is my answer too.
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Re: The company is in bankruptcy and has no dividends to pay; however, if [#permalink] New post   22 Nov 2006, 20:29
I am going with E also.

"of the dollar" seems unnecessary when used in D, might as well just say 10 to 40 cents and ignore the dollar.
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Re: The company is in bankruptcy and has no dividends to pay; however, if [#permalink] New post   22 Nov 2006, 21:34
Praetorian wrote:
The answer is D.


Hmmm...
so when you say 40 cents on the dollar, it means $1.40 and 40 cents of the dollar would mean 40 cents?

Or is "on the dollar" usage wrong? But I think it is very common to say on the dollar.
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Re: The company is in bankruptcy and has no dividends to pay; however, if [#permalink] New post   22 Nov 2006, 22:43
Praetorian wrote:
The answer is D.



I'm bit late but picked only D.

of the dollar only.

Your questions are really good.Please post more ....
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Re: The company is in bankruptcy and has no dividends to pay; however, if [#permalink] New post   21 Nov 2017, 01:32
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Re: The company is in bankruptcy and has no dividends to pay; however, if [#permalink] New post   13 Dec 2017, 03:34
5) The company is in bankruptcy and has no dividends to pay; however, if the merger with the larger company is successful, shareholders could receive from 10 cents on the dollar up to 40 cents on the dollar for their stock.

(A) from 10 cents on the dollar up to 40 cents on the dollar
(B) from 10 cents of the dollar to 40 cents of the dollar
(C) from 10 cents on the dollar and 40 cents on the dollar
(D) from 10 to 40 cents of the dollar
(E) from 10 to 40 cents on the dollar
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Re: The company is in bankruptcy and has no dividends to pay; however, if [#permalink] New post   28 Feb 2018, 11:04
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"On the dollar" means "in exchange for/in correspondence with" a dollar. So someone who is paid 10 cents on the dollar earns 10c for something that would otherwise have earned them a dollar. This is a fairly common idiom used to describe discounts. It can also be used to describe relative earnings, such as when people lament that women are paid, on average, 72 cents on the dollar compared with men.

That leaves A and E. There's nothing actually wrong with A. E is more concise, but a valid GMAT question is unlikely to hinge on that.
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The company is in bankruptcy and has no dividends to pay; however, if [#permalink] New post   11 Jul 2020, 15:02
Why is A wrong? Only because it is using a lot of words? Or does it have something to do with the word "upto" also?
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