Pack 11 Q3: With the largest economy in Latin America, Brazil...

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Pack 11, Question 3 of 5:

With the largest economy in Latin America, Brazil depends on several sectors to produce its gross domestic product,  including agricultural exports, for example, coffee, to industrial manufacturing, for example,  aircraft construction.
 
A. including agricultural exports, for example, coffee, to industrial manufacturing, for example,
B. including agricultural exports, for example, coffee, to industrial manufacturing, like
C. including agricultural exports, such as coffee, and industrial manufacturing, as
D. ranging from agricultural exports, such as coffee, and industrial manufacturing, such as
E. ranging from agricultural exports, such as coffee, to industrial manufacturing, such as

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800GMAT2019 · Answer

IDIOM QUESTION

With the largest economy in Latin America, Brazil depends on several  sectors  to produce its gross domestic product,

A. including agricultural exports,  for example,  coffee,  to  industrial manufacturing,  for example,  aircraft construction.
B.  including  agricultural exports, for example, coffee,  to  industrial manufacturing, like aircraft construction.
C. including agricultural exports,  such as  coffee, and industrial manufacturing,  as  aircraft construction.
D. ranging from agricultural exports,  such as coffee , and industrial manufacturing,  such as aircraft construction.

A, B, C and D have bad idioms (highlighted in red). Also the sentences are not parallel in construction.

The subject is  sectors ...we are looking for the idiom "FROM THIS...TO THAT". It means "everything on the list", it is used for exaggeration/hyperbole. 
Examples of "FROM THIS...TO THAT"

"I love you FROM the earth To the moon."
"I know the alphabet FROM "A" TO "Z""
"The department store sells everything FROM jeans TO microwaves.” (Notice the exaggeration)

CORRECT: E. ranging from agricultural exports, such as coffee, to industrial manufacturing, such as

"Such as" is used in a parallel manner, and means "for example". Correct usage.
"From ____ to___" correct idiom.

Raxit85 · Answer

With the largest economy in Latin America, Brazil depends on several sectors to produce its gross domestic product, including agricultural exports, for example, coffee, to industrial manufacturing, for example, aircraft construction.

With the largest economy in LA, Brazil depends on some sectors to produce its GDP, including X (, for example, A,) to Y, (, for example, B).
Incorrect idiom: including x to y. From x to y is correct idiom and x and y must be parallel.

A. including agricultural exports,  for example, coffee, to industrial manufacturing, for example,  - Incorrect due to as above reason
B. including agricultural exports,  for example, coffee, to industrial manufacturing, like  - Incorrect due to as above reason. (for example......, like)
C. including agricultural exports, such as coffee, and industrial manufacturing,  as  - the such is missing in second part of parallel structure.
D. ranging  from  agricultural exports, such as coffee , and  industrial manufacturing, such as - From......and which is incorrect parallel structure.
E. ranging from agricultural exports, such as coffee, to industrial manufacturing, such as - Correct.

Imo. E

EMPOWERgmatVerbal · Answer

Official Explanation

With the largest economy in Latin America, Brazil depends on several sectors to produce its gross domestic product,  including agricultural exports, for example, coffee, to industrial manufacturing, for example,  aircraft construction.
 
 A.  including  agricultural exports,  for example, coffee ,  to  industrial manufacturing,  for example,  
 B.  including  agricultural exports,  for example, coffee ,  to  industrial manufacturing,  like  
 C.  including  agricultural exports,  such as coffee ,  and  industrial manufacturing,  as  
 D.  ranging from  agricultural exports,  such as coffee ,  and  industrial manufacturing,  such as  
 E.  ranging from  agricultural exports,  such as coffee ,  to  industrial manufacturing,  such as  
 
After a quick glance over the options, there are a few things we can focus on to narrow down our choices:
 
 1. including/ranging from…and/to ( Idioms )
2. for example vs. such as ( Meaning )
3. for example / like / as / such as ( Parallelism ) 
 
 Let’s start with #1 on our list: Idioms.  We have 2 idioms we’re dealing with here:
 
 including X and Y
ranging from X to Y 
 
Let’s check to see if each option uses the correct idiom structures and rule out any that don’t:

A.  including  agricultural exports, for example, coffee,  to  industrial manufacturing, for example,
B.  including  agricultural exports, for example, coffee,  to  industrial manufacturing, like
C.  including  agricultural exports, such as coffee,  and  industrial manufacturing, as
D.  ranging from  agricultural exports, such as coffee,  and  industrial manufacturing, such as
E.  ranging from  agricultural exports, such as coffee,  to  industrial manufacturing, such as
 
 We can eliminate options A, B, & D because they don’t follow the correct idiom formatting.  Now that we have it narrowed down to only 2 options, let’s tackle #2 and #3 on our list:

C. including agricultural exports,  such as  coffee, and industrial manufacturing,  as  
This is  INCORRECT  because the two examples given aren’t parallel!
 
 E. ranging from agricultural exports,  such as  coffee, to industrial manufacturing,  such as  
This is  CORRECT ! The two examples given are parallel in their wording structures.
 
 There you have it – option E is our correct choice! 
 
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EMPOWERgmatVerbal · Answer

Well done,  800GMAT2019 ! You cracked the code on this one! Looking forward to more great explanations from you in future questions! Kudos to you!

EMPOWERgmatVerbal · Answer

Another great explanation,  Raxit85 ! Kudos to you!

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