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To formulate an all-purpose dietary supplement that could satisfy an average adult's requirement for vitamins, minerals, and fiber would be both nearly impossible and would fail to sell because consumers can more cheaply combine already available products to meet their specific needs.

(A) be both nearly impossible and would fail to sell because

(B) be both nearly impossible as well as failuer to sell since

(C) both be nearly impossible and a failure to sell since

(D) be nearly impossible as well as a failure to sell because

(E) be nearly impossible and would fail to sell because



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SC: an all-purpose dietary supplement 05 Nov 2003, 07:53
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I vote for D
(although not sure, maybe E)

But I'll stick to D

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To formulate .. supplement ... would fail to sell ( in E)

sounds wierd to me
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SC: an all-purpose dietary supplement 05 Nov 2003, 08:07
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D is close, but the official answer is different.
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SC: an all-purpose dietary supplement 06 Nov 2003, 03:38
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Guys,

When I am peeling off this sentence, I am getting this:

To formulate supplement would be nearly impossible and would fail to sell

Does this sound good?

(Namely: To formulate supplement would fail to sell. )

Or I misunderstood something?
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SC: an all-purpose dietary supplement 06 Nov 2003, 08:29
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E is the least of all evils. None of the choices are totally correct.
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Option (E) is a better one.

I got stuck between Option (A) and Option (E). In option (A) I felt, "both" is redundant. So I chose Option (E)
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Why D is wrong? It seems Ok to me.

This sentence is terrible, the GMAT tries to avoid an infinitive as a subject.

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